Fuel tank fell out of the truck...

Driving along the road the other day, and the brackets holding up the fuel tank failed. The tank has ruptured and needs to be replaced. Has anyone experienced this and/or does anyone have an idea of how much the repair would be?

 

Rust..... gets us every time.

 

lucky there wasn't any sparks and the truck didn't go up in flames

 

Turns out my frame has already been replaced too, dealer conveniently forgot to mention it when I bought the truck two years ago.

I am very fortunate I didn’t explode

 

About $400 in parts and couple hrs labor rate

 

Crap! That could have been a lot worse...

 

Fire maybe, explosion... no.

 

only $400 for the tank? Honestly not bad

 

and straps

 

I’ve Watched too many movies

 

Dozens of people spontaneously combust every year. It's just not widely reported.

Seems like a fuel tank wouldn't be much safer.

 

Crap!. I guess they should have replaced the tank straps when they did the frame.

 

Happens more often than you think
https://youtu.be/VBlZrZ5pilY

 

Oh come on, we've all seen TV we know that anytime there is any sort of fuel leak the vehicle goes high order.

 

Been seeing a lot of these tank straps fail lately. Done like 5 sets this year alone...

 

might want to get a gas tank skid plate too that way if in the future it ends up falling off agian at least the gas tank skid with the bolts might keep it up

 

New mod - Gas tank wheels.

 

I think you’re onto something here

 

Here's a place to start:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit