55 gal. oil barrel ~ use to store/deliver off road diesel?

[Coyote machine]

I have a brand new tractor and need to buy 100 gallon minimum to have my oil supplier deliver to my barn.
My thinking is to use two clean barrels to store off road diesel and buy a 12 volt pump with filter to deliver fuel to my tractor.

Does the barrel's bung fit the same size pump as a standard diesel transfer tank?

Any reason not to do what I'm contemplating?


Thanks for answers- in advance....

 

[KennyV]

Does the barrel's bung fit the same size pump as a standard diesel transfer tank?

Any reason not to do what I'm contemplating?


Thanks for answers- in advance....

Should be 2 inch NPT...
Should work fine.

 

[Diamondpilot]

That is how a lot of us started out. I bought 3 barrels and a $25 HF hand pump to start then ended up making a 300 gallon gravity tank out of one of those plastic clear totes with a metal cage. Did not like the idea of being reliant on a pump.

Chris

 

[Coyote machine]

Thanks for the replies.
BTW, Diamondpilot isn't that a boat in your signature?!
You do know this is a TRACTOR site right?!
Nice boat; I have a MAKO Bayshark with 200hp DFI Merc saltwater engine; **** sure wish I could jam it into my tractor- wow would that tractor fly!!

 

[LBrown59]

I have a brand new tractor and need to buy 100 gallon minimum to have my oil supplier deliver to my barn.
My thinking is to use two clean barrels to store off road diesel and buy a 12 volt pump with filter to deliver fuel to my tractor.

Does the barrel's bung fit the same size pump as a standard diesel transfer tank?

Any reason not to do what I'm contemplating?


Thanks for answers- in advance....

Ya mean something like this?

 

[LBrown59]

I built this rig back in november.

I have a brand new tractor and need to buy 100 gallon minimum to have my oil supplier deliver to my barn.
My thinking is to use two clean barrels to store off road diesel and buy a 12 volt pump with filter to deliver fuel to my tractor.Does the barrel's bung fit the same size pump as a standard diesel transfer tank?
Any reason not to do what I'm contemplating?
Thanks for answers- in advance....

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1658956-post22.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/142921-ideas-fuel-transfer.html

 

[LBrown59]

I have a brand new tractor and need to buy 100 gallon minimum to have my oil supplier deliver to my barn.
My thinking is to use two clean barrels to store off road diesel and buy a 12 volt pump with filter to deliver fuel to my tractor.

Does the barrel's bung fit the same size pump as a standard diesel transfer tank?

*Any reason not to do what I'm contemplating?

*Do a search on lbrown59.
Have posted a wealth of information on he subject over the years.

 

[Coyote machine]

Lbrown59,
Your setup looks interesting. What were those drums used for originally?
Do you have a description of the flow and valving on the system you show in the pic?
Do you add any additives to the tanks to reduce bacterialogical growth- to disperse water, etc?

 

[mikescruggs]

Coyote,

I am located in the Upper Valley area. I tried to call my local supplier since they deliver off road to a store about 5 miles from my house. They will not deliver to drums and for customers who will use less than 1,000 gallons a year. Can you provide me with a contact for your source if they are near the Upper Valley area?

In the meantime I am looking to built a rack for a 55 gallon plastic drum for a gravity feed transfer. I would like to use the forks to move it around. My only concern is hauling on the road to fill it and being DOT certified.

The five gallon method is getting real old and time consuming.

Mike

 

[LBrown59]

Lbrown59,
Your setup looks interesting.
1*What were those drums used for originally?
2*Do you have a description of the flow and valving on the system you show in the pic?
3*Do you add any additives to the tanks to reduce bacterialogical growth- to disperse water, etc?

1*Stuff used to clean water lines at water treatment plants.
2* The pump is rated 10 gal. a minute.
3* 1 quart of power service [ white bottle ] in the 55 gallon drum before filling.
I never fill the drum unless it's completely emty; and yet I never run out of fuel in it.
This keeps the level of additive always thes ame and constant.
This is just one of the many unique fratures about my set up.

