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I have a 2018 Ford 3/4 ton van with a Prochem 650 mounted inside. Installed by a highly respected truck mount installer, my irritation is that the 650 runs out of fuel with 6 or 7 gallons of gas still in the tank. A friend with a Chevy van and a 370 installed has the same issue. Is there any kind of fix for this problem?
 

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That was a very big reason I put my setup in a box truck. I set up a secondary 30gallon saddle tank for the truckmount only. I knew 1tank wasn’t enough for both the van and machine
 

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I have a 2018 Ford 3/4 ton van with a Prochem 650 mounted inside. Installed by a highly respected truck mount installer, my irritation is that the 650 runs out of fuel with 6 or 7 gallons of gas still in the tank. A friend with a Chevy van and a 370 installed has the same issue. Is there any kind of fix for this problem?


Fill up more often.
 

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I extended the pickup line to the bottom of the tank more than ten years ago and have never run out of gas. My van has a fuel gage.
 

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Extending the end of the fuel pickup line from one quarter up from the bottom of the tank to the bottom gives you a 33% bigger tank.

And much more flexibility in your schedule, if you have a fuel gage.
 
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fuel gauges aren't always that accurate. One of my trucks is a Chevy Astro van with a pto in it. I believe the tank is 22 gallons. The fuel gauge takes a long time to get down to 1/4 but from 1/4 to empty, it happens very quickly. theoretically at 1/4, I should have 5.5 gallons left but in reality, I think its much less than that. I usually don't start a job unless I'm at least 1/2 full.
 
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Even with a 405 it's near impossible to empty the fuel tank in one day.

It's negligence to run out of gas so I avoid that.

With the Chevy vans it is also hard on the fuel pump to run near empty, as the internal location is cooled by the fuel.
 

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you have to realize that for some on the board, its more fun to get down and dirty (and smelly) and put a longer tap in than to just fill up more often.
 

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We fill up our vans at the end of everyday.

If we have something coming up in the day we would worry about taking a longer than normal cleaning, we would fill up. But we take less than 2 gallons per hour so it is a crazy big job to get low in our tank.

Only had it happen once were I was down to 1/4 tank after a long long day of cleaning
 
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Not likely to run out if you have a fuel gage.

How often do PTO operators run out? They don't have the 3/4 tank limit.
There is no fuel gauge on any truckmount that I know of, unless you jump in the van and turn on the ignition switch.

Thus if you roll into a large job with 1/4 tank you might run out. I'd prefer to have enough left in the tank to DRIVE to a gas station if the machine ran out.
 
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There is no fuel gauge on any truckmount that I know of, unless you jump in the van and turn on the ignition switch.

Thus if you roll into a large job with 1/4 tank you might run out. I'd prefer to have enough left in the tank to DRIVE to a gas station if the machine ran out.
That's the one disadvantage of a pto. When you run out, you've really run out.
 

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There is no fuel gauge on any truckmount that I know of, unless you jump in the van and turn on the ignition switch.

Thus if you roll into a large job with 1/4 tank you might run out. I'd prefer to have enough left in the tank to DRIVE to a gas station if the machine ran out.
It would be foolish to roll into a large job with 1/4 tank. But if you have a deeper tap, a fuel gage in the van, and can plan ahead, you can enjoy the advantage of longer runtime for the machine.

I like options.
 
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