Maybe your comedic timing is going to the dogs...

 

great story RJ,

i have a brief story, did ya know a 97 12V 4x4 208k miles STOCK, will hold 2700-3000 RPMS for an hour and ten min running about 91-97mph.

well it will, did that on sunday coming back from a rodeo in las cruces NM.
good ole NM roads, had to watch for deer though....

 

At that speed, i believe the deer are watching for you.....

 

The deer stayed out of your way because they could hear you for 5 miles.

 

that is probably 100% accurate, and i was also following a 7.3L powerjoke, so we were making quite a ruckus

 

Can you hear at all today then?

 

Surprise a Power Stroke could hold together that long!

RJ

 

FOLLOWING a Power Stroke? What!

 

me too


yea he is chipped up, and an auto with no speed limiter, i simply ran out of RPM's with the 5 spd

 

hey fellas, looks like i am going to build my own transfer tank for the back of ol red if i cant find one for CHEAP, i think i can get the steel for free.
was thinking 18' x 18' x 48' so it will be pretty close to 67 gallons

reason is, so i can stock up on JET A when at home, and other buddy's offer to fuel me up when in town.

any tips? the steel has slight surface rust, so i will grind that off. does the inside need to be sealed with something?

i will be doing this on the "cheap" and it will not be a permanent fixture to my bed, just something to tote fuel around until its all used up.

thanx,
Max

 

I wouldn't make one out of steel - at least not on purpose... and especially not rusty at that...


You can buy 55 gallon plastic drums very cheap - strap a bunch of those in the bed with a redneck fuel transfer system (just reach through the beer window and unscrew the caps to gravity-feed the filler tube! )

 

Rodeo or ropin?

 

Or tin lined metal Drums. We sell them used for $5.00 each so we don't have to pay to have them hauled off.. Around here, people use them as burn barrels. Just need to be cleaned out... if they had additives in them. Not even that ...if base oils!

You could just gravity feed the fuel right into your filler tube.... with a siphon hose.

RJ

 

I agree 100% with Mike on this......you dont know the amt of calls i get from guys with rusty fuel tanks..........make only out of alum or plastic....stainless if you can come up with the $$$ for it! Hope you can weld good or have a good welder....i helped with a tank and chased leaks on seams that otherwise looked good for 5 days..........

 

I might talk to yo sometime about that...for bio storage......