If you were the ONLY person on the road, you'd be right. But your neighbors share it, and their kids, and their property, and their insurance... So when you kill yourself in a fireball, everyone has to pay.

Why not just go to the JY & grab a FUEL TANK from a similar truck, and hook it up exactly the way the factory did? It'll take a few more minutes than playing meteor-man, but you won't have that expensive gas dripping out of a cobble-together mess.

 

Because there is no way that I could hook a new one in. Plus my nearest JY that has similar year F150's is a 1.5 hour drive! Sucks big time...plus everyone has just swapped gas tanks. I would rather stand out personally. Ive already done this before and ran them in another pickup that never rolled down the street in a fireball...worked just great! Just have to weld it together and bolt it down and seal it up right. Mabey an hours worth of work to do two 5 gallon cans. Plus it gave it a different look!

 

Yeah, that sounds absolutely BRUTAL! Why not? Ford already did all the work for you. It's certainly easier than cutting, welding, drilling, & spooling out all that bailing wire. So, you probably pass by that JY several times a week, right? Ever hear of CraigsList? There are probably 20 of those trucks for sale each month in your area.No, it's actually pretty rare.That's not what I've heard...

 

No, lol. I drive only about half way to the town where the JY is. I have crawled under the truck and everthing is rusted solid. I said in another post somewhere that when I bought this truck it had been sitting for 4+ years before being started up again and sold. Really sucks for me but...it did only have 86k orig miles on it so I thought $3k was a heck of a deal. Even my rear drums are rusted solid on...still trying to work that one out! haha. As for the three to four days needing a fill up...when you work ten hour days and have to fill up before work, really sucks...lol. I just think it does so I just wanted to make it a little better but I am not 100% on it yet.

 

I understand you want to do it cheap, but cheap isn't always the right answer. I know of at least 3 guys that bought tanks that fit in the bed of their truck and installed a gravity feed system into their original fuel tank. They were all sure to put a float valve in so it doesn't continually feed. 2 of them had local machine shops fab them tanks to their specs, and another used a farm style tank and modded it so it didn't have the pump, etc. on it.

The first guy that did it had a few lessons learned as he had his first made from aluminum and just a big open tank (45 gallons or so). The tank was a habitual leaker as the weight of the fuel caused the welds to crack and separate. He had a steel one built, with slightly thicker metal and still had problems with the fuel "sloshing" around. Got rid of that one and had a third built with 3 baffles in it to keep the fuel from moving around as much. The third has been in use for about 4 years now and is still leak free. 2nd guy pretty much used the exact same design and his is leak free through 6 months. Both guys work out in the oil field driving on nasty roads, and honestly neither of them travel very slow.

Unfortunately, the set up cost about $800 for all parts, steel, and labor. Obviously you could do it cheaper if you did it yourself.


If you do something like that remember to get a good secure mount and a tank that will withstand the weight of the fuel shifting around without leaking.

 

The 16 gal tank should be around 42" long the 19gal tank should be around 54" long.

 

Sounds to me like you need a ricer dude.
Why not fill up and be safe rather than risk some **** exploding in the back of you truck, you get the same mpg either way, probably worse depending on the weight of the extra you plan on.
And please please please tell me you don't weld closed cylinders like a keg

 

The 16 gal tank should be around 42" long the 19gal tank should be around 54" long. Ok to the guy worried about replacing the tank a jy is probably going to charge you 60-75 bucks for the tank and you have to yank it out that and it will have no warranty go to autozone the 16gal tanks are $100 the 19gal are around $120. spend a little extra get the new tank save yourself all the work from having to pull two tanks just to put one back that possibly aint in much better shape and, get a warranty for 2 yrs.

 

Well dude...condsidering that I drive down a 5 mile gravel road and during the winter we have snow drifts anywhere from 6" to 2+ feet...I kinda need a truck. Plus I sold my ford taurus to get this truck for this reason!

But it isn't so much that I want 30+ extra gallons in the bed of my truck. Just an extra 10ish would be nice. And no I have ditched the idea of the kegs due to the cost. I am looking to get two metal red 5 gallon fuel tanks like what you would see on the back of a jeep and just having them in the bed of the truck. One on either side. Mabey an extra 60-70lbs when filled but almost double my range when going across the state.

 

Subaru's are a ricer and I'd be willing to bet one would go better than your truck in some places.

 

And a pair of 5 gallon Jerrycans can make one very large fireball.

 

I actually have a jerry can from like WWII I think, it's good n rusty if you wanna use it.

 

I have seen subie's get stuck in 6" of snow before...Now don't get me wrong, they are amazing cars. But when you have drifts rolling around a 3000lbs subie compared to a 5500lbs truck-Ill take the truck that wont get pushed around so much! Just me though...lol

 

5500 pound truck.. Even a super cab long bed 150 wouldn't weigh 5500. My shortbed reg cab is barely over 4k

 

Are we really that light?
On the paperwork it said something over 5K...I thought for sure it was close to that but mabey I read the wrong thing. Either way! Would you want 5" of ground clearence or 9+"? Ill take a suv/truck over a car anyday in crappy weather!