Aux fuel tank??s

[1tonpower]

This is going out to those that have aux fuel tanks in the bed. Right now my is gravity feed and it's pain stakingly slow. It's easy to forget that you uavethe ball vale open and an over fill is eneveible.

I'm going to be putting a 10gpm pump one mine with a fuel water separator like the one you would use on a transfer tank. The set up would be using 3/4 inch hoses. It going to be filling the main tank though the filler neck, with a hose running down and into the tank to help prevent foaming.
I have two questions. Do you think a 10 gal per min pump is to much for this.. And i want to to know how you have your tanks.

[1tonpower]

I know there are others with aux tanks.....

[whitejohn]

i just use a transfer tank set up that way i can use it for equipment as well. so when the trucks getting low i just pull over stuff the nozzle in the truck and fill 'er up

[JSchuricht]

I run my aux tank with a selector valve so I can switch between tanks from the cab. No extra pump needed, and no risk of leaving a valve open and overfilling.

[1tonpower]

Originally Posted by JSchuricht

I run my aux tank with a selector valve so I can switch between tanks from the cab. No extra pump needed, and no risk of leaving a valve open and overfilling.

thats what im looking to do..but that might be a little pricey, i would need to get a remote gage for my top tank. im going to look into it though..did you rig it like that or did it come in a kit form. and do you have a gage for you aux tank...

did you tee off the frame mounted lift pump some how???

[Ryan Rønning]

I run a two gallon a minute pump on mine. It is a lil slow but I use it while driving so I can keep an eye on it. I run 3/4" through the filler neck as well.

[1tonpower]

Northern Tool

This is the pump i have. I took the pump out or the plastick case. If I use its going to be plumbed in and hard wired with a dash light that will come on when the pump is on. I do t want to pull over to open anything or have to fill it with a nozzle

[terryknight]

Originally Posted by JSchuricht

I run my aux tank with a selector valve so I can switch between tanks from the cab. No extra pump needed, and no risk of leaving a valve open and overfilling.

On the 96 this is what we have. with a switch on the dash to switch to it. and it is wired into the fuel gauge on the dash. It is an OBS with dual tanks but the aux tank overrides both. I don't exactly know how it works because it came on the truck when i bought it and I haven't looked at the wiring. It has a send and return line and the fuel gauge all on the top. wires and hoses run down the side and along the frame rail. I need to figure out the selector valve and the wiring.

[terryknight]

forgot about the set up dad had in his old dodge. it was a 60 gal tank set up to feed fuel into the filler neck though a fitting welded on the side of the neck. It was run off of a timer in the cab i think it could be set for an hour. that way you wouldn't forget to switch it off. had a i think 20 gal/hr electric pump running through a filter. it was a fairly clean set up, but I have no photos.