Fuel tank / Fuel Fill
#1
Thread Starter
Registered User
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 157
Likes: 0
From: NYC
Still haven't seen a heat in person but doing some research, it seems that the saddle fuel tanks are filled separately?
Are any models/years designed for a single fuel fill?
That's pretty darn inconvenient if they are separate...
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
-Ross
Are any models/years designed for a single fuel fill?
That's pretty darn inconvenient if they are separate...
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
-Ross
#5
Ross,
Although I don't enjoy the fuel pump shuffle we have to do on our boats when filling them up at service stations, particularly when there's a lot of traffic buzzing around, I do still like these boats a lot. It's a minor inconvenience.
Dockside, I've never had to move the boat because the fuel lines are usually much longer to fill cruisers and houseboats.
Both fills on one side, or a single fill would be more convenient though. And, I think a belly tank might make the faster boats handle better with a lower center of gravity.
Regards,
Steve
Although I don't enjoy the fuel pump shuffle we have to do on our boats when filling them up at service stations, particularly when there's a lot of traffic buzzing around, I do still like these boats a lot. It's a minor inconvenience.
Dockside, I've never had to move the boat because the fuel lines are usually much longer to fill cruisers and houseboats.
Both fills on one side, or a single fill would be more convenient though. And, I think a belly tank might make the faster boats handle better with a lower center of gravity.
Regards,
Steve
#6
Registered
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 671
Likes: 0
From: Lakeway, TX (Austin/Lake Travis) / LOTO Gravois Arm
I've become overall used to the minor inconvenience of the two-sided fill, but find that managing the fuel-burn from left to right side -- to maintain the best weight balance the best I can -- is the most inconvenient aspect of this.
#8

Fortunately I only use the belly unless we are going to Powell which is TODAY



Dave
Last edited by Nordicflame; 08-12-2009 at 01:37 PM.
#10
Registered
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 13
Likes: 0
From: Hoogland, The Netherlands
I 've got a 2009 heat with a single tank, just ask Nordic, they can make it.
You will not get a storrage locker in the floor, but there will be lot's of storrage place where normally the tanks are....
You will not get a storrage locker in the floor, but there will be lot's of storrage place where normally the tanks are....




