gas tank location

[jmorri34]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

i just can't believe the justifications for not spending a couple hundred bucks to relocate a fuel tank when there are just nothing but benefits and the only down side is $. it's just one thing that should be fixed that if heaven forbid you had an accident and (by some strange chance ) your family got injured(burned or died) how would you tell their mother that you could have fixed it but didn't want to spend $300.00 .But you will readily spend $ to install 3 point seat belts ????? REALLY ? it's located inside a closed cab good luck getting out while on fire !

I have to agree here, proof or no proof if you knew there was a possibility however remote it was that there could be serious consequences reached in a collision hard enough from the side to split that tank and cause a fire. Would you be willing to risk the lives of those family members when you could have nearly eliminated that risk for a few hundred bucks and some time? I am on both sides of the radio in the emergency services and I am a firefighter and emergency responder in this country and I can tell you that the remote does and will and has happened. I HAVE my tank in the cab with me and as soon as I canI will be moving it to the outside,8 feet + is a whole lot more safe than 5 inches any way you look at it! That aside these are our trucks and anyone here should be free to have them as they please so if you think you should move it move it if not then dont but if you meet the remote you better be ready for the consequences!