How NOT to fill your fuel tanks

There's been a few comments about the fuel opening that's supposed to be rotated from the vertical position. On my T2000 it comes stock at vertical, which is why I only fill to the point fuel reaches the bottom of the tube.

I've driven a number of different trucks, mostly on drive away. The majority of trucks do have the fuel cap rotated. I do fill those trucks to within an inch of the brim.

The point of this thread is to alert drivers that over filling your tanks can put you in jeopardy of needing to pay for Hazmat cleanup. After I alerted the truck stop to the situation a couple days ago they coned off the parking spaces and called in a Hazmat crew. I got deisel all over my tires pulling out from my parking space. I don't know if they were able to track down that driver to charge him.

There was at least 15-20 gallons diesel flowing across the parking lot. If you have ANY issues with the balance of your fuel return system, over filling will create a problem. If you park on an angle, like when you park on an exit ramp with your tractor leaning about 20° to the passenger side, you have a PROBLEM. Fuel will leak out the downhill side like a cascading waterfall.

LEARN HOW TO FILL YOUR TANKS!

 

I've driven quite a few oil company trucks. I've never driven a truck that had the DEF tank on the passenger side. You either have to go the wrong way into the fuel pump or buy DEF by the box. It's a major PITA.

Then the teeny little fuel tank. Don't get me started. Doing a long haul with a sand chief or fracking pump requires stopping every 200 miles to fuel if you want to be safe. Much more than that and you risk running out of fuel. With the often undersized engine you are lucky to get 2.5 mpg.