Fuel storage

[olivedrabflorida]

Hi everybody, I am shopping for a tractor and I need some ideas about fuel storage.
I will only buy a diesel tractor so diesel will be the only fuel I will be buying. My first idea was keeping a 55 gallon barrel of off-road diesel with a 110 volt pump in the garage, but I dont want to risk a fire. My latest idea is buying a small trailer to park beside the garage and to keep the barrels and pump inside the trailer. What does everybody else do with their diesel fuel?

[Ken45101]

Well first of all, how big is the tractor's fuel tank and how often do you fill it?

55 gallons isn't much if you have a tractor that takes 28 gallons at a time and you have to fill it twice in the same week. OTOH, if the tank is 5-6 gallons and you fill it once a month, then that's plenty.

I used to fill with 5 gallon jugs but I had enough of that with a tractor that took 14 gallons. I went to a 55 gallon plastic drum with a manual pump. That worked well until I got bigger equipment. Then I went to one of the 240 gallon containers with an electric pump.

Diesel is not the high risk gasoline is. I don't worry about having it in the barn.

Ken

[moored4]

Go to the search tab and do a search for "fule. containers, storage". There is a lot of threads on this one subject! AND

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Happy ing!

[newbury]

Go to the search tab and do a search for "fule. containers, storage". There is a lot of threads on this one subject! AND

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Happy ing!

Or better yet, either:
fuel containers, storage (note correct spelling of fuel )
or use Google and do:
fuel containers storage site:tractorbynet.com

[hosspuller]

Besides fire risk, consider the risk of fuel deterioration. Diesel is subject to fungus growth along with other degradation. So, one doesn't want to have mass quanities of fuel stored getting old and degraded.

I have two 55 gallon barrels. I fill them about 3 times per year. I store them in a detached shed. I have a 12 volt pump, solar cell and a battery to dispense fuel.

[newbury]

Besides fire risk, consider the risk of fuel deterioration. Diesel is subject to fungus growth along with other degradation. So, one doesn't want to have mass quanities of fuel stored getting old and degraded.

I have two 55 gallon barrels. I fill them about 3 times per year. I store them in a detached shed. I have a 12 volt pump, solar cell and a battery to dispense fuel.

As one will find on searching diesel, unlike gasoline, will last for YEARS, especially if given a little treatment first.

I know that most people will think that I am nuts, but earlier this year my brother was given an old Mack truck. It had over 80 gallons of diesel in it that was over 20 years old. I just finished burning that fuel last month. I had mixed it at a 1-1 ratio with new fuel and had no problems. Both of us have used diesel that was over 10 years old before with no known consequences, and that was straight with no mixing of new fuel or additives. So yes, I think that it will be alright to use your fuel.

[ChiefLoneWolf]

Hi there and welcome to TBN. You will enjoy hours and hours of interesting and educating reading here.

Here's one link that covers the fueling question as mentioned above:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/k...fill-your.html

[olivedrabflorida]

Thanks for the advice, I didnt know that I would get this many posts already.
I am most likley going to buy a john deere 650 and will use it for about two hours a week. I am going to use some sort of fuel additve to prevent algie growth. I really dont want to buy a trailer if a barrel of diesel is safe to keep in the garage.

[newbury]

Thanks for the advice, I didnt know that I would get this many posts already.
I am most likley going to buy a john deere 650 and will use it for about two hours a week. I am going to use some sort of fuel additve to prevent algie growth. I really dont want to buy a trailer if a barrel of diesel is safe to keep in the garage.

If you are talking about this 650 a 5 gallon jerry can will probably last at least 2 to 4 weeks. Thus a 55 gallon drum would last a long time. At that rate one starts to be concerned about water getting in from the atmosphere.

[olivedrabflorida]

If you are talking about this 650 a 5 gallon jerry can will probably last at least 2 to 4 weeks. Thus a 55 gallon drum would last a long time. At that rate one starts to be concerned about water getting in from the atmosphere.

Yes that's the right 650, I definitely will use a water filter at the barrel pump.