Second career for 1992 Pierce Dash

[Dickey]

Looks nice.  THANK GOD you did away with the ugly yellow paint, but that is just my opinion.  I do have a question though, and that is why you decided to keep the steel tank instead of replacing it with a lightweight poly tank?  Just my opinion, and could be flawed for all I know, but I would think it would be better weight wise to switch out to a poly when refurbing.  All in all though, it looks really nice.

 

I agree, we didn't like the "safety school bus yellow" color either.

 

We checked into getting a poly tank and got two different bids to do it but it was way to expensive. One bid was for $12,000 and another for $13,200, and then it would not be a true 1000 gallons but rather about 900. It cost a total of $350 for patching the existing one, and that includes labor for 2 of my guys too!!

 

If the existing tank was in worse shape then yes, we would replace it with poly. It really only had a few small holes on the bottom side where the bands go that attach to the frame. If say it gets worse in a couple of years then we can always go with the poly. I just think that we should save that money and put it towards a new one. We will have to replace our 3rd out engine within the next 5-8 years.