40-60 Gallon Tank on shortbed?

[Docwagon1776]

It’s a temporary thing for a few months so I’m really against replacing my truck just for this. If anything I may just rent one of those Barco trucks

Given that info, I'd probably just buy 5 Jerry cans and be ahead in both the money department and the aggravation of bothering with it department. I'd like a bigger tank for my PW as well, but NATO cans work. If you're not bouncing around off road, regular plastic cans would be fine.

 

[NCRaineman]

Do you need the bed space if you are towing a trailer? My father-in-law has a 25 gallon auxiliary tank in the bed of his 3500 so he can pull his camper to more remote areas. Took us about a day to mount, plumb and wire. When his primary tank gets down to a quarter he hits the switch and pumps fuel from the aux tank to fill it back up.

 

[62Blazer]

I just want to be clear it's not the dot regulations or the manufacturing process or gas and diesel differences or the type of material of the tank that makes any difference. It's the fact that the diesel tanks vent to free air and our gas fumes are Sucked into the engine via evap system. If you use a diesel tank for gasoline and vent it to free air it's considered illegal and a fire hazard. If you hook them up to your evap using a diesel tank you're good to go no one would bat an eye.
That's the difference. I know this because I spoke to titan about two years ago on this and that was the only thing brought up.

I was going to say about the same thing. Worked in automotive testing for many years and was involved in doing certification tests regarding evaporative emissions testing (i.e. "gas cap light" and other warnings for evap leaks). For a company to legally advertise and sell replacement fuel tanks for gasoline they have to meet these requirements. It cost a lot of money to do the testing, and extra work to design the system. Unfortunately it's not as easy as simply splicing into the factory system to meet the requirements. The different size and layout of the tank requires different ECM based calibrations on how evap leaks are detected and when the lights are triggered. They would have to go through the certification for every different model and powertrain setup (meaning for each engine offering, etc...).
I'm not saying you can't do it, or shouldn't do it, or a diesel version won't "bolt in".....just stating the reason why companies don't offer aftermarket larger size gasoline tanks. It's simply cost prohibitive as it's a small market and many people would not be willing to pay the cost of these.
Personally, I would love to have a larger gas tank in my PW.

 

[shockwire]

Do you need the bed space if you are towing a trailer? My father-in-law has a 25 gallon auxiliary tank in the bed of his 3500 so he can pull his camper to more remote areas. Took us about a day to mount, plumb and wire. When his primary tank gets down to a quarter he hits the switch and pumps fuel from the aux tank to fill it back up.

I don’t need the bedspace, but I worry about having an auxiliary gasoline tank in the truck bed

 

[huntergreen]

I don’t need the bedspace, but I worry about having an auxiliary gasoline tank in the truck bed

Why worry ? Contractors have had gas tanks in the bed forever .

 

[Brandon-w]

I was going to say about the same thing. Worked in automotive testing for many years and was involved in doing certification tests regarding evaporative emissions testing (i.e. "gas cap light" other warnings for evap leaks). For a company to legally advertise and sell replacement fuel tanks for gasoline they have to meet these requirements. It cost a lot of money to do the testing, and extra work to design the system. Unfortunately it's not as easy as simply spicing into the factory system to meet the requirements. The different size and layout of the tank requires different ECM based calibrations on how evap leaks are detected and when the lights are triggered. They would have to go through the certification for every different model and powertrain setup (meaning for each engine offering, etc...).
I'm not saying you can't do it, or shouldn't do it, or a diesel version won't "bolt in".....just stating the reason why companies don't offer aftermarket larger size gasoline tanks. It's simply cost prohibitive as it's a small market and many people would not be willing to pay the cost of these.
Personally, I would love to have a larger gas tank in my PW.

Yeah exactly. In my case id throw the tank in hop on to hp tuners and shut off all evap warnings and never have to worry about that junk lighting me Up anymore

 

[Wild one]

I don’t need the bedspace, but I worry about having an auxiliary gasoline tank in the truck bed

Farmers have been using slip tanks for longer then most of us have been alive

DOT LEGAL TRANSFER TANKS

www.attatank.com

 

[nlambert182]

If this is a temporary solution I think I'd go the route of a slip tank as well. More than anything, they're going to decrease your payload capacity significantly and if you use the truck to haul/tow anything it may become a problem down the road. Gas weighs about 6 lbs/gal, so you're decreasing your capacity by 6 lbs for every gallon. That isn't as significant on a diesel 3500 DRW but has a much bigger pinch on a small gasser. I probably wouldn't do anything I couldn't easily undo just in case you regret it later.

