Complete Turf Care
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- Joined
- Mar 31, 2013
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- 1,570
- Location
- South Louisiana
- Tractor
- 2022 Kubota Grand L6060 (no loader), 2017 Kubota Grand L6060, 2011 Kubota L5740 HSTC-3, 1997 Kubota M4700
Last year I bought a used 100 gal. fuel transfer tank from my nephew. I got if for $275 including a good pump.
It sat up most of the winter with about 75 gal. of diesel in it. Recently, I loaded it on my trailer and began using it. I pumped at least 300 gallons through it in the past 6 weeks.
But.....since it's been riding on my trailer and sloshing around a lot, it seems that there is a lot of rust in the tank. I've had to change my fuel filter on my tractor 3 times in the past few days.
My question is.....is there a way to clean out a steel tank? It's empty now, and it does not have a drain plug. And, the openings for the pump and fill cap have a 'tube' extending about 3" down into the tank, so I don't see how I could ever get it completely empty.
I'm considering just abandoning this tank and buying an aluminum tank, and just re-use the pump I have. Then I won't ever have to worry about rust again. And I'm afraid that even if I clean this tank, it will rust again.
It sat up most of the winter with about 75 gal. of diesel in it. Recently, I loaded it on my trailer and began using it. I pumped at least 300 gallons through it in the past 6 weeks.
But.....since it's been riding on my trailer and sloshing around a lot, it seems that there is a lot of rust in the tank. I've had to change my fuel filter on my tractor 3 times in the past few days.
My question is.....is there a way to clean out a steel tank? It's empty now, and it does not have a drain plug. And, the openings for the pump and fill cap have a 'tube' extending about 3" down into the tank, so I don't see how I could ever get it completely empty.
I'm considering just abandoning this tank and buying an aluminum tank, and just re-use the pump I have. Then I won't ever have to worry about rust again. And I'm afraid that even if I clean this tank, it will rust again.