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Incase you've been waiting for a reliable long range fuel tank it is coming soon. I looked on S&B's site and they're soon to release this fuel tank for a 2004 truck. I believe they have a few variations for the newer (2005-7)
I do several long range trips towing and I'll be damned if I get 8-10 mpg towing my house around, having to plan my trip around fuel stops. There is one other tank available but after reading the mixed reviews I decided against it and decided to wait.
Several of my friends have this tank for different manufacturer trucks and are extremely happy.
Titan and Transferflow have both been doing this for years. Transferflow dropped the older Gen 1 years from their lineup probably about ten years ago now and focused on the newer models only. They were the only company that made a high capacity tank for a Supercab short beds, but I didn't buy one at the time and haven't been able to fine a used one. Which is why I have an 80 gallon in-bed tank.
That would be really nice. I never installed one, I used to do a lot of work up north and had to plan fuel carefully, and / or carry extra fuel. Planning around fuel stops can be a pita.
Also, I was always concerned about fuel quality / contamination in remote places, or low volume sellers. Or as in a few cases, did they even have fuel.
I just wish between Titan and S&B someone would make a SS/SC short bed model again. I'm putting a Titan in the dually with a new sending unit from Fleece here before too long. Only going with Titan because that's what the shop stocks, I haven't heard about them leaking so don't have an opinion about any of them in that regard. Was it around the seal of the head of the unit? Seems like both the other two have a botl down flange. Makes sense on the welded TF unit but not sure on the poly TItan. If that's where it leaks from then I'd agree not a good design. S&B appears to use a screw on, I guess the factory ring?
I need to pull the bed on the 250 and change that sending unit out, pretty sure the foot or valve is gone in that one now, but no new tank for it because Transferflow stopped making theirs and no one else makes one at all. Used to make a 47 gallon replacement for the 29 gal stock tank.
Is the bottom of the S&B flat enough to seal a sump to? I went back and forth about doing one but chose the Fleece unit because the accessory shop will install that at part of their "free install with purchase" aka markup, but they won't do a sump system. It's getting flat-bedded so didn't want to leave an original unit in that tank.
Dually has an S&B intake that came with it, I do like their dry filter option and seems like a decent system. Sealed up like the factory and not open to engine bay air like most.
Last edited by texastech_diesel; Feb 23, 2026 at 10:25 AM.
Interesting. Funny that that's the one I think is the sketchiest being poly with bolts, it would be the one I'd pick to leak out of all three designs. I guess I'll find out If it does it sits on gravel usually, not the biggest issue for me versus having big capacity when I need it pulling containers.
Thoughts on the Fleece unit vs a stock replacement? The set up seems logical using a bucket to keep it submerged using the return line, and no valve thing to pop out or foot to break off. https://www.xtremediesel.com/fleece-...hoCf94QAvD_BwE
Those are a take-off of the redesign of the fuel pickups that Ford used in the 2017 time frame. They do not have the pump in them, and someone might get inquisitive and find they fit our tanks. They are in the $175-200 dollar range. I believe someone may have used one of these on a diesel forum, but I don't remember where.
The latest in-tank diesel units appear to have a fuel pump. But the cost is more in line with $450- $ 500.
This design is similar to what we have in our 2003 Lincoln LS, which does have a gas-fuel pump. I had to change that once. That car has a saddle tank on both sides of the driveshaft, and it uses a slave pump on the driver's side that pumps to the passenger side, using the pump's flow—basically, a venturi effect. Complicated setup, but it works.
One of the warehouses is close to me. I emailed them to see if they needed a truck to mock up and CAD design. My friend asked about his 2007 Dodge and they took him up on it. They kept his truck for a week and months later he had the prototype...free of charge.
They basically told me not at this time
Originally Posted by Fuzzpuss
I would have been the test mule if I had known about these before I did the sump install.
I thought about rebuilding the original with a new foot and resistor but took the plunge.
For anyone considering this is a well built unit that will surely NEVER give me issues. The sending unit comes with the option of OEM connections and AN conversion.
If it does it sits on gravel usually, not the biggest issue for me versus having big capacity when I need it pulling containers.
