Diesel tank/ tool box combo

[Jakebreak]

Hey everyone I am wanting some ideas or opinions on a fuel tank/ tool box combo for my new truck. I would like something around 50-75 gallons for a tank and a big enough box to to put stuff from my old box and be able to get rid of my 5 drawer craftsman box I have in my old truck for my hand tools. I don’t like the idea of having another box in my truck for hand tools if I can help it my truck has an 8’ bed and eventually I will put a flatbed or a half mechanics bed/ flat bed on the truck for tools but be able to use the fuel tank box combo on the new bed. The reason I want to stay in that 50-75 gallon range is if we take long trips that would give me one tank of fuel without having to stop and also for any side work with equipment I would have something that would be able to fill a variety of equipment with in that range.

 

[KSSS]

Those are handy. I would look at Highway Products, there stuff is Aluminum and very well made. Its not cheap, but buy once, cry once I guess. The only issue with using the fuel in the tank in the back is if you use red fuel for off road. That would legally prevent you from using that fuel in your pickup. If you use taxed fuel off road, then it would all be clear fuel and wouldn't be an issue.

 

[Jakebreak]

I will look them up yeah it will only be clear fuel red is hard to find at the pump in California unless you go through a fuel supplier I believe. A lot of those boxes I have seen so far have a nice setup but the tool box part are really shallow and not much storage space.

 

[Swampboy99]

Not sure exactly sure what brand it is (no placard)but I have a 94 gallon tank with a toolbox built onto it and love it
Have a milk crate full of chains
My big hammers, an assortment of pipe wrenches, welding rods and hood, toolkit and 2 bottle jacks in it and still have more room
That is the style of tank I prefer but Ik a handful of people that run a 50gal skinny rectangle tank in the very front and then a normal truck toolbox that sits on the rails in front of it if your running a factory bed

Box is in disarray at the moment and needs to be organized again as I’ve been in and out of it constantly the past week

 

[Legdoc]

One thing to consider some of the fuel/tool set-ups do not sit in the bed floor except the sides allowing some cargo such as several sheets of plywood to slide under.

 

[CM1995]

I have a RDS aluminum L-Tank with a Weather Guard cross box. Also have a UWS aluminum drawer stack at the tailgate. Current truck is a SWB SRW 350 so not much bed space but this combo allowed me to take everything off the old LWB 350 that had the wider WG cross box.

Wide angle pic from a demo project we were bidding but shows the overall layout.

 

[Jakebreak]

Not sure exactly sure what brand it is (no placard)but I have a 94 gallon tank with a toolbox built onto it and love it
Have a milk crate full of chains
My big hammers, an assortment of pipe wrenches, welding rods and hood, toolkit and 2 bottle jacks in it and still have more room
That is the style of tank I prefer but Ik a handful of people that run a 50gal skinny rectangle tank in the very front and then a normal truck toolbox that sits on the rails in front of it if your running a factory bed

Box is in disarray at the moment and needs to be organized again as I’ve been in and out of it constantly the past week
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Nice that looks like a better built theirs quite a bit of room in that box

 

[Jakebreak]

I have a RDS aluminum L-Tank with a Weather Guard cross box. Also have a UWS aluminum drawer stack at the tailgate. Current truck is a SWB SRW 350 so not much bed space but this combo allowed me to take everything off the old LWB 350 that had the wider WG cross box.

Wide angle pic from a demo project we were bidding but shows the overall layout.


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Does that cross box interfere with the camera for the bed as far as seeing a gooseneck hitch how many drawers is that small box. Is it built well the one I got like that in my work truck is from tractor supply and it’s falling apart already. Is your truck the high output diesel

 

[Acoals]

It's a bit of a trick finding a setup with a good sized fuel capacity AND decent storage capacity AND still be able to use the gooseneck.

 

[cfherrman]

Mine is around 60 gallons which I find is plenty, the equipment I feed it uses 20-30 gallons a day so I fill every other day and would fill the pickup twice.

It's a aluminum L tank for a short bed and I would get one like that so you can use it on any pickup. Just get a tool box that you like, I found a used one that isn't big or small and I find it to be perfect. It's not the old school wing one I don't like those. I find the combo units you can buy are not that nice it's probably better to piece them together.