adding fuel

[theoshin]

how does everyone add fuel? the stupid fuel opening is not at a great enough verticle angle and i can not find a funnel that will bend enough and not fall over when filling. not sure why they don't angle it more vertical? i have a 200 gallon filling tank (was left with the house) but i am afraid to let dz fuel sit over the winter as i don't go through that much fuel. my tc is used at multiple properties but no close dz to one of them.

 

[y3ll0w]

How about these:

5 Gallon HIGH FLOW Can

They empty very quickly.

 

[dylan]

99% of my work is on the road so i just pull into the nearest fuel station. I also added a fuel transfer tank that sits in the bed. It gives me an additional 2 tanks of fuel for long snow storms. Really beats running to the station every few hours or wrestling with jugs. My tank is gravity feed as the bed is higher than the tank opening. It was only $120 and well worth the money.

 

[brittgers]

I have the same problem with our 873. If I try to fill out of a can I generally end up with more on me and the ground than in the machine!

how does everyone add fuel? the stupid fuel opening is not at a great enough verticle angle and i can not find a funnel that will bend enough and not fall over when filling. not sure why they don't angle it more vertical? i have a 200 gallon filling tank (was left with the house) but i am afraid to let dz fuel sit over the winter as i don't go through that much fuel. my tc is used at multiple properties but no close dz to one of them.

 

[Gadgetnut]

My house has a 600 gallon above ground heating oil tank. I installed an electric pump and dispenser with automatic shutoff-- just like a gas station. I've been running my ToolCat rev. C, as well as my Kubota turbo-diesel powered lawn mower from this fuel supply with no apparent problems for the last two years. The tank's primary purpose is to feed a boiler in my main house that provides domestic hot water all through the year and radiant floor heat during the winter. I've never put any additives into the storage tank or the equipment. Maybe I'm just lucky, is this such a bad practice? Refueling the ToolCat C., as you already know, is straightforward and easy... as long as you don't allow it to run completely out of fuel in the field as I did once....

 

[brittgers]

Good to hear from you gadgetunt. What projects have you been working on with your toolcat C and variety of attachments?

My house has a 600 gallon above ground heating oil tank. I installed an electric pump and dispenser with automatic shutoff-- just like a gas station. I've been running my ToolCat rev. C, as well as my Kubota turbo-diesel powered lawn mower from this fuel supply with no apparent problems for the last two years. The tank's primary purpose is to feed a boiler in my main house that provides domestic hot water all through the year and radiant floor heat during the winter. I've never put any additives into the storage tank or the equipment. Maybe I'm just lucky, is this such a bad practice? Refueling the ToolCat C., as you already know, is straightforward and easy... as long as you don't allow it to run completely out of fuel in the field as I did once....

 

[dsb5610]

I have a 55 gal poly drum with a hand crank pump. Much less problem than the 5 gal containers I originally used.

dsb

 

[theoshin]

My house has a 600 gallon above ground heating oil tank. I installed an electric pump and dispenser with automatic shutoff-- just like a gas station. I've been running my ToolCat rev. C, as well as my Kubota turbo-diesel powered lawn mower from this fuel supply with no apparent problems for the last two years. The tank's primary purpose is to feed a boiler in my main house that provides domestic hot water all through the year and radiant floor heat during the winter. I've never put any additives into the storage tank or the equipment. Maybe I'm just lucky, is this such a bad practice? Refueling the ToolCat C., as you already know, is straightforward and easy... as long as you don't allow it to run completely out of fuel in the field as I did once....

the problem here is that the dz formula in winter is different that in summer. it would be recommended to fill the tank full to keep out condensation but i am afraid i don't use enough to keep the fuel fresh and to the correct season. maybe i should not care and just take the 200 gallon tank and fill it with winter blend??? it has a hand crank - a tank built to go in the back of a truck.

 

[Gadgetnut]

Hi, TS-- you described two issues, one is the physical delivery of fuel into the TC rev D filler neck, the other is local fuel storage. I bet you would appreciate the convenience of having an electric shut off pump dispenser (gas station style) like I have-- question is, do any of you rev D owners know if the filler neck angle accepts a traditional gas pump nozzle okay? On my C., I can hang the filler nozzle on locked on and it fills and shuts off automatically-- but in reality it fills the TC so quickly I seldom do that.

I imagine you could have your 200 gallon tank filled once in the early Fall with winter fuel and draw from that all winter, then refill if necessary once in the Spring with summer fuel. I think the critical aspect is being able to run winter additive fuel during the winter months, so if you don't think you'll use 200 gallons over the summer, just have them put in 100 gallons in the Spring so that the tank can be suitably empty to receive the next winter fuel delivery-- that way you should be good to go-- and the convenience is very nice. Good luck.

 

[Gadgetnut]

Good to hear from you gadgetunt. What projects have you been working on with your toolcat C and variety of attachments?

brittgers, you're great, you inspire me! Although it has been a relatively mild winter (no snow, no power outages, some sunny 45 degree days, etc.), I've learned from my first two years here that the ToolCat easily gets stuck when it sinks into the overwet saturated ground. So this is a fairly quiet time for Bobcat here at the Farm. Did you see these photos-- last Spring I nearly deposited ToolCat into the lake.

What Friends Are For

The same friend who pulled the Bobcat out of the mud helped me build a 15 foot wide by 55 foot long addition onto my shop-- it's open air on three sides but roofed and that's where I've stored most of my Bobcat tools out of the rain. I also added heat in the shop, so now ToolCat is parked inside, dry and happy. I use the forklift a great deal-- I also use it as an elevator to lift pallets full of items up and into a hayloft storage area in the shop. I've kept the 84" angle broom attachment on for the last few weeks, in case I wake up to a light dusting of snow, but that hasn't materialized. I purchased the angle broom to sweep a long asphalt driveway and it works extremely well, removing sticky pine needles and even moss. In another month or so I'll use ToolCat as I gather the deadfall that blows out of the trees every winter and we'll start mowing again in April.

I've been focusing on other things, I got a new RV recently, and I've been away from this forum-- I'm mixed up, do you operate a ToolCat now or a different Bobcat animal? You caretake a large property in Minnesota, did they buy a ToolCat?

Sorry-- back to the regularly scheduled programming: adding fuel