Hi, I'm Wade from Thoroughbred Diesel, and today we're going to be introducing you to S&B Tanks.
S&B Tanks is a sister company to S&B Filters out of California. S&B Tanks is now going
to be producing a extended-range fuel tank for the light-duty diesel trucks. It's going to be
giving you just a little bit different option, very, very high quality tank, and I just want to
give you a first impression this tank when we got it in here at Thoroughbred Diesel,
unboxed it, got to looking at it, studying it. I mean, the first thing that comes to mind is
home run. I really feel honestly like the guys at S&B Tanks have hit a home run on this.
A lot of engineering went into this and just really built just a better mouse trap,
just a product where they thought about making life a little bit easier for the end user. The
general purpose of an extended range tank gets you more fuel, keep you out of fuel stations,
keep you on the road longer. But they put a lot of time and effort and features into this just
to make your everyday experience with the tank a little bit easier and a little bit better,
and to make it more functional and give it more function than just an extended range fuel tank.
So, let's get to talking about it. Material, this is rotomolded plastic done by S&B in house,
very high quality stuff. This tank is very light for its size. Not all of the platforms
are out yet. A few platforms have already been launched. You can check those out on
our website or S&B Tanks as well. The platforms that are out, we have up on the website. Most
all of the platforms, you're almost going to double your fuel capacity with these tanks.
these trucks, this display, I think is based around '11 to '16 Ford. It's molded around so
many of the factory things that are on that truck to be able to create space, to put more fuel in,
namely the drive shaft. The drive shaft side of these, they molded this tank and designed this
tank to be where the drive shaft... They use the term, "Where the dry shaft is not going to be."
So, you can see you've got a concave here where the actual drive shaft is going to ride even if
the trucks lifted. I'm sure that in the case of two-piece drive shafts, they're going to take that
into consideration, too. But where you don't have that, the tank is back out and using it
as an area that can be filled with fuel. They've done a really, really good job with that. Another
cool thing that S&B did with this tank, came up with their own system of hangers. On the tanks
that I've seen, that they've got released now, they came up with their own system on that. So,
they made just instead of having to use the same straps, they're using their own system on that.
They're using coating on their straps so they're not going to rust. Everybody that's
fooled with a tank knows that's always a good rusting spot. There's always rust around the
undercarriage of a vehicle anyway. They designed their straps and coated their straps where you're
not going to have that kind of rust, so another really, really good job there. Locking rings,
your stock fuel sending unit will go in these tanks. On tanks, they're also going to send
you a new fuel float. So, what you're going to have with the new fuel float is your actual fuel
gauge is going to work. The fuel float will be sized for the size tank, so your fuel gauge is
actually going to work. But you will have to reprogram your distance to empty on the truck.
That would be something that they've came up with some designs for the Fords right now.
They're going to couple that with EZ Lynk. They're going to have a transfer program on that or a
module sharing program. They'll send you an EZ Lynk. You put a deposit in. You can recalculate
everything, and you can recalculate your distance to empty and then send it back to them. Then you
get a full refund on that, so that's another nice feature there. But OEM fuel basket,
fuel pump assembly is going to go in here. This is the OEM style locking ring. You're
going to use all your OEM hardware back, so we know that everything's good quality there.
Then let's talk about the fuel system. Obviously, you've got your breather hose here, and your
filler neck, it goes here on this tank. You've got your tip over vent, your roll over vent on
the tank there. If you were to use an aftermarket lift pump in here, if you don't integrate the lift
pump return back into the fuel basket, they've got a provision here on this tank to where you
can put your return right here. This is plugged off to utilize this port. You can punch through
this with a 5/8 inch drill bit, and then you can run your return flow right back into there. If you
don't use it, they send a plug for it. You don't have to punch through it. You're good to go.
Yeah. So, we talked about the size of the tank, the way the tank is molded... Oh, a transfer fuel
kit. So, S&B also has a GPI fuel pump kit that you can mount in the bed of your truck. They have
used the universal kit with that GPI fuel field kit, and what they've done is they're actually
including draw straws for the certain tank that you have. What that draw straw is going to do
in layman's terms is it's going to allow you to use 80% of the fuel in this tank.
So, if this tank's full, your draw straw for your auxiliary fuel fill, you can fill up a
piece of equipment with diesel fuel. You can use 80% of the fuel inside of these tanks. It leaves
you with 20% in there, so you're not going to suck all the fuel out of it and be on the side
of the road because you've put too much fuel in your skid steer, your tractor, or whatnot. They
have those kits as well. Those are going to be available for this. So, that's another modular
functionality of what these tanks are from S&B. Yeah, I'm going to say it again, man. Home run.
Really home run. I really like it. I'm excited about this. I feel like there are functions of
this and there is a style to this that's going to be a game changer inside the extended-range,
fuel tank market. I really, really have high hopes for this product. So, kudos to the guys
at the S&B Tanks. They did a really, really good job on this. We're excited to see what
they do in the market. If you have a question about S&B Tanks or any other S&B products,
please give us a call. Like and subscribe to our channel, and as always, thanks for watching.