Steve:

No need to apologize!! And if you think we get rattled at a little bubbly comment, c'mon!! TH owners are like pilots- two types: those who drink, and those WHO WILL (right Griz?!).

And don't mind Mikey...obviously he's got some type of brass fettish that we just learned about!!

Hey Griz...a thought on a mod to your mod...what if you were able to come off the output of the fuel pump and have a valve that you could direct flow back to either tank? I've got both the 20gal, and the 40 gal, and...aaaawww...I guess it doesn't matter...if you could feel just off the 40 for everything, that would work (providing it had the fuel and the 20 didn't...oh well).

Sean

I think you could, but I don't know if that small full hose would handle the pressure of the pump comming off the pressure side of it. Also if you wern't paying atention you could fill that 20 gal tank too full and spit gas everywhere out the vent before you shut the pump off. I don't mind filling up a 5Gal can and pouring it in. At least that way I know how much I put in.

Donno

Good point there Donno!!

Actually, what would be even better if, for the delivery hose, you could have an extension hose, complete with quick disconnect fittings, that you could get the nozzle over to the tank you wanted to fill....hummmm...I may look into this. I can still see where I'd like the flexibility of being able to transfer fuel from one to the other, and with your mod, it's closer to reality!

Thnaks again!

Sean Bingo! Man, sometimes I get so wrapped around the axle I see right past the obvious. Extend the hose to reach the fill spout. Duh

The quick disconnect would be awesome! Anyone done something like it yet?

Griz

Don:

You know...we are a distributor for various fluid power lines, including hose & fittings...I betcha we've got a quick disconnect that could be used for fuel service...I'll check into that.

One word of caution...the extension MUST be between the existing hose and the nozzle- I wouldn't merely add a piece of hose the the end of the nozzle. I believe the nozzle might/should have the shutoff feature when fuel backs up into it (just like the gas station nozzles)...I'll see what I can find!!

Agreed, Cool, Sean you "Rock"

OK...I've checked out my fuel station, and I believe the fitting going into the nozzle is 3/4"NPT. Sooooo...

I can get Aeroquip quick-disconnects that are steel and Buna-N sealed and are valved- meaning when you disconnect they shut off. I can also get the proper3/4" fuel-line hose. PM me if you're interested.

I looked at my tanks, and maybe a cheaper way to go is to plumb in a valve off the pump that would give you the ability to directly transfer to the 20gal tank for the genset. You know...both the LE and SLC's have fuel guages now that will let you know if you're getting too full.

Let's kick this around some more, OK?

Sean

I know what I want Sean! A longer hose that will reach the fuel tank fill and anything else 15 Ft from the coach!!! Let me see if I under stand this because this will also thwart gas theves. If we unscrew the nozzle from the current hose and add a quick disconnect, then 10ft of new hose with a disconnect and screw the nozzle back on the new hose end we now have a nozzle that will reach 15ft and can be stored else where so when a gas thief (which will happen the more gas goes up) tries to steal the gas he ends up staring at a hose he can't get nothing out of!!! I like it count me in.

I like the idea too.....I hate moving the quads around to fill the tanks and anything to keep a thief at bay is A-OK.

Wes

Hey Donno:

ON the way home yesterday, I was thinking about the valve after the pump idea, and the only thing we'd need to worry about is if the gas cap wasn't vented...imagine pumping fuel into the 20gal, and it wasn't vented- that would be a recipe for disaster. We need to find out if it is vented, then I think we'd be OK...

I still like the idea of a longer fuel hose, though, and there may be a way to make some room for it...I'm gonna think about that one for a bit.

Sean