DADDY'S DIESEL

Well I'm on my trip Alma Co and tank is working good.
Well I have not had to use it yet I'm at my mom's house in Amarillo which is 620 miles from house in Pearland tx I use just over 30 gallons that's about 20.5 mpg I will use it tomorrow when I finish the trip

Mocho

That is some good MPG for sure, I am lucky to get 16 on the highway. The tank looks very good, nice work for sure! Question, those baffles you used were did you find that? Does a regular steel places handle them? Really want to build my own tank now, seems so simple instead of paying a fortune. Also how thick is the steel in "? I am not good at going by gauge

DADDY'S DIESEL

My mpg's took a hit when we got in to the mountians they are down to 17.5 mpg
I made the baffels from the sheet metal that is 1/8"

Man the veiws are breath taking up here
We went sliding Sunday Monday sking today we are trying out snowmobiling

Pull Ya

Great looking tank and outstanding workmanship. I might give you a call. Hope you saved the patterns. I know you built the tank because you were going to Colo. but I gotta ask--You do know they sell diesel in Colo. so you don't need to carry enough for your whole trip.
Jay

DADDY'S DIESEL

Yeah I know they have fuel but they don't have free fuel.
I just got to ask did you read any of the previous posts?
Thanks for the compliments

Pull Ya

Can't get any cheaper than free!!!!! Just harrassing you a little--again--Great job, thanks for the pictures.
Jay

DADDY'S DIESEL

I wish I could upload and post pictures from my iPhone to DTR I would post pics of the trip and the pics of when I finished the tank. But I guess I will have to wait until I get back home on Friday .

Pull Ya

Born and raised in Colo. Sure is some pretty country up there!!!!!!
Jay

DADDY'S DIESEL

Snowed in Amarillo so we are staying at my Mom's house I was able to use her computer to finally post some pics
Well I had to bye some fuel in amarillo I sure burnt up a lot of fuel driving from Alma to Breckenridge twice a day for 5 days. That's something I didn't acount for. oh well !!





A picture of my daughter sking

A pic of my truck just a minute ago.

jjoiner

You might want to think about putting a lock on the filler cap! Just a thought.

CamperAndy

I may be wrong but it looks like one of your hose clamps is not where it should be.

Totallyrad

DD, I don't know why but I just read through this thread. Nice job on the fab and finish! I was going to suggest going by tractor supply or some place similar. You can pick up a spin-on filter and base there. I really don't know what the micron rating is on the inline you're using. It looks like an old Chrysler V8 filter. At least they're easy to find and carry with you.

firetoy

this might be a stupid question but what keeps the oe tank from over frowing?

Ace

I believe the rollover valve in the filler tube will prevent that. As long as everything is tight and the rollover valve seals, it should be OK. But I'd be worried about it pushing out the vent. Have you ran it with the valve open and both tanks completely full? I'll be interested to hear how this works long term. Might consider something similar for the '07 at some point in the future. I'm a firm believer in the "KISS" principle. Especially when I can make it better myself.

I like "simple."

Mocho

How is this setup working for you after all this time? I bought a tank and plumbed it into my vent line to, but today I had a bad experience filling up. When my truck was pretty much full, I heard and seen diesel spilling under my truck The tank was pretty much full, no idea where/why the diesel is coming out though, and no the aux tank is DRY. I was filling threw the factory tank hole. I couldn't get under the truck just get to check out the issue, but anyone got any idea? I took a really quick peek and it didn't look like any connections came undone or anything, almost looked like it was coming from the top of my tank? Nothing more coming out since then.....

edited by admin pretty sure I need a front axle U-joint to ugh