|
Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-17-2003, 05:00 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Mahaska, KS
Posts: 82
|
need more fuel capacity
With the great fuel milleage my rig gets pulling a trailer the stock tank just doesn't get me far enough. I get sick of stopping for gas all the time.
Any sugestions for auxilarry tanks or a tank I could put in the bed? Guess I could pull a saddle tank off a grain truck and set it in the bed for longer trips. Run off the saddle tank till it goes dry then quickly flip the selector and run on the factory tank with guage until I find a station. Maybe I am crazy though.
__________________
1970 C10: 2WD, LWB, 350, 350 auto, Headers, Duals, Edelbrock 1406 with 2101 intake, and optional rust. |
|
|
|
11-17-2003, 05:17 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,234
|
Nope you're not crazy. Check on a Blazer tank between the rails. Best deal is at the Truck Shop www.truckandcarshop.com You can get tank, straps and sender delivered for around $200 depending on where you live. Look for "Blazer tank" in the archives--plenty of info there
__________________
Stepsides look like real trucks! Smitty 
|
|
|
|
|
11-17-2003, 05:18 PM
|
#3 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Delta,Pa
Posts: 14,948
|
some of these truck came with saddle tanks that bolted outside the frame rail behind the cab i have two of them one on each side about 60 gallon capacity total but i only use the one in the cab
__________________
Owner of North Point Car Care in Dundalk Md. We specialize in custom exhaust on both modern and classic vehicles. We are a full service auto shop from classics to modern vehicles. Feel free to contact me with questions. I will give a 10% discount to any board member. |
|
|
|
|
11-17-2003, 05:41 PM
|
#4 |
|
Post Whore
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA
Posts: 12,686
|
You could have board member fuelcellguy build you something similar to this tank he built for me.
__________________
1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14 |
|
|
|
|
11-17-2003, 05:59 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Mahaska, KS
Posts: 82
|
I have considered the blazer tank option. The thing I don't like about it (besides the expense) is that I will be adding more weight behind the wheels.
I am pulling a bumper hitch trailer with my jeep on it. That already squats the back of the truck down some. Couple hundred more pounds probably wont make that huge of a diff though I suppose. Yukon Jack: That thing is sweet! How much does it hold? Does it have a guage? Is it baffled?
__________________
1970 C10: 2WD, LWB, 350, 350 auto, Headers, Duals, Edelbrock 1406 with 2101 intake, and optional rust. |
|
|
|
|
11-17-2003, 07:20 PM
|
#6 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Redding California
Posts: 223
|
I use the saddle tanks and have it set up where the gauge reads whichever tank i'm using at the time, flip of a switch and that's it....
__________________
1971 Chevy Cheyenne 383/350 LWB 2wd Built to use, and look good. 
|
|
|
|
|
11-17-2003, 08:24 PM
|
#7 |
|
Try spinnin 4 rear tars
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posts: 757
|
You could build something similar to Yukon Jack's setup and stick the tank in the front of your bed. I don't know how much you value your bed space; make it to size depending on how much extra fuel you want to carry.
Just remember that: 1 gal = 231 cubic inches
__________________
SWEET7T 1970 C10, 2wd, LB, 307/TH350/3.08. PS, PB |
|
|
|
|
11-18-2003, 06:23 PM
|
#8 |
|
Post Whore
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA
Posts: 12,686
|
It should hold about 38-40 gallons. It has a sending unit and is baffled.
__________________
1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14 |
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
