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Originally Posted by JBK23
Who is going to travel 500 miles none stop when gas go up it's going to take more money to fill up. Sometimes money you may not have want's the point of a few extra gallons and always hacking on the truck your going to stop sooner or later. You can go good bit of way with the 26 gallon tank I can go a little over a week on a tank of gas 50 miles a day some times more. You can get over 300 miles with the tank the truck has. I mean the truck is not a prius  you guys like the idea now cause gas is low right now but if it goes back up you guys will be crying about how much it takes to fill up. which means spending at least over a 100 dollars to fill up  |
Here's a perfect example as to why I need a larger capacity: I have 2 customers in Macon. From Chattanooga to Macon, it's 203 miles, so 406mi. round trip. With my F250 diesel, which had the 38 gallon tank but got only slightly better mileage by the way, I could fill up in the morning, stop to grab a burger on the way, arrive, do my work, and stop to get a drink for the drive home. With the 350 mile range on the Tundra, I usually stop for a burger in Unionville, then I have to fight the traffic to get to the gas station, sit in line waiting for a pump, top it off (which takes a lot of time to squeeze that last 3.5 gallons in), then get back on the road. That's probably 15-20 minutes of wasted time that could be avoided if there were enough fuel to get me there and back w/o having to refill. I also have a customer in Augusta, so sometimes I'll make the Macon run then drive up to Augusta then back home... all in one day. 600+ miles. Having the larger fuel tank would give me a lot more options on where to refuel, plus with GA being about $.10 higher per gallon... you get my point.