The Ram has an onboard 33 gallon tank. While this is my first diesel, I do know that these things, under no circumstance, should be allowed to run out of fuel. It’s not like gas, you actually have to bleed the fuel line or rail or whatever, in short no fun, don’t do. So I added a 60 gallon transfer tank and wired the transfer valve into the auxiliary power system so all I have to do is push a button on the center console and it starts draining fuel from the 60 gallon tank in the bed into the onboard tank. Effectively tripling the range so we’re expecting at least 800 miles while hauling the RV and somewhere in the 1800 mile range not towing.

I bit the bullet and bought a new tank for the truck. I had Sandy pick up the old one and because the new truck is a crew cab, there’s just less room from the front wall of the bed to the wheel rise. This tank will give me 60 gallons but I loose the toolbox and pump. But since it’s diesel I don’t need the pump and can let the fuel gravity feed from the upper tank to the truck tank.

So the idea here is going to be to tie into the auxiliary panel in the cab so that (in theory) I should be able to pull over, push a button, and watch the onboard fuel tank fill up. But I’m looking at solenoids and the standard 3/8 NTP only allows for a .6 GPM flow, it looks like the 1/2 offers 4.6 which would be bare minimum.

So we’re doing some work in the spare bedroom closet and I needed a way to cut a long board in equal length pieces for shelving. Yes I could have done it free hand with a circular saw or jig saw but for truly professional cuts, you want a miter saw, or even better a compound double miter saw! So I dropped about $300 on a miter saw and stand.

So I know this is a bit overkill for half a dozen shelves but this provides the tools to fill a deeper need. I really want to build something, I’ve settled on a shed, a big shed (12×16) and yes I make enough that I could hire someone to do it and have a shed built in about a week. But I want to build it, I want to learn how to fabricate it, I want to be able to say look at this, I built it. So now that I have the primary tool to do this I’m eliminating my excuses to get it built.