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Originally Posted by bushpilot

i just realized the entire truck/cab step is a fuel tank (id read earlier that you did the custom tank yourself). how many gallons was the step...i mean tank ?

id love to have larger tanks on mine.

The tanks would hold 186 gals, 93 per side. They were made out of 1/8 aluminum, with the steps made out of aluminum diamond deck. Made some special brackets, that bolted to the frame and rested in recesses in the bottom of the tank, the tank had aluminum L's welded to the back to bolt to. Everything was insulated with thick rubber for a cushion between the steel brackets and the tank.

To get a vent into the tanks, I put an aluminum tube inside the tank that came up to the top and across, it was welded into the bottom of the tank, so if it sloshed a little out, it was under the vehicle. Also had an extra outlet bung in the tank up about 4" off the bottom for the 10K generator, that way if you were at the races running the generator and it ran out of fuel, you still had enough to get to a filling station. The 2 tanks were cross fed, with a large line, coupled with rubber for movement, so you could fill one side and both would come up at the same time.