I made a trip down to the farm yesterday and after crossing a stream on the way out and closing the gate; I noticed some smoke coming from under my truck. I checked it out and it appeared to be water that had splashed on the muffler and I pay it no mind. Fast forward to 2 1/2 hours later when I stopped by an equipment dealer to look at some rotary cutters and I notices some fluid dripping from the bed of my truck. I check it and to my chagrine; it is diesel fuel.
mg: :duh:
#[email protected]$: :argh: :argh: The bed was soaked and the underside of my truck was drenched in diesel fuel. I was leaving a steady trail of diesel fuel for about 120 miles. I high tail it home and fortunately I had some clean empty steel barrels and spent the next 3 hours syphoning diesel fuel out of my truck bed tank into the steel barrel. Fortunately I think a lost maybe 10 gallons max. as I was able to recover about 95 gallons. Add to this that I was permiated with diesel fuel and stuck to high heaven with diesel so the wife was really happy about me being in the house with that.
I will have to remove the tank, find, repair the leak but I will just use the tank for fuel storage around the house. It is just not worth the risk of another leak at a horribly inopportune time. I will find something else for ballast weight.
Anyhow, just thought I would pass along the experince. My tank was a Dee Zee aluminum diamond tread tank that I purchased from Tractor Supply Center. I am still not sure what caused it to spring a leak as i have the tank secured in the bed with turn buckes. I will follow up with the rest when I find out.
I will have to remove the tank, find, repair the leak but I will just use the tank for fuel storage around the house. It is just not worth the risk of another leak at a horribly inopportune time. I will find something else for ballast weight.
Anyhow, just thought I would pass along the experince. My tank was a Dee Zee aluminum diamond tread tank that I purchased from Tractor Supply Center. I am still not sure what caused it to spring a leak as i have the tank secured in the bed with turn buckes. I will follow up with the rest when I find out.