 

[NCRaineman]

I don’t need the bedspace, but I worry about having an auxiliary gasoline tank in the truck bed

Don't worry. They've been in use for decades. So long as you install and use it properly as per the instructions it will work just fine.

 

[mdc1990zr1]

Why worry ? Contractors have had sux tanks in the bed forever .

Correct, I believe they call them transfer tanks and they’re used for fueling equipment in the field. Why not just use one of them?

 

[Docwagon1776]

I'd not bother with a transfer tank for something that is just needed for a few months, but I use my truck's bed and I'm cheap.

 

[Gero]

Transfer tanks are diesels. Also here in canada, it's illegal to carry over X amount of fuel via.jerry can.

 

[Wild one]

Transfer tanks are diesels. Also here in canada, it's illegal to carry over X amount of fuel via.jerry can.

Now you got me curious ,dig up the law that states that,as i've never heard of that law in Alberta

 

[shockwire]

Transfer tanks are diesels. Also here in canada, it's illegal to carry over X amount of fuel via.jerry can.

Transfer tanks can be made for Gasoline…. Quite a few of them around here on lawn care trucks

 

[Gero]

Transfer tanks can be made for Gasoline…. Quite a few of them around here on lawn care trucks

That's true. I rarely see them here in Canada. Even the landscapers here all use Jerry cans.

 

[Wild one]

That's true. I rarely see them here in Canada. Even the landscapers here all use Jerry cans.

I have a couple farming buddies,and once there's snow on the ground,the diesal slip tanks get a flush and then they're filled up with gas for snowmobile season.You can't use Ont to represent Canada,there's a whole bunch of rednecks west of Ont

 

[Jeepwalker]

Out of curiousity...what's your hand-calculated mpg? (sorry if I missed it)

 

[HarryN]

There are some trailers that come with a fuel tank if that is helpful.

 

[GTyankee]

I ran gasoline in my 30 gallon Combo Transfer Tank
I also had a Fuel Nozzle & fuel gauge

The issue with a larger tank to replace your current tank,
The fuel tank has to fit between the Cab & Rear Differential

If you have a Long Bed Truck, it is easy to upgrade

 

[Wild one]

If you settle on using Jerry cans,one of these little pumps and some rechargable batteries make the job alot nicer.

Amazon.ca

https://www.amazon.com/PETASOON-Transfer-Electric-Portable-Gasoline/dp/B0D251MHWN?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6c0hiT1r_7JSXG3SsB4MbeETp5bEIa1R0dwQ6aN-Q0aAx7YkUyZGTyrG-s9EevuT3JqVC71rnSQ9ZPvX19Bcmmu60w-w1-DhV2nswR-CtfNmrDT1iLqP5fO7qiIuaq0OLcd074hRZ0BmGvt6k0ScxDCb4SX382sWrsuMifkwOX3Kkp4VkeEpKsGMiGwvEEdExMTceCmKjWHRKp3M9paFhcnXXL677oF9t_fUIfrwBF9hQuD2p30d1g-43d6DgwVm04C1z2SrEtAB1juNTZhjeAg1bg6KgixDt0V7P2hGc3U-SdWEnNuDd9cZBq33ettgQ_lXU5n_EF_iKXRHeMJnL2Wh3cSLbxG05fEb1TjWaB2I_96ePYXT14xfefvCLAfXtdl1Y8iZHpJyBbbXT5An9wkSQbrMrZw4IxSz-YVbSnzcwdXAsFmeykmjBUAypSXH.TtF_YpjLSl3K-guHLXZ1WDg9_UMPjgTRgBW9g-f7jQ0&dib_tag=se&keywords=battery%2Bpowered%2Bfuel%2Btransfer%2Bpump&qid=1738923518&sr=8-16&th=1