I think you are overstressing the effect of a single 150 gal.(give or take) tank on the center of gravity. Around here there are a BUNCH of trucks running single 100-150 gal. tanks. The only thing countering it on the other side is the battery box. They have been running this configuration (usually pulling a 6000 gal. milk tanker trailer on dairy pickup duty) for about 20 yrs now, so if there are any negatives to this setup, either they don't care, or there aren't any. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Also, even if you like to stop every 300 miles, it's still nice to know you don't have to fuel up every second or third stop. I think a 1500-mile range is kinda cool, and a 150 gal tank would be no sweat for a Class 8 pulling a 5er.
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