Charlesaf3
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2006
- Messages
- 1,984
- Location
- Richmond VA & Irvington VA
- Tractor
- Kubota B3030, Kubota M59 TLB
Thought I'd throw up my diesel fueling station pics. Figured it might be useful for other people in the northeast who use oil for heat.
Basicallly, I put a fillrite pump on my existing 250 gallon tank in the basement, and plumbed it out through the basement wall to a female hydraulic quick connect (sized "up") Hose (30 feet or so) connects to male disconnect outside, in case I want to remove it. No real flow slowdown that I've noticed - pump is rated 15 or 20 gpm, and tank of M59 is only 15 gallons, so its more than fast enough.
Piping is black pipe. Fuel is delivered automatically regularly for heat, so just switched it to diesel - I'm buying in bulk because its also the heat and hot water.
First pic is hose outside, second is outside connection and fill, 3rd is fill-rite on tank, 4th is inline filter. Note the disconnects on the inline filter, and the ball valves for drainback into the tank to clear the lines if necessary, so I don't get oil all over the basement changing the filter. I put in powerservice from the exterior.
Makes life a lot easier to have my own filling station, I'm pretty pleased
Basicallly, I put a fillrite pump on my existing 250 gallon tank in the basement, and plumbed it out through the basement wall to a female hydraulic quick connect (sized "up") Hose (30 feet or so) connects to male disconnect outside, in case I want to remove it. No real flow slowdown that I've noticed - pump is rated 15 or 20 gpm, and tank of M59 is only 15 gallons, so its more than fast enough.
Piping is black pipe. Fuel is delivered automatically regularly for heat, so just switched it to diesel - I'm buying in bulk because its also the heat and hot water.
First pic is hose outside, second is outside connection and fill, 3rd is fill-rite on tank, 4th is inline filter. Note the disconnects on the inline filter, and the ball valves for drainback into the tank to clear the lines if necessary, so I don't get oil all over the basement changing the filter. I put in powerservice from the exterior.
Makes life a lot easier to have my own filling station, I'm pretty pleased