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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: modifying fuel pods I sure like that pic posted above of that 6x6 Ford. Although not being a die-hard ford fan, that truck looks TOUGH!!!!

RE: Re: RE: Re: modifying fuel pods Our tanker is a 1991 Ford F800 with a 1500 gallon sqare tank with one X baffle in the middle. This truck sounds much like yours in that it is a very dangerous truck to drive. We are currently trying to get it replaced before someone gets hurt. A neighboring...

RE: Re: RE: Re: modifying fuel pods We had planned on doing either 3" or 4". The 4" would probably be the best. And like you said earlier, building a tank is VERY expensive, even if you go with steel. A 1,200 gallon steel tank was going to cost $5,000 to make and a poly tank was going to cost...

RE: Re: modifying fuel pods Hey Mark, Thanks for the heads up. We have washed them ourselves so hopefully we got all of the petroleum product out of it. Looking at what the Colonel wrote was another idea that we had thought about doing. Just weld a piece of aluminum around as a band and...

Thanks for the advice. I was curious as to why the tanks didn't have baffles in them when they were manufactured ?? We had planned on installing baffles in them if we cut them apart. And as far as cutting on a flammable tank, these things have been purged several times with some high powered...

When we got this 813, we opted to buy the the fuel pods for water tanks to supply a fire pump. OK. What we was curious about was if we cut an end out of one of the tanks and welded them togather to make one tank. Our reasoning??? We will gain a much needed extra foot in the bed. Plus, the two...