I know your fuel pump lasted for you, but before I retired I worked with a guy who drove a Ford Excursion with a V-10. He was one of these guys who never bought more than $10 worth of gas at a time. He ran out of gas a lot, in spite of gassing up daily.
He went through 3 fuel pumps in the time I worked with him. It seemed odd, because the fuel pumps on my 31 year old F-150 are original. After his third pump went out, ($750.00 each with parts and labor at the dealer), I told him to fill his tank, and top it off when it got below a half. Instead of running around on fumes all the time.
He did, and was still running the same fuel pump when I retired. I explained to him that having the fuel pump constantly submerged in fuel helps keep it cool. Running around on fumes allows the pump to run hotter. That, combined with Summertime temperatures out here, was cooking off his fuel pumps left and right.