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Nice find Danny! That's a beast LOL

 

Ive got a 27 gallon tank sitting in my garage Im about to put in the truck.

 

Oh I am subscribing to this one. I can't even make it to Vegas on one tank so I can imagine pulling a travel trailer will be horrible.....

 

Oh I am subscribing to this one. I can't even make it to Vegas on one tank

is your truck stock or what? i have no problem driving to vegas and having fuel to drive around vegas before coming home.



there are plenty of people who can make custom tanks here in the states.
for the price of shipping that from oz to here im sure itd be much cheaper to have it built here.

 

I would be interested in seeing what you guys come up with. Had thoughts of a gravity feed external tank.

 

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34gallons? That's insane. And would need a beefy skid plate for sues. I'm talking steel, not alum (sorry James. Lol)

 

that 34 gal tank when full would be heavy as fuck. some mods to the suspension on that side may be required to keep the truck level

 

Personally I want a bigger tank; it'd be nice not having to worry about fueling up so much when I make my longer winter trips for snow-machining. I've thought about an extra tank in the bed that gravity feeds -- but in all reality that's lost bed space (I already carry 15-20gal extra for snow machine fuel). If there's room underneath for a bigger tank, then man that's the way to go!

Concerning the durability -- the aussie forum where I found information on this tank actually holds up pretty well. Now they may not do rock crawling, but some of these rigs with the above tank have gone through some pretty impressive off-roading; to the point where a few have stated that they've lost a few liters of capacity from semi-collapsing the tank.

And weight isn't that bad -- 34gal at 7.29ppg = ~250lbs. It's only ~15gallons more than our OEM tank and that's only another 110lbs in fuel. Not the greatest thing for our soft springs... but I already have air bags

Since shipping would be ridiculous from there, I'd entertain the idea of getting one custom fabbed... BUT there are limited places up here that can do this project. I'd love to work with a fab shop in the Lower 48 to make a larger tank so that it's available to more people (since shipping to/from AK may be a killer).

 

Ive got a 27 gallon tank sitting in my garage Im about to put in the truck.

Unicknn, did you have shop build the tank for you or did you build it yourself?

 

had a buddy build it for me. Its not done yet, still needs a few things but it should be done soon.

 

Has anyone just looked at running dual tanks like take a blazer rear tank and put it between the frame rails in the back

Get a hitch tire carrier for your spare and cut the crossmember out in the rear and make a new on that fits a new tank then just get a switching valve and switch from an older chevy with dual tanks

Not sure if the k5 blazer tank would fit or not but I'm betting it would fit between the rails as the k5 have very narrow frame

 

Never thought about that. Interesting.

 

yes but in the bed but i see where ur getting at i dont have a spare and thats a big space to fill ill get some pics up tomorrow and get a idea just how big it can go also i was thinkin with a 3in pa lift could go bigger too

 

I can't see shipping one that far, price, customs, etc would be ridiculous when you could just run a full size tank with a lil modding of the brackets and xmember.

 

This would surely contribute to the already known Chevy lean issue :hulk:

 

I agree, anything can be done with some modding. However, a bolt in solution would be nice for guys like me who can't easily chop & weld.

 

had a buddy build it for me. Its not done yet, still needs a few things but it should be done soon.

If you could get measurements and pictures, you could sell them as a set of plans. People that have the fab skills could build them themselves, and people that don't can have a shop build them and save on shipping. I'd be interested in a set of plans if the price wasn't too steep, and you could recoup some of the money you spent building the tank.

 

... its a rectangle lol you dont need plans. Look up the greer tank calculator and you can put in different measurements and it'll tell you the volume of the tank

 

I pictured that your buddy had built something like the longranger tank, with a lot of intricate bump-outs to increase the volume of the tank.

 

Subscribing for future ref.

 

More fuel would be nice I like the Idea of running two tanks one on each side. to help out with the lean and to even out the ride. Then your reserve fuel is ~19 gal

 

sweet id be down for a bigger tank i hate filling up 2 times a week

 

I like the take the spare out and put it on a hitch mount or small bed mount. Fab up a tank for where the spare was and either put a switch to go from one tank to the other, our connect the two and maker out dual chambered feeding from the higher tank to the lower, but connecting our plastic tank to the more than likely metal fabbed tank may cause a few issues. This is still cool though, especially to someone like me who doesn't have access to the tools to fab one myself.

 

I would love a bigger tank.

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Anyone ever follow up on this?

 

I would love to have a bigger tank has anyone completed this Or has The dimensions or schematic for it