12v Fuel Transfer Pumps

[IslandTractor]

Yes, I agree, Looks like a nice setup. If still unsure on placement, I would be a little nervous on it shifting or toppling without anchored to concrete. Kind of top-heavy?? 1950 lbs plus the tank. So your frame you spoke of with a gravel base, .... are you thinking like treated 6x6's and anchoring to them?

Yes, I assume the plywood underneath is a temporary base. With a ton of weight on four narrow legs you'd certainly want a good sized base to keep it from shifting with frost or rain.

 

[BCrouse]

The plywood with 2x6 underneath is temp, yes.

The thought was to use 4x4 or 6x6 and then use 2x6's as "decking" and anchor points on the sides to ratchet strap the tank if required.

The black metal thing underneath the tank is a metal palette that my rotary tiller shipped on. I a still looking at ways to tie that into the tank. Currently it is just under there, but would keep the tank from tipping completely over (at least while empty. I might weld some angle iron to it so it supports weight.

 

[Sodo]

My wife would kill me if I put that in the yard. She'd plant a bunch of bushes around it using me for fertilizer.

If you have a drain at the bottom why worry about sucking off the bottom? Drain the bottom off periodically into a glass jar and look at it. I would not want more than a gallon of untouched fuel in the bottom, that sounds like trouble every time you refill. And then if you ever need that fuel you are disappointed. I'd feel better sucking it dry every time to be sure its fresh with every refill. And the filter takes care of the particles.

I wish I needed 275 gallons fuel storage onsite. Thats a measure of the good life! Unless it pollutes your well, that could last hundreds of years for your whole valley. Be careful it won't leak ever, even if it tips over.

 

[Dadnatron]

I'm putting 2 such tanks at my farm in Kentucky.

I was looking into filling a couple sinkholes, and got on the UK site with an article specifically about sinkholes. I got a little nervous, finding out that essentially, all those sinkholes are direct routes into the limestone aquifer.

I think, ultimately, I'm going to put in double wall tanks. At this moment I need to save money, but in a couple of years... I'll try to save the world. Or my little part of it.

But, I, all over the Obround tank at the moment. 2 are currently getting skids welded on and sandblasted for RAPTOR Berliner treatment in about a week.

Kudos on the tank.

 

[bdog]

I have a 20 GPM 12 volt fill rite on my pickup transfer tank and a 25 GPM 110volt fill rite on my 1000 gallon transfer tank. Both of them are pumping through Cim-Tek filters. I buy gen here Fuel Filters, Cim-Tek, Goldenrod, Industrial, Biodiesel, Petro Clear - John M. Ellsworth Co., Inc.

There is nothing wrong with goldenrod but I find I get more flow and longer life through the bigger cim tek filters. I use two filters in a series. A 30 micron filter first and then a 10 micron hydrosorb filter second.

I have never had a fill rite pump fail but I tried a GPI and it lasted about two years under heavy use. Maybe it was a fluke I don't know but the pumps are not cheap in the higher GPM units and I have had good luck with the fill rite.

I put the pickup about 1-2" from the bottom.

And definitely be careful about the tank settling. My 1000 gallon tank sat on two channel iron runners about ten foot long but close together. Full it weighs over 7,000lb. After a heavy rain it sank and was leaning and I was worried it would topple. We lifted it with the backhoe and built a much more substantial base with a wider footprint. Eventually I want to put it on a concrete base once I am sure where it is going to stay.

 

[FTG-05]

So how are you guys getting those +250 gallon tanks filled? A fuel supplier I would guess.

That works great for the +100 gallons per week users (ie. heavy industrial farm type operations.

How about the guys with 50-150 gallon tanks. Pick it up empty and take it to fill it yourself? That's what I assume I will do since I don't use enough to interest the delivery guys.

 

[newbury]

So how are you guys getting those +250 gallon tanks filled? A fuel supplier I would guess.

That works great for the +100 gallons per week users (ie. heavy industrial farm type operations.

How about the guys with 50-150 gallon tanks. Pick it up empty and take it to fill it yourself? That's what I assume I will do since I don't use enough to interest the delivery guys.

It seems a lot depends on what others use for heating in your area. In my neck of the woods of Northeast Mississippi I called all the major diesel suppliers several years ago and none would deliver in less than 1,000 gallon quantities. No one heats with fuel oil. So I bought two 50 gallon tanks ($50@ off CL). The plan is to put one in the back of the dually, fill it, siphon/pump it to the other.

I would much prefer to have someone come and fill my tank.

In northern Vermont 250/500 gallon home heating oil tanks are ubiquitous.

 

[bdog]

So how are you guys getting those +250 gallon tanks filled? A fuel supplier I would guess.

That works great for the +100 gallons per week users (ie. heavy industrial farm type operations.

How about the guys with 50-150 gallon tanks. Pick it up empty and take it to fill it yourself? That's what I assume I will do since I don't use enough to interest the delivery guys.

Around here it is probably a 200 gallon minimum for delivery. If your tank is less than that put it on a pallet and load it in your truck. Go fill it up and bring it home and unload it.

Diesel stays good a long time. Just today I started up a diesel machine we have that hasn't been used since 2013. We start it every now and then to circulate the fluids but it hasn't been used or refueled since over three years ago and it fired right up. If a small tank is what you have no reason not to make it work but don't be afraid of a larger one and having the diesel sitting around for a while.

 

[George2615]

So how are you guys getting those +250 gallon tanks filled? A fuel supplier I would guess.

That works great for the +100 gallons per week users (ie. heavy industrial farm type operations.

How about the guys with 50-150 gallon tanks. Pick it up empty and take it to fill it yourself? That's what I assume I will do since I don't use enough to interest the delivery guys.

In my area fuel oil, propane. and wood are the main sources of heat. Minimum delivery is 150 gallons. When I call for a 275 gallon heating oil delivery I have them put another 50-100 gallons in my second tank for the tractor. I use less than 100 gallons a year for the tractor so my tank is usually 1/2 to 3/4 full most of the time.

 

[FTG-05]

Around here it is probably a 200 gallon minimum for delivery. If your tank is less than that put it on a pallet and load it in your truck. Go fill it up and bring it home and unload it.

Diesel stays good a long time. Just today I started up a diesel machine we have that hasn't been used since 2013. We start it every now and then to circulate the fluids but it hasn't been used or refueled since over three years ago and it fired right up. If a small tank is what you have no reason not to make it work but don't be afraid of a larger one and having the diesel sitting around for a while.

I think that's going to be my plan.

I live in SC TN, a lot of agriculture (cattle and hay) but not a lot of heating oil that I can see, mostly propane tanks for home heating.

Thanks,