Contender 31 Open Belly 128 Gal Fuel Tank

Known Fit: 

  • This tank design was reverse engineered to fit Contender 31 Open mid 2000’s. It may fit other years and similar make/models.

How to Order:

  1. Confirm that your old tank dimensions match our drawing and specifications.
  2. Select thickness options, include any modification requests or special notes, and enter your boat information.
  3. Complete the purchase online. Freight or ground shipping will be automatically calculated when you enter your address in the cart or checkout pages.
  4. After your completed purchase, we will send a detailed dimensional drawing for you to review and approve before we send the tank to production.
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Weight 174 lbs
Dimensions 72 × 36 × 28 in
Boat Manufacturer

Boat Model

Tank Volume

128
Tank Contents

Gas
Tank Thickness

0.188", 0.250"
Tank Length

65.25
Tank Width

27
Tank Depth

20.18
Tank Shape

Belly
Contender 31 Belly Tank 128 Gallon

Standard on all tanks:

  • Pickup tubes with 3/8″ NPT pickup ports and 3/8″ hose barbs.
  • Vent fitting with 5/8″ hose barb
  • Fill fitting with 1.5″ hose barb.
  • KUS reed-style sending Unit (5-bolt SAE standard, 1.5″ FNPT optional)
  • Mounting tabs and lifting eyes per your specification.
  • Tab for tank bonding/grounding wire.
  • Construction and testing per ABYC/USCG requirements
  • Internal baffling

Options that do affect the price:

  • Choose your tank thickness from the options below.
  • Freight shipping vs local pickup.
  • Additional tank penetrations and fittings other than standard.

Options do not affect the price:

  • Changing location of top fittings.
  • Changing the configuration of top fittings (e.g., hose barb size, orientations, etc.
  • Minor dimensional changes (+/- 1in) in overall tank size.
  • Changing, adding, or deleting the mounting brackets or lifting eye arrangement.

Add-ons purchased separately

This link will bring you to our fuel system parts and accessories for items you can purchase to complete your new fuel tank installation.

  • Fuel hose and hose accessories
  • Shut-off and anti-siphon valves
  • Inspection hatches
  • Installation tools

You have the option to select Local Pickup, LTL Freight, or UPS Ground shipping. Local pickups will be charged sales tax at our physical location in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (8.7%) and you will be notified when your tank is complete and ready for pickup.

Freight shipping is calculated based on your receiving address and the size/weight of the tank. Commercial addresses will receive better freight rates than residential addresses. Small tanks will show a UPS ground option if available, but most boat tanks must be shipped on a pallet with our freight carrier. Freight shipping on a pallet is always safest shipping method for the tank to arrive undamaged.

All residential freight shipments will include liftgate delivery with the carrier calling to schedule a delivery appointment. Commercial address freight shipments will not require a delivery appointment and will be delivered during typical business hours.

We ensure that shipping costs are reconciled with the customer to guarantee a fair and precise charge. Should the actual cost be lower than what you’ve paid, a refund for the difference in shipping will be issued. Conversely, if the payment falls short, we will notify you and issue an invoice for the extra amount during the tank design phase. Our freight calculator is typically very accurate, making such adjustments infrequent.

The fuel tanks in our replacement tank database have been reverse engineered from a combination of customer provided drawings and measurements, direct dimensional takeoffs of the original tanks, and original OEM drawings. While we can 100% fully guarantee that the tank you receive will exactly match the drawing you approve, we can’t guarantee that the source of the dimensions are 100% accurate for your particular boat, even if it matches the year/make/model. There are thousands of various boat models produced in past few decades in relatively low quantities, so we operate with a highly customizable and flexible production model. Please keep in the mind the following:

  • The original customer measurements may not have been accurate or  intentionally modified to change capacity or improve installation.
  • The original OEM drawing may have errors or not correspond accurately the correct year/make/model.
  • The boat manufacturer may have modified the fuel tank design for the same boat year/make/model at anytime throughout their production.
  • It is not uncommon to see tank measurements from the exact same year/make/model vary by +/- 0.5 to 1″ for no observable reason other than perhaps less advanced manufacturing techniques and quality control.

It is the customer’s responsibility to physically measure their original tank to verify it matches our detailed drawing (sent after purchase!), or physically measure their tank installation space, to confirm that the tank on the drawing will work for their situation.

We strongly recommend that you pull your tank, measure it, and observe the installation situation before completing your order. You may uncover that you need useful modifications like shaving dimensions or moving fittings and mounting brackets for optimal installation, or you may find that you can increase capacity by increasing one or more dimensions. We will allow reasonable modifications to all tank order without additional charge, especially when it improves our knowledge base for future customers.

If you choose to order the tank without following the above advise, or have other reason to be certain the dimensions will be correct, you are doing so at your own risk. We will not accept returns or exchanges on tank fitment issues if the tank you receive matches the drawing you approved. 

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