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Originally Posted by slaveToHorses
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Here are some photos, for fun. The wide angle lens makes the close up of the filters seem curved.
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Nice set up!
You must use quite a bit of fuel.
How much does the tank hold?
I don't need to store that much fuel so I went with a 30 gallon drum.
I didn't want the pump mounted to the tank/drum because I wanted it to be quick and simple to separate it from the rest of the set up to allow taking the drum to someplace to get it filled.
I also had concerns that the weight of the pump filter fittings and hoses would put to much strain on the plastic drum.
I mounted my pump on a shelf so all I have to do is disconnect a union and the drum is completely separated from the rest of the set up.
The shelf also eliminated my concern about to much weight on the drum.
All the weight is on the shelf - not the drum.
A problem I incurred was how do I get a drum with 225 pounds of diesel in it off of the truck.
To heavy & risky to use a hand truck and run it down a ramp off the truck.
Didn't want to fool around with firing up the tractor and digging out and installing the bucket forks to lift it off the truck.
Solution: I added a second suction hose to the set up to pump the fuel out of the drum then set the light empty drum off the truck by hand.
My set up is inside out of the weather and out of sight of would be thieves.
The small drum and compactness of the set up made putting it inside easy.