An acquaintance of mine hauls travel trailers. He has an old TT tank, cut the end off and mounted it in the bed. He connected to the cross over fitting with a fuel hose to a filter on the frame rail ( a valve on each side of the filter to change filters ) then to a gismo that he put in the large filler hose ( cut a chunk out ) that keeps the tank full without over filling. He changes filters when the truck tank gauge starts to drop. He only puts fuel in the big tank.

Mike

 

Yes I would like some pics, and everybody thanks for the Legal advise. I would stile like to know if I can use my Aeromotive gas fuel pump to transfer fuel?

 

If you haul for a living then make sure someone else pay's for the weight you haul not yourself , so every pound that you add to your truck is $ that you are taking out of your own pocket, & stopping every 4-5 hours is a pain but dot reg's require a in-route inspection every 3 hours so grab fuel at that time & kill 2 birds with one stone.

 

once a quarter ain't bad but your right they suck all the way around

 

i havent logged an in route inspection in 10 years

 

Wrong....I have been out here 5 years and never done that. You do a pre-trip when you start your day.

 

I have never understood why anyone would want to drive 8+ hours literally nonstop. That can't be safe and it just sounds AWFUL. When I was hauling cars and driving 12 hours a day I'd still stop every 2-3 hours and get gas and stretch and stuff even if I didn't need to fill up yet.

Also, the CDL manual (at least here in MN) does say that you need to stop and inspect your vehicle and cargo, I think it's every 3 hours or 150 miles...which is pretty ridiculous and obviously unenforceable. There's no legal requirement to do so as far as I know, and it's not something you'd log anyway. I think it's more of a "recommendation".

 

Well reread the DOT manual they REQUIRE an in route walk-around every 3 hours or 150 miles & have for over 25 years, & I've made my living as an OTR driver for over 1/4 century now, & they don't relaxe rules just tend to add more & more every year.

 

I alway's walk around the trailer and check the strap's while the fuel is pumping. How hard can it be.

 

Not a "recommendation" if & when you get a federal DOT auditor looking at your log books & it doesn't show an in route inspection they can cite you & use your own records against you. Don't ask how I know this. They also don't need probable cause for an inspection of all your books they just call it random.

 

My fuel doesn't feed directly to the injectors, and I have to stop and get out to open the ball valve. Looks like I'm legal.

(d) Gravity or syphon feed prohibited. A fuel system must not supply fuel by gravity or syphon feed directly to the carburetor or injector.


(e) Selection control valve location. If a fuel system includes a selection control valve which is operable by the driver to regulate the flow of fuel from two or more fuel tanks, the valve must be installed so that either —

(e)(1) The driver may operate it while watching the roadway and without leaving his/her driving position; or

(e)(2) The driver must stop the vehicle and leave his/her seat in order to operate the valve.

 

Well I guess you would not like my straight through blasts to FL and TX from IL...its between 18 and 22 hours (with a couple quick bathroom stops and a drive through or two for food).

I do FL a few times a year with the Family and leave after dinner they watch tv then sleep and I drive. We arrive the next day by lunch and are usually as SeaWorld goofin' off by 1pm. Its all good!!

 

I think maybe you are missing the point. I sure CANNOT drive 8 hours non stop - - something inside me says baby, no way. Having additional fuel is not about driving for ever without stopping - - it is about not having to stop for fuel when you don't WANT to stop for fuel. In other words, I love being able to plan where I will stop hours before I have to stop. I might run an extra hundred miles to cross a state line knowing the fuel is .10 cheaper across that line and I know there is a good station there that can handle my long rig. It is time consuming to have to stop for fuel every few hours which the poor Chevy owners have to do when hauling anything. That aux tank dramatically improves my options.
Bob

 

My way of thinking too.

 

big rig saddle tank in the bed using a J bracket looks good...