Cody’s Hunting Truck Build

Let’s just say I want more fuel!

 

with regular steel?

 

Yah, 1/8” mild steel, wanted to go stainless but it’s 5x the price, it’s going to be permanently mounted, I will be posting pictures the whole way.

 

In for 1st gen hunting trucks



Also interested to see where you put the tank

 

It will be a bit before installed but hopefully have the tank started this week! Pictures all the way, I really want to put some ditch light on my truck like yours!

 

Cbi or Rago mounts, probably one of the more useful things I’ve done.

 

Thanks, I’m wondering if I should tie them into my light bar on the roof or wire them separate.

 

I see, I would have done stainless in like a 14ga with a few baffles for strength.

 

That’s definitely a good idea!

 

You could probably even do 16ga. Also check the scrap pile. Most of the time there are random sized strips in there and you can find a piece that will work for pennies on the dollar.

 

Thanks for all the great ideas, I’m going to go with the metal I just purchased to build my tank, and see how it works, should start on it tomorrow and have some more time on Friday to work on it, then I have to go out of town for work for a few weeks so I don’t know when it will get finished, not in a huge hurry, just want it done before I start scouting this summer. I will keep my progress updated though.

 

Got my tank welded up, gunna do some more on it today, I don’t know when I will get it installed more pics to come










Got to weld my mounting points on it today.

 

How many gallons?

 

With my math and the dimensions, it should be just above 14 gallons, but I will have to wait to fill it to find out how much I can really put in it,

 

Put a couple tie down point on it for my action packer

 

Pressure testing it, found some leaks hahah

 

Fixed all the leaks and pressure tested it @ 10 psi, now I’m starting the paint process. Probably won’t get it mounted and plumbed for a few weeks because of work, but I’m going to set it in the truck and take a pic of what it will look like this weekend.

 

Photo dump! So this is just what it’s going to look like, I still have to hard mount it and plumb it, but just wanted to show what it will look like, so far I am pretty please with the way it turned out!!

 

Are you just gonna make it so it’s drains down the filler tube into the tank?

 

Exactly, there will be a valve on the tank, so when I’m ready for fuel I open the valve, I’m Gunna plumb a tee into the filler tube.