Check this out.
PICTURES comparing my new set up to the old one - TractorByNet.com

 

[Diamondpilot]

You just made LBrown59's week!

Chris

 

[LBrown59]

Coyote,

1*I am located in the Upper Valley area. I tried to call my local supplier since they deliver off road to a store about 5 miles from my house.
2*They will not deliver to drums and for customers who will use less than 1,000 gallons a year.
3*My only concern is hauling on the road to fill it and being DOT certified.
Mike

1*Since the store is only 5 miles from you why not just buy fuel from thim.
2*Boy am I glad they're not like that in these parts.
3*You are a private party aren't you?
I don't think private parties have to be DOT certified.

 

[LBrown59]

If I could choose only one T B N thread on the subject of Diesel Storage and Transferring it would have to be this one.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/oil-fuel-lubricants/114239-my-diesel-storage-transfer-set.html

 

[Highbeam]

Hi Coyote,

I use 55 gallon drums to dispense my off-road diesel into my Kioti. I started out by noticing that ORD was 40 cents cheaper per gallon, 55-gallon steel drums were available for free from the local JD dealer after being drained of their UTF, and a harbor freight hand crank pump was 11$. So on my first 50 gallon fillup of ORD I saved 9$ and each of the next fillups I save 20$ over the cost of On road diesel.

The real reason to buy bulk fuel is convenience. It is super convenient to fill your tractor whenever you want without having to bring your 5-gallon cans to the station.

Don't bother with delivery. Load the barrel into your pickup and go fill it yourself at the ORD pump. It's no big deal to move around a mostly full drum. You just roll it off of the truck into the loader bucket and then roll it onto the floor. Then tip it up onto the end when you get it to the final location.

When I first started out I picked up two barrels and I refill the empty one when the primary tank gets pretty low. I still do this so I have the empty barrel on standby. I touch up the barrels with spray paint as needed when they are refilled.

The HF hand crank moves 5 gallons with 80 easy cranks.

 

[LBrown59]

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1*I use 55 gallon drums to dispense my off-road diesel into my Kioti. I started out by noticing that ORD was 40 cents cheaper per gallon, 55-gallon steel drums were available for free from the local JD dealer after being drained of their UTF, and a harbor freight hand crank pump was 11$. So on my first 50 gallon fill up of ORD I saved 9$ and each of the next fill ups I save 20$ over the cost of On road diesel. 2*The real reason to buy bulk fuel is convenience.It is super convenient to fill your tractor whenever you want without having to bring your 5-gallon cans to the station. 3*Don't bother with delivery.
4*Load the barrel into your pickup and go fill it yourself at the ORD pump.
5*It's no big deal to move around a mostly full drum. You just roll it off of the truck into the loader bucket and then roll it onto the floor. Then tip it up onto the end when you get it to the final location.
6*When I first started out I picked up two barrels and I refill the empty one when the primary tank gets pretty low.
7*The HF hand crank moves 5 gallons with 80 easy cranks

1*I needed at least a 25 gallon drum to enable me to buy the cheaper off road fuel.
There are no service/gas stations here that sell off road.
With the drum I can go pick it up or even better yet get home delivery of off road un taxed fuel for the same price per gallon.
2*That and it cost less per gallon.
You will soon realize what a PITA the 5-gallon cans are once you get a fuel system.
It's worse than you thought /trust me !
3*Why should I bother running after fuel when my supplier will bring it to me for the same money?
4*Unless they will deliver the fuel for the same price per gallon.
5*There is no need or reason to move drums with fuel in them around when/if you have a pump.
6*I use 2 drums too but the main drum is always empty and so is the other one when I get fuel yet I am never out of fuel.
Also I never have fuel in both drums at the same time.
7*That's 880 cranks for a 55 gallon drum. My 12 v pump does it with 0 cranks.