Need your input on new fuel tank
01-30-2011, 09:02 PM
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Cool, but if you had a stepped hull and the steps are reflected in the shape of the tank, I have to build a new tank above those steps I suppose. Do I hang cross beams across the stringers to bear the weight of the aluminum tank?
01-30-2011, 09:16 PM
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The furthermost photo on the very fist post of this thread shows the graduation of the step, reflected in the fuel tank. I suppose I must fill that gap in with foam and have an entirely flat tank on the bottom (v shaped, but with no step)?
01-30-2011, 09:24 PM
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Half section
Composite one sells a foam some what triangle shaped piece 4 ft long they are only 1.25 inches tall glass them in under the tank to create an ibeam so to speak, on a 45 degree anlgle fom the keel outward
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02-01-2011, 01:55 PM
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Does it make sense to simply close the tank back up with the same resin that is working well and to install a tube at the bottom of the tank to release water?
02-08-2011, 01:36 PM
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Still looking for help. Does anyone have any pics of a tank going into a stepped hull boat. Would love to see what the tank looks like and what the hull inbeteween the stringers look like before install. Boating season coming up quick. Please help.
