Brian894x4
Explorer
So, I've kicked this around for years now, but put it off in favor of jerry cans.
I've found that the Jerry Cans work for the most part but are big enough pain to haul around that I limit myself to just a couple of 2.5 gallon tanks, which means my total reserve capacity is only 5 gallons.
I'm thinking I'd feel better with a few more gallons on board in an out of the way seperate tank. For the Toyota pick-ups in the U.S., the only available product I know of is from http://www.nwmp.com/ They're local to me, so no shipping charges. I've talked with them before and seem like good folks with a decent product. It's only 13.5 gallons, but I actually wouldn't want much more than that anyway, since I'm pushing the edges of my weight limits as it is. Typically push about 5300lbs fully loaded weight right now, including a passenger and me.
Right now, I have effectively a 16 usable gallon stock tank. At around 14-17 mpg, my range is as low as 225 miles with a maximum with a good tailwind of about 272. However, with a 13 gallon aux tank, that would bump it up to between 400-500 miles.
My main question is if I do go with a NWMP tank, which I likely will, since there aren't many other options, whether it would be worth it to try to plumb an electric fuel pump between the two tanks or just use the gravity feed system of the NWMP tank. I know the gravity feed would be the least complicated, less chance of something breaking and no chance of overflowing the stock tank (unless there's a return line set up, I'm not sure how it would work). On the other hand, with the gravity feed, the fuel gauge will always read full until the 13.5 gallons runs out. I suppose I could live with that or possibly plumb in an aftermarket fuel gauge in the NWMP tank. I understand NWMP can actually install a sender for me.
Sorry about the long post, but any comments on this plan would be appreciated. Also has anyone used one of these tanks?
I've found that the Jerry Cans work for the most part but are big enough pain to haul around that I limit myself to just a couple of 2.5 gallon tanks, which means my total reserve capacity is only 5 gallons.
I'm thinking I'd feel better with a few more gallons on board in an out of the way seperate tank. For the Toyota pick-ups in the U.S., the only available product I know of is from http://www.nwmp.com/ They're local to me, so no shipping charges. I've talked with them before and seem like good folks with a decent product. It's only 13.5 gallons, but I actually wouldn't want much more than that anyway, since I'm pushing the edges of my weight limits as it is. Typically push about 5300lbs fully loaded weight right now, including a passenger and me.
Right now, I have effectively a 16 usable gallon stock tank. At around 14-17 mpg, my range is as low as 225 miles with a maximum with a good tailwind of about 272. However, with a 13 gallon aux tank, that would bump it up to between 400-500 miles.
My main question is if I do go with a NWMP tank, which I likely will, since there aren't many other options, whether it would be worth it to try to plumb an electric fuel pump between the two tanks or just use the gravity feed system of the NWMP tank. I know the gravity feed would be the least complicated, less chance of something breaking and no chance of overflowing the stock tank (unless there's a return line set up, I'm not sure how it would work). On the other hand, with the gravity feed, the fuel gauge will always read full until the 13.5 gallons runs out. I suppose I could live with that or possibly plumb in an aftermarket fuel gauge in the NWMP tank. I understand NWMP can actually install a sender for me.
Sorry about the long post, but any comments on this plan would be appreciated. Also has anyone used one of these tanks?
