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  1. 01-11-2007 10:44 AM #1
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    Mounting a aluminum fuel cell in a across the bed tool box on a truck.
    Here is my logic or thoughts on this....it puts the gas above the pump{gravity feed}It protects the fuel tank and makes it harder to steal gas or put sugar in the tank,,by being locked in the tool box.Gets it out of the cab and still leaves room under the back for a spare tire.I can also offset the tank in the box to the passenger side to compensate for driver weight .

    Anyone see some tragic reason or law ,not to mount this tank in the tool box or a draw back that I may not be seeing?

    It will be secured to the bed and tool box with bolts and a 1/4 inch thick plate under the bed rails to keep it attached in case of impact.
    Its gunna take longer than u thought and its gunna cost more too(plan ahead!)
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  3. 01-11-2007 10:47 AM #2
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    One warning...........stay away from NBC reporters. They have a thing about Chevrolet trucks and their fuel tanks.
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    You should vent the tank to the outside of the tool box .
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    Do what Hawk says about the vent. I had a CO2 tank in my tool box this summer and it apparently got hot enough to blow the rupture disk on the tank. Must have been a neat show to have a 10lb bottle of CO2 go off!

    But dont get Bob and me started on the sugar in the gas!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by shawnlee28

    Anyone see some tragic reason or law ,not to mount this tank in the tool box or a draw back that I may not be seeing?

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    I put mine on the front bumper!
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  7. 01-11-2007 11:13 AM #6
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    Roger on the roll over valve/vent to the outside of box!!!
    Have one ready to install!!!
    Thnx for the reply!!
    Anything else?
    OOOOHHH NOOOO not the the tank on the bumper deal
    Do not say that in my thread please!!!
    Just to clear anyone up ,/no tank on the bumper on my truck!!!
    Last edited by shawnlee28; 01-11-2007 at 11:15 AM.
    Its gunna take longer than u thought and its gunna cost more too(plan ahead!)
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  8. 01-11-2007 11:57 AM #7
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    Sounds reasonable to me.
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    What sounds reasonable Richard???
    The BUMPER or the bed
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    sounds better than what I want to do... a pony keg on the front bumper!
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone
    sounds better than what I want to do... a pony keg on the front bumper!

    That's already been done. Be a little original, will you.


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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher
    What sounds reasonable Richard???
    The BUMPER or the bed
    Tank in the toolbox sounds reasonable. I've already gotten in big trouble with a rat rodder from South Dakota over the bumper-mounted tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by techinspector1
    I've already gotten in big trouble with a rat rodder from South Dakota over the bumper-mounted tank.
    Like that's ever bothered you??
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