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Old 12-22-2020, 05:57 PM   #1
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After traveling to California and back home in Alabama that 32 gal tank has got to go....I ordered a 50gal titan tank to replace the stock tank.
 
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Old 12-22-2020, 08:09 PM   #2
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I wish I had 32 gallons... my 2016 F-250 is only 26
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I always carry 5 gallons "just in case" and have never had to use them. All through the western states and into Canada. I think I have the same 32 gallons in my 2014 RAM CCD 2500.
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I always carry 5 gallons "just in case" and have never had to use them. All through the western states and into Canada. I think I have the same 32 gallons in my 2014 RAM CCD 2500.
Wow 6 years and still on the first tank full? Sorry, couldn't resist

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Old 12-22-2020, 09:00 PM   #5
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After traveling to California and back home in Alabama that 32 gal tank has got to go....I ordered a 50gal titan tank to replace the stock tank.
I did the exact same thing to our new RAM cummins. But, I must be slower than you; I left the factory tank on the last 2 trucks and just complained about it the whole time.
Fixed it this time!

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Old 12-23-2020, 04:35 AM   #6
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I guess I'm getting older. We only travel about 200-250 miles per day and that usually equates to about 1/2 tank. My 2014 F350 has a 38 gallon tank though. I considered putting an aux tank and toolbox on my truck, but I would end up never using the additional fuel and weight would be pointless, for me at least.
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Old 12-23-2020, 06:51 AM   #7
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I always carry 5 gallons "just in case" and have never had to use them. All through the western states and into Canada. I think I have the same 32 gallons in my 2014 RAM CCD 2500.
I had to use our extra 5 gallons we carry when I needed to stretch our fuel range in Texas.

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I guess I'm getting older. We only travel about 200-250 miles per day and that usually equates to about 1/2 tank. My 2014 F350 has a 38 gallon tank though. I considered putting an aux tank and toolbox on my truck, but I would end up never using the additional fuel and weight would be pointless, for me at least.
When your coming from the west coast it’s nothing but pulling until the mid states, and no way to get 10 to 13 mpg doing so on an average. In 2500 miles I averaged 9.7 mpg, west coast mpg was between 5 and 8 mpg with a combined weight of 27,000 lbs and side and head winds. Once we got to the mid states and no winds it jump to 10 to 11 keeping the speed at 65. When we travel we do 400 to 500 in a day, most of the time it’s for work so we need to make miles per day.
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Old 12-23-2020, 07:40 AM   #8
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We can get 40 gallons of diesel in our 08 F350. We average @ 300 miles per day or less and get 10MPG or so. When we first started out we listened to the facebook experts and took 2 5 gallon cans of fuel along.We returned @ 7K miles later with the same cans of fuel. We have not had a problem getting fuel when we needed it.
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Before our next road trip I'm going to get a 5 gal can. We have come really close a couple of times due to climbing mountain roads. Once going to Vernal Ut on N191. Going up and up and up. Looked down at the gauge and knew we were in trouble. It was eating diesel climbing that mountain. Finally got over the top and coasted as much as I could on the downhill. Very happy to find diesel in the next town.
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Old 12-23-2020, 08:21 AM   #10
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Looking at adding a 41 gal tank / tool box to our F-350. Our previous F-250 only had 26 gals and that was a pain. The 350 has 35/36 gals but I like the idea of an extra 40 and it will allow me to buy where I find the best price. The duelly has no weight issues so that is not anything I need to worry about. Just my thoughts. Happy Camping
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Old 12-23-2020, 03:11 PM   #11
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My 2016 only has a 26 gal tank SO....I added a 35 gal tank in the bed and use an electric fuel pump to transfer the fuel when needed Love it.
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Old 12-23-2020, 03:23 PM   #12
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I have a 2019 F-350 DRW LB and recently replaced the OEM 42-gal tank with a Titan Generation 6, 65-gal. My reason behind this decision is to refuel less often and have extra capacity. I use the TSD Open Roads fuel card to find best price while traveling. On our return trip to Salem, OR from Phoenix, AZ - without towing a rig - we refueled once. IF you're going to upgrade to a larger tank, be sure that the installer can reprogram the chip for the tank you're getting before leaving the shop. In my case, the installer couldn't do it and they recommended a different shop that could do the reprogramming. The calculated range went from around 690-ish (OEM tank) to 900-ish. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

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I have a 2019 F-350 DRW LB and recently replaced the OEM 42-gal tank with a Titan Generation 6, 65-gal. My reason behind this decision is to refuel less often and have extra capacity. I use the TSD Open Roads fuel card to find best price while traveling. On our return trip to Salem, OR from Phoenix, AZ - without towing a rig - we refueled once. IF you're going to upgrade to a larger tank, be sure that the installer can reprogram the chip for the tank you're getting before leaving the shop. In my case, the installer couldn't do it and they recommended a different shop that could do the reprogramming. The calculated range went from around 690-ish (OEM tank) to 900-ish. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

This is why I wanted a larger fuel tank, as it is I have to stop 3 time to make the 450 to 500 mile range depending on the terrain and wind, it takes 30 to 45 minutes each time we stop for fuel at the truck stops which I prefer to use.

Thanks for the tip on the TSD fuel card, I just went through the website and watched a few YouTube on it. I sent in an application, I mainly use pilot/flying js and loves.

