"Dsscats" (dsscats)
08/07/2014 at 22:37 • Filed to: None
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"Dsscats" (dsscats)
08/07/2014 at 22:37 • Filed to: None | 5
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My idea: take a very tuned Dodge Ram Cummins. Crew cab, long bed, single rear wheel (duallies are too wide). Fill 60% or so of the bed with a custom made fuel tank. HUGE thing. Actually, I just calculated it and you could fit a 375 gallon tank in 62.5% of the bed. Then, tune the shit out of the engine. Probably 900AWHP. It's not insanely hard to achieve on these. Massive turbo, bigger injectors, intake, tune, etc. Get 10 MPG and win doing it!
BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 22:41 |
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A full-size has never been more appealing!
Jedidiah
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 22:41 |
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Fuck yeah. That's a great idea.
Haul all your gear, haul plenty of fuel, and haul ass at the same time.
And you get to enjoy the nice seats they put in modern trucks now.
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Dsscats
> Jedidiah
08/07/2014 at 22:42 |
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Ultimate road trip vehicle
XJDano
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 22:44 |
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buy a similar truck with same tank and refill on the move!
Wait how long is the gumball, that tank would get you 3,750 miles @10/mpg
WRXforScience
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 22:45 |
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No.
Fuel has weight, and the vehicle's cg would change as you used it. Also, high speed stability is not something trucks are known for.
You will have to stop for driver changes anyway, they might as well be at a gas station where you use 2+ pumps to simultaneously fill multiple fuel cells.
Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 22:45 |
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375 gallons of diesel is just shy of 2700lb. That means that a 2500 will do it, straining, but that's a hell of a load.
Jcarr
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 22:47 |
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Would you be able to get 10mpg with a heavily tuned cummins hauling 2800lbs of diesel around?
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Dsscats
> Jcarr
08/07/2014 at 23:01 |
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Doubtful, but my friend and I managed 8 while towing an 8000 pound trailer
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Dsscats
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
08/07/2014 at 23:02 |
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Not really on a HD truck. Admitidly, the bed would require strengthening, but the engine can for sure take the load
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 23:07 |
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That's a lot of weight though. And since it's a liquid, it'll move around quite a bit so best take corners gently...
Newsboy
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 23:17 |
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You're on the right track, but going the wrong direction.
http://jalopnik.com/400076/brabus-…
blacktruck18
> Dsscats
08/07/2014 at 23:48 |
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Or you buy a regular cab short bed 1500 pickup, and have a 100 gallon custom fuel cell made that is as long as the bed and only as tall as necessary to hold 100 gallons, then you add in the 32 gallons of fuel that the optional factory tank will hold. That puts you at about 800 pounds of extra fuel which a 1500 will have no problem with, while also not f-ing up the center of gravity to badly. Then you average 11 miles per gallon which works out to be 1452 miles. Which equates to 1 fuel stop from the Redball Garage to the Portofina Inn. Not that I have done the math or own a regular cab short bed 1500 pickup.
TJDMAX
> Dsscats
08/08/2014 at 10:21 |
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You'd be surprised...Even with that weight you should be able to average more than 10 mpg. I guess it all comes down to speed, but my 07 duramax pulling a 14K 36ft 5th wheel up and down mountains and on the highway would average 12 mpg at 55-60mph.
I hear that the early DPF trucks (08-12) got awful mileage, but they all started getting better mileage after 2012. This is a great idea though. I had the same idea a few years ago watching that BullRun show that used to be on Spike.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Dsscats
08/09/2014 at 20:00 |
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Or you remove the bed entirely and replace it with a fuel tank...
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Dsscats
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/09/2014 at 22:45 |
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But then you can't carry your things