Oil & Fuel Fuel cans

[wheelbuilder]

I've got one of the no spill cans for my Bolens. I put a kneeler pad on the hood and tip the can so the spout fits into the filler. Then I use the push button, no sweat. Sometimes I do stand on the tire.

 

[Smokeydog]

I use these kind of containers and have about 8 of them. We keep them in a shed well away from the barn and house.

For fill ups, the big yellow JD tractor is easy. The whole tractor is built to be used. The tank is down low, it has a huge lockable tank filler opening, a place to put the lid, and a platform for resting 5 gallon jugs on while you fill it

I like our Kubota a lot. But like so much on the tractor, the filling of the fuel was designed by someone who never had done that job. So I can either stand on the front tire and hoist one of these up to chest level.... and hold it there while it empties - or just drive down to the fuel shed and use our battery powered transfer pump.
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It’s the only no-spill nozzle that works reliably, just slow. Added vent really speeds fill ups. They’re perfect for the little B26. Have the nozzle extension tube but haven’t tried them on the M59.

Lot of good options folks have figured out. Like my large flexible nozzle Justrite safety cans except for being heavy and scratching my hood. Flame arrestor screen on fill port would prevent using a pump.

We have gotten to be connoisseurs of sturdy steps and step stools to be able to reach and work like we use to. Little giant makes some nice ones.

 

[mgstevens]

I think this started about fuel can "technology" and got routed into ways to avoid lifting fuel cans... and I can relate.

If nothing else, balancing a 5-gallon full can while filling, typically where there is no rest spot, is for the birds. When I built my new tractor shed, I put a fuel can shelf at the door. High enough to give me flow into all small-engine tanks. The red gas can (91 octane, no ethanol is what I get at my rural gas station for marked fuel..) uses a "flo-n-go" siphon nozzle, which is a dream. I even tried to use one for diesel, but it doesn't want to prime properly.

Finally, I got a 2-D-cell fuel pump with a goofy hose which moves the diesel into Cliffy at a half-decent rate. I'm hoping to fit a decent hose (longer) onto the pump outlet soon.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I've had it with those fuel cans. I ditched 'em all and installed this near the garage door:

I put a 110V fuel transfer pump on the 500 gal. fuel oil tank for my oil burner. In my state, home heating oil has to be ultra low sulfur, so it burns just fine in my tractors.

End of hassle.

 

[Fxfymn413]

I use the tank I have in the back of the truck that I use to fill the truck when we tow our fifth wheel.

Love the video of the lady filling the plastic bag with gasoline. I once ran a call where the wife filled her washing machine with gasoline to wash her husband's greasy clothes. Since I was a firefighter you can guess the outcome.

 

[Oaktree]

I once ran a call where the wife filled her washing machine with gasoline to wash her husband's greasy clothes. Since I was a firefighter you can guess the outcome.

Sometimes the sheer stupidity of people still amazes me. I wonder what ever made her think that was a good idea?

 

[newbury]

Yeah, 5 gallons of fuel has grown heavier over the years.
But luckily I have a FEL with bucket.
Put the container in the bucket, siphon into tractor.

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Also works with my 14 gallon container.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Yeah, 5 gallons of fuel has grown heavier over the years.
But luckily I have a FEL with bucket.
Put the container in the bucket, siphon into tractor.

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Also works with my 14 gallon container.

You can teach an old dog new tricks! I will be using this one, Thanks

 

[Fxfymn413]

Sometimes the sheer stupidity of people still amazes me. I wonder what ever made her think that was a good idea?

After 32 years on the job I could fill a book with stupid ideas that kept me employed and let's face it; we all do stupid things sometime in our life and most often we get away with it. Heck as a teenager I washed the floor of a gas station every morning for a year with gasoline and got away without blowing myself up. Sometimes God just looks out for us.

 

[ljjhouser]

I gave up on lifting 5 gallon jugs. Too old, too heavy, unwieldly trying to hold up. Found a new 55 gallon drum and installed a standard home heating fuel oil fill and vent on it. Used a 12volt Amazon 'special' diesel pump kit that included the pump, hose, handle and input hose and strainer. It pumps at about 15gpm. Mounted it on a nice drum dolly that really rolls easily! I replaced the cord and large alligator clips with a 20' cable and a connector that mates with one I put on the fel cross support.



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At my age I really enjoy the little things!

Very nice!!. I guess, for some reason, simple ideas escape me sometimes. Maybe that is a sign of old age also. I never thought of using the tractor to power the fuel pump. Kinda feel like an idiot - When I saw this picture, I thought, what a great idea. And everyone else probably considered that idea. Very Nice, I LIKE IT!