Replacement Oversize Fuel Tank

[Matt42]

It looks like we'll be replacing the stock fuel tank on our office 2004 3500 4x4 with a larger one. Does anyone have any experience or recommendations in the Phoenix area, or with brands that can be ordered? In our application, a tank in the bed or replacing the spare are not options.

 

[Beast2B]

We put Transfer Flow aux tanks in our work trucks. They make replacement tanks of larger capacity as well as aux saddle tanks for some. The work trucks are Furd gasser F450 4x4 V10's, they like the fuel!

Three years on and off road, towing 10k and the tanks and transfer equip has never hicupped. They have a list of installers nationwide, or give them a call.

www.transferflow.com

 

[mlandis2]

I got some info on the Titan fuel tanks (www.supertanks.com) from RJOL. They are now making a tank for the Dodge (applications are not listed on the website so you'll have to call) and they seem to have a pretty good reputation around the boards. I think that's the way I'll be going for mine.

 

[RACE427]

Auxiliary fuel tanks

At the vocational school where I teach, my students and I have installed 3 Transfer Flow mid-ship fuel tanks, 1 GMC Dura Max, ! Ford F-350 diesel and our shop class project Dodge Ram. Instructions were easy to follow and the tanks install and fit perfectly. Their construction and attention to detail is a Class Act. All 3 tanks have been working flawlessly. Transfer Flow customer service and support is A # 1 Transfer Flow is simply the best... ... ...



Once you install one, you will wonder how you ever did without it.

 

[robertyoke]

At the vocational school where I teach, my students and I have installed 3 Transfer Flow mid-ship fuel tanks, 1 GMC Dura Max, ! Ford F-350 diesel and our shop class project Dodge Ram. Instructions were easy to follow and the tanks install and fit perfectly. Their construction and attention to detail is a Class Act. All 3 tanks have been working flawlessly. Transfer Flow customer service and support is A # 1 Transfer Flow is simply the best... ... ...



Once you install one, you will wonder how you ever did without it.

you have installed 3 transfer flow tanks, WHAT other brands have you installed??



look into supertanks, the tank will bolt up just like the factory tank did. the lines will clip in just like the factory tank and the tank is poly, not steel.

steel tanks are heavy dropping your net carry capacity of your vehicle.

 

[RACE427]

P;astic Fuel Tanks

Last summer while vacationing with my family in So Cal I ran over a car front spoiler on the 405 Freeway. There was no where for me to go but to roll over it with the rental Astro Van. That road debris cut a 6 inch gash into the plastic fuel tank. This never would have happened to a steel fuel tank as it would have just dented. I prefer steel it is stronger than any plastic. After this road experience I will stay with a steel fuel tank from now on.

 

[Matt42]

Last summer while vacationing with my family in So Cal I ran over a car front spoiler on the 405 Freeway. There was no where for me to go but to roll over it with the rental Astro Van. That road debris cut a 6 inch gash into the plastic fuel tank. This never would have happened to a steel fuel tank as it would have just dented. I prefer steel it is stronger than any plastic. After this road experience I will stay with a steel fuel tank from now on.

I'm familiar with the problem. Polyethylene tanks are better than they used to be, but they can still crack or break from blunt force trauma. I put a Transfer-Flow aft-axle tank on my own Dodge seven years ago, in part for that reason. I drive into remote places, and I compared the $800 cost of the tank against the cost of a long walk and a back-country extrication tow.



The aft axle tank from Transfer-Flow wasn't a very difficult installation, and everything fit exactly as they said it would. I carry my spare tires in the bed anyway, so I didn't miss the tire space. The only problem is the fuel sender. Unlike most listers, the sender in the OEM tank has never given me trouble (knock on wood here), though it tends to be pessimistic. The T-F tank's sender got really weird a few years ago, and sometimes never goes over 3/4 tank. But if I fill it from a high flow truck nozzle, it'll be more accurate for a while, then go back to its old ways.

