Picking Fuel Tank Capacity....

i like bigger tanks i run 150 gallon daul setup. it really helps me to with my 300 gallons on board i can make my run from chillicothe oh to nottingham pa and back to onna wv and back to chilli with out getting fuel. when i get to fuel i am almost empty. now fuel in chilli is 3.56 a gallon right now. if i ran 100 gallon tanks with daul setup i would run out either in pa on the toll road or md where fuel is 4.05 and 3.89 a gallon. thats a big difference when running 5 rounds a week....

 

There are actually a few things to consider. How much weight will you haul? Smaller tanks = less weight. Also better fuel economy due to not carrying all that weight around. If you are running mostly light loads on flat ground then larger tanks wouldn't hurt otherwise a 200 total gallon will serve you fine. Remember, one gallon of fuel is about 8 pounds.

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Certainly is better to purchase fuel in a state where price is cheaper up front, but will fuel tax eat-up that savings at the end of the quarter?

In addition, ne0 is correct on thinking about weight. Other points against large tanks: additional weight of the tank and even mounting hardware will be more; and if you were to have a spill, may be more gallons on the ground for clean-up. Big tanks take more frame space, but that probably isn't a problem in most circumstances.

I have been running 200-225 capacity - that seems to be a good compromise for my purposes. It there weren't any considerations, though, I would run the largest I could get. Avoid the shortcomings of fueling - time could be spent making miles (or making quitting time come sooner that day), morons blocking the fuel islands, slow pumps, stepping into/falling on previous sloppy fueler's mess, etc.