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01-11-2007 09:44 AM #1
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Gas tank location
Mounting a aluminum fuel cell in a across the bed tool box on a truck.
Here is my logic or thoughts on this....it puts the gas above the pump{gravity feed}It protects the fuel tank and makes it harder to steal gas or put sugar in the tank,
,by being locked in the tool box.Gets it out of the cab and still leaves room under the back for a spare tire.I can also offset the tank in the box to the passenger side to compensate for driver weight .
Anyone see some tragic reason or law ,not to mount this tank in the tool box or a draw back that I may not be seeing?
It will be secured to the bed and tool box with bolts and a 1/4 inch thick plate under the bed rails to keep it attached in case of impact.Its gunna take longer than u thought and its gunna cost more too(plan ahead!)
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01-11-2007 09:47 AM #2
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One warning...........stay away from NBC reporters. They have a thing about Chevrolet trucks and their fuel tanks.
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01-11-2007 10:08 AM #3
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You should vent the tank to the outside of the tool box .
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01-11-2007 10:11 AM #4
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Do what Hawk says about the vent. I had a CO2 tank in my tool box this summer and it apparently got hot enough to blow the rupture disk on the tank. Must have been a neat show to have a 10lb bottle of CO2 go off!
But dont get Bob and me started on the sugar in the gas!!!!
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01-11-2007 10:12 AM #5
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I put mine on the front bumper!
Originally Posted by shawnlee28
Anyone see some tragic reason or law ,not to mount this tank in the tool box or a draw back that I may not be seeing?
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01-11-2007 10:13 AM #6
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Roger on the roll over valve/vent to the outside of box!!!
Have one ready to install!!!
Thnx for the reply!!
Anything else?
OOOOHHH NOOOO
not the the tank on the bumper deal
Do not say that in my thread please!!!
Just to clear anyone up ,/no tank on the bumper on my truck!!!Last edited by shawnlee28; 01-11-2007 at 10:15 AM.
Its gunna take longer than u thought and its gunna cost more too(plan ahead!)
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01-11-2007 10:57 AM #7
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Sounds reasonable to me.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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01-11-2007 11:08 AM #8
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What sounds reasonable Richard???
The BUMPER or the bed
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01-12-2007 09:14 AM #9
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sounds better than what I want to do... a pony keg on the front bumper!.
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Originally Posted by firebird77clone
That's already been done. Be a little original, will you.
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01-12-2007 09:40 AM #11
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Tank in the toolbox sounds reasonable. I've already gotten in big trouble with a rat rodder from South Dakota over the bumper-mounted tank. Originally Posted by cffisher
What sounds reasonable Richard???
The BUMPER or the bed
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01-12-2007 10:23 AM #12
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Like that's ever bothered you?? Originally Posted by techinspector1
I've already gotten in big trouble with a rat rodder from South Dakota over the bumper-mounted tank.
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