 

[RACE427]

Plastic

I realize that the argument to use plastic is to reduce weight and somewhat increase mpg. Being in the automotive business for 37 yrs. I am not totally convinced of this theory. Plastic is used because it is cheap to mold and manufacture and gives a nice hefty profit margin. I have seen factory oem steel fuel tanks take a nice hit and still not open up. Transfer Flow makes a much stronger fuel tank than any oem has used on cars or trucks. Stronger is better and steel is the way to go. I am sure your diesel Dodge will wear out before a Transfer Flow tank is all used up ! LOL

 

[robertyoke]

Last summer while vacationing with my family in So Cal I ran over a car front spoiler on the 405 Freeway. There was no where for me to go but to roll over it with the rental Astro Van. That road debris cut a 6 inch gash into the plastic fuel tank. This never would have happened to a steel fuel tank as it would have just dented. I prefer steel it is stronger than any plastic. After this road experience I will stay with a steel fuel tank from now on.

supertanks comes with 16 ga steel skid plate, wraps up on all sides about 3 inches!

 

[robertyoke]

I realize that the argument to use plastic is to reduce weight and somewhat increase mpg. Being in the automotive business for 37 yrs. I am not totally convinced of this theory. Plastic is used because it is cheap to mold and manufacture and gives a nice hefty profit margin. I have seen factory oem steel fuel tanks take a nice hit and still not open up. Transfer Flow makes a much stronger fuel tank than any oem has used on cars or trucks. Stronger is better and steel is the way to go. I am sure your diesel Dodge will wear out before a Transfer Flow tank is all used up ! LOL

supertanks are alot thicker than stock tank!

 

[Beast2B]

robertyoke, do you work for supertanks?

Everyone except you is offering pros and cons to their choices, you're selling supertanks...

If Matt is worried about weight and load capacity being diminished, he'll probably choose supertank. If he's worried about running over crap and getting stranded in the backwoods, he'll probably go steel.

 

[robertyoke]

robertyoke, do you work for supertanks?

Everyone except you is offering pros and cons to their choices, you're selling supertanks...

If Matt is worried about weight and load capacity being diminished, he'll probably choose supertank. If he's worried about running over crap and getting stranded in the backwoods, he'll probably go steel.

no, I don't work for supertanks, just thought they had a real nice product. and I had a seel tank on my 98 truck and it was heavy, a lot heaver than you might think, and some may be concerned about their gvwr and gcvwr.

I think that supertanks took care of me when I had problem with my tank, and they have addressed the problems of a poly tank getting punctured by adding a skid plate.

transfer flow looks like a real nice product, it is also the most money for a replacement tank, areo product and customer support is crap, that leaves supertanks, good product, good support.

-robert

 

[Beast2B]

ok, my bad.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

I recently installed a Transfer Flow 56 gallon replacement tank in my 2004. To fit it needs to be a long bed quad cab. It fit perfectly and was a very straightforward installation. Excellent fit, clean bends, super welds, very clean inside, black powser coat over aluminized steel. No affiliation with Transfer Flow, but a happy user of their products.

 

[robertyoke]

I recently installed a Transfer Flow 56 gallon replacement tank in my 2004. To fit it needs to be a long bed quad cab. It fit perfectly and was a very straightforward installation. Excellent fit, clean bends, super welds, very clean inside, black powser coat over aluminized steel. No affiliation with Transfer Flow, but a happy user of their products.

Joe,

Did you have to cut the stock fuel lines? or drill frame? I have never used transfer flow product, it looks nice.

robert

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

The stock fuel feed and return lines have quick connect fittings. You install the stock fuel sending unit "tower" into the TF tank and the lines clip back onto the nipples on top of the sender. The wiring connector likewise. TF provides a filler hose and a vent hose going to the spout inside the filler door on the side of the bed. You do not use the stock hoses there, so they are not modified. There are no frame modifications. TF supplies their own mounting straps which go on the studs on the frame cross members, and latch into the frame pockets at the outside of the tank, just like the stock brackets did. I have seen tanks that took an act of congress (or of a deity) to install, and they still didn't fit worth a darn. Transfer Flow is just the opposite. If you can install a stock tank, you can install theirs.

 

[RACE427]

Transfer Flow

Transfer Flow mid ship tanks fit perfectly, no modifications, no drilling and they look great when the installation is done!!