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Originally Posted by Cummins12V98
Lots of opinions on this subject. I am willing to bet that many get the extra tanks because they "think" they need one.
I fill up at around 250mi. That will get us 5 hours of being on the road at 60mph. If we travel any further no biggie. We usually stop for fuel twice a day. My wife loves shopping at the nicer truck stops while i fuel. Lots of times she will get us some Subway.
No way will I loose any of my 30" front to back bed height tool box.
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well, everyone has their opinion.....
We had to fill up at 220 miles or less with the stock tank. 8mpg average. I've seen 7 in the mountains. Especially out west the gas stations don't typically line up nicely - so no fuel stations at 220 miles, but there is one at 180? Guess your stopping at 180 miles. 500 mile trip? Your filling up
at least twice. If your playing safe, the stations don't line up, or pulling in the hills, 3 times. If your first tank is short, it snowballs the entire trip. We had one scare in Utah where we made it to the gas station with 4 miles showing on the DTE, and I had one hopping mad lady in the truck. It was that or stop 50 miles earlier, which I didn't want to do. What I didn't know was the last 20 miles was all hills and long grades.
Especially if we are doing a long haul my bladder can easily handle 350/400 miles before stopping for lunch and fuel....and if we're doing a 1500 mile haul...we only stop when the truck needs fuel. Bring a snack. Fuel/Potty/Food stops absolutely
kill your transit times.
Anyway, everyone has their own opinion on it but its made a world of difference to us and was worth every penny. I would do again in a heart beat. Now we full time and tow weekly, so that is also a consideration - this is something we use all the time, it may not make sense for someone who pulls 2-3 times a year.
I still have the worthless 5 gallon Jerry can. PITA, always spilled fuel with it, and I constantly worried about water in the fuel. I haven't used it since I installed the Titan Tank, nor plan to.