OverNightSensation
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Thanks to all for all the replys. I should have mentioned that I don't want it plumbed into the truck as I need to remove it so I can use the entire bed when not traveling.
It looks like it is 6 of one and a half dozen of the other...
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Grit dog
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So part time use and frequent removal?
Good luck. At least a metal tank can be strapped down fairly securely for safety purposes or could even install some nut serts or weld nuts to the bottom of the bed for easier removal.
I’d be hard pressed to leave a fuel tank in my truck that isn’t somewhat “permanently” secured.
Safety issues aside, if not bolted down, it’s like Christmastime for tweakers every time you park it!
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Grit dog wrote:So part time use and frequent removal?
Good luck. At least a metal tank can be strapped down fairly securely for safety purposes or could even install some nut serts or weld nuts to the bottom of the bed for easier removal.
I’d be hard pressed to leave a fuel tank in my truck that isn’t somewhat “permanently” secured.
Safety issues aside, if not bolted down, it’s like Christmastime for tweakers every time you park it!
Permanent installation is not necessary. You can ratchet strap the tank down for safety reasons.
A 25 gallon tank will weigh 200#. Most tweakers will not even know what it is. Even then moving a greasy 200# diesel tank will not be easy.
While I do have a tonneau cover to keep my tank out of sight. Transfer Tank theft is the least of my worries
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OverNightSensation
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Grit dog wrote:So part time use and frequent removal?
Good luck. At least a metal tank can be strapped down fairly securely for safety purposes or could even install some nut serts or weld nuts to the bottom of the bed for easier removal.
I’d be hard pressed to leave a fuel tank in my truck that isn’t somewhat “permanently” secured.
Safety issues aside, if not bolted down, it’s like Christmastime for tweakers every time you park it!
I'm looking at low profile units, I have a BAKFlip MX4 bed cover to hide from prying eyes when not towing the 5er.
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PastorCharlie
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I have a Marine poly tank that is DOT certified for gas or diesel. I did a slight modification to my tool box and it fits perfectly in half of the box and is out of sight and locked. It holds 27 gallomns. I expect one that fit the whole tool box would hold 50-60 gallons. Combined with the truck tank I can carry 65 gallons.
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Grit dog
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OverNightSensation wrote:Grit dog wrote:So part time use and frequent removal?
Good luck. At least a metal tank can be strapped down fairly securely for safety purposes or could even install some nut serts or weld nuts to the bottom of the bed for easier removal.
I’d be hard pressed to leave a fuel tank in my truck that isn’t somewhat “permanently” secured.
Safety issues aside, if not bolted down, it’s like Christmastime for tweakers every time you park it!
I'm looking at low profile units, I have a BAKFlip MX4 bed cover to hide from prying eyes when not towing the 5er.
There are shorter tanks that don’t extend over the bed rail but any traditional pump would be too tall. There are some shorter tanks even that would allow the use of a normal transfer pump. Of course having to open up the tonneau every time to fill and empty.
Aside from that, one of those all in one plastic units like Lantley posted is the only other typical commercially produced option I’m aware of.
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Not sure why the worry about "thin" aluminum. In my experience things made from aluminum tend to be made from physically thicker material than their steel equivalents.
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Grit dog
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Lantley wrote:
Permanent installation is not necessary. You can ratchet strap the tank down for safety reasons.
A 25 gallon tank will weigh 200#. Most tweakers will not even know what it is. Even then moving a greasy 200# diesel tank will not be easy.
While I do have a tonneau cover to keep my tank out of sight. Transfer Tank theft is the least of my worries
Agreed, you can temporarily secure your tank or others and if it's for occasional use, seems cumbersome if one uses it more frequently.
Regarding theft, call it luck or maybe the fact that you are virtually never in areas where theft is a real issue, but in my (unfortunately vast) experience in theft, primarily from construction sites, but otherwise rampant in most areas around the Puget Sound, even out in the nice 'burbs, I wouldn't give an unsecured super duper slick fuel caddy a month before it was gone. Full or empty. Full doesn't matter when you have tweaker strength, lol.
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An unsecured fuel tank in the back or a pickup truck full or empty is about as easy as them stealing a pizza from the Dominos delivery guy.
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On the theft topic, I always try to leave an unexpired but cancelled credit card laying in plain view in the vehicle. Figure, A. Shiny object, maybe will think they hit the lottery and bail without looking further or doing more damage. and B. Just to imagine the feeling when they go to buy 20 packs of Sudafed 10 minutes later and the card is declined!
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Grit dog wrote:On the theft topic, I always try to leave an unexpired but cancelled credit card laying in plain view in the vehicle. Figure, A. Shiny object, maybe will think they hit the lottery and bail without looking further or doing more damage. and B. Just to imagine the feeling when they go to buy 20 packs of Sudafed 10 minutes later and the card is declined! That's just mean man. HAHA
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