Update..just seen another video on this TSD, sounds like Pilot/flying js has banned TSD card do to there terms for use only of commercial vehicles. I guess I’ll find out when I get the card lol.
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Old 12-23-2020, 07:39 PM   #14
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I got real tired of the tiny tank in my F-350 short box so I replaced it with a 48 gallon. I love that thing and can't imagine not having it ever again.
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Old 12-24-2020, 12:38 PM   #16
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I installed a 37 gallon auxiliary tank in the bed of my 2011 F350 long box. It is a gravity feed tank. The truck will use that first and then the OEM tank . The fuel gauge remains on full for the first 450 miles or so and then start registering remaining fuel in OEM tank. The only problem I have had is the OEM tank has a port with a gasket on the top. The gasket had to be replaced once as it started to seep.
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After almost running out of fuel due to traffic and my stupidly in Atlanta on a Friday at 5 p.m. I installed a gravity feed tank that is L shaped to sit under and in back of my tool box. They say its 65 gals, but it is more like 62. Love it. Never have to fuel up with 5th wheel on it. Live in Florida and nice to have all the extra fuel in case we ever have to evacuate with these hurricanes. Don't know where I would go, just nice to have. Very simple to install.
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We are both retired. We are in no hurry to be anywhere. We might do 300 miles a day or we might do 150 miles a day. We use the RV plus card and we have the TSD card. We can get 40 gallons of diesel in our 08 F-350 tank and that is plenty. We are 1100 miles from our winter lot in Florida and it takes us @ 4 1/2 days to get there so that is how much of a hurry we are. We both drive the rig and that makes any trip easier.


We both worked many years to be able to travel as we do. We seldom make advance reservations at a CG at about 4 of 5PM on a travel day Helen gets on the internet looking for a CG then on the phone for a place to stay. If we are going to stay in a area for a few days or longer we do make advance reservations but many times we have no idea were we might end up for the day.


On one trip we found out there was a volcano in New Mexico, It is a cinder cone volcano in Capulin new Mexico. Helen gave me a heading got on the phone and got a CG in Capulin New Mexico population @ 70 more or less with the Volcano framed in our rear window. We stayed about a week. there were like 3 RVs in the CG
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We all can reason out to ourselves why we need a certain something in our arsenals of travel aids. Heck, I have a garage with a handful of specialty tools I've only used once or twice, but I reasoned it was sure handy to have those couple of times I needed them. I have no issue with stopping 250 - 300 miles to fuel up and I surely don't take a half hour to 45 minutes to do it ... but admittedly I don't care for truck stops and paying the premium price for the honor of using FJ's or Pilot's services when a regular station 1/2 mile down the road has their diesel for 20 cents cheaper. (remember I'm 67' long double towing most of the time). For responders that lean towards the reasoning that they can get cheaper fuel to fill the spare tank when they want to ... say you extremely conservatively spent $600 on a 60 gal tank and you save 15 cents a gallon filling that tank ... that's $9. Am I figuring this wrong or will you have to go thru @67 tanks full to pay off the initial cost? At 12 mpg ... that's @48,000 miles. I fully understand that for many this is all about peace of mind, comfort, ease of access, or those emergency moments ... the part I don't get is the cheaper fuel scenario ... and as I type wondering how many of you actually sit in your truck for 6-8 hours without stopping to break up the trip?
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We all can reason out to ourselves why we need a certain something in our arsenals of travel aids. Heck, I have a garage with a handful of specialty tools I've only used once or twice, but I reasoned it was sure handy to have those couple of times I needed them. I have no issue with stopping 250 - 300 miles to fuel up and I surely don't take a half hour to 45 minutes to do it ... but admittedly I don't care for truck stops and paying the premium price for the honor of using FJ's or Pilot's services when a regular station 1/2 mile down the road has their diesel for 20 cents cheaper. (remember I'm 67' long double towing most of the time). For responders that lean towards the reasoning that they can get cheaper fuel to fill the spare tank when they want to ... say you extremely conservatively spent $600 on a 60 gal tank and you save 15 cents a gallon filling that tank ... that's $9. Am I figuring this wrong or will you have to go thru @67 tanks full to pay off the initial cost? At 12 mpg ... that's @48,000 miles. I fully understand that for many this is all about peace of mind, comfort, ease of access, or those emergency moments ... the part I don't get is the cheaper fuel scenario ... and as I type wondering how many of you actually sit in your truck for 6-8 hours without stopping to break up the trip?
I totally agree that it would be hard to imagine the cost will be paid for in potential fuel savings.

But a couple of our reasons are not on your list:
-many of the areas that we travel may not have fuel stations with easy access every 200-225 miles (the range of the factory tank). It has been stressful getting into some stations with steep driveways.
-we do often drive more than the ~3-4 hours of fuel range, many times we go ~5 hours in the day. The larger fuel tank allows for me to make the trip without a fuel stop, then once unhooked at our destination, it will be so much easier and convenient to fuel up.
-For those really long days where we might do a total of 10 hours driving, now we can make only 1 fuel stop along the way, instead of 2 or even 3.

I went years with the factory tank and finally decided it was time to do something about it. Replaced the onboard tank with a titan 52 gallon.

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