Another question on fuel transfer

[Rolando]

Well, I've been investigating getting a large diesel fuel transfer tank, but I've decided to consider a different and less expensive way to go with this.

Right now, I use a 29 gallon Tempo Gas Walker with a hand pump to buy the diesel and transport it back to my place. I've attached images of it.

I got to thinking about what I didn't like about this set up to see how I might improve it without ditching the whole thing and going to a big tank. The first thing is I'm tired of all the hand cranking. The second is that it's a pain to load the tank unto a trailer and strap it down down. Tempo recommended that I take the pump off, replace the bung plug, and transport it horizontally. That was more trouble than I was willing to put up with. I have a trailer with 3 ft high metal sides, so I just strap it down and transport it in a vertical position so that I don't have to remove the hand pump.

It occurred to me that if I removed the hand pump permanently, then connected a small electric pump between the valve and the hose that you see at the bottom of the tank in the other photo (normally used to gravity feed), then I could eliminate the hand cranking. And since I wouldn't have to disassemble the hand pump every time I transported the tank, I could just load it unto the trailer when it was time to refuel and it would be much easier to secure the tank in a horizontal position. I still have to make the half hour trip to fuel, but I guess I can deal with that. And I would be using fresher fuel.

What do you all think about this solution? Any downside?

 

[mouse]

cannot really see it being any easier to transport flat.

low flo diesel transfer pumps are cheap enough so wherein lies the dilemma? try it and see....

 

[LBrown59]

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1*Why not have the fuel delivered instead of going after it.
I have 2 suppliers that will top off my 30 gallon tank whenever they're in my area,
2*Forget the tank for the moment; It's not the problem but the solution is in how you plumb the pump.
3*It's an even bigger pain to unload it off of a truck or trailer.
4*But then you'd have to cart the elect pump fuel filter and hose with the tank when you go to get fuel.
This is why I didn't mount my pump on the tank.
5*Plumb this pump up the right way and it resolves all your issues.
I would not mount the pump to that valve because that attaches the pump to the tank.
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Well, I've been investigating getting a large diesel fuel transfer tank, but I've decided to consider a different and less expensive way to go with this.

Right now, I use a 29 gallon Tempo Gas Walker with a hand pump to buy the diesel and transport it back to my place. I've attached images of it.

I got to thinking about what I didn't like about this set up to see how I might improve it without ditching the whole thing and going to a big tank. The first thing is I'm tired of all the hand cranking. The second is that it's a pain to load the tank unto a trailer and strap it down down. Tempo recommended that I take the pump off, replace the bung plug, and transport it horizontally. That was more trouble than I was willing to put up with. I have a trailer with 3 ft high metal sides, so I just strap it down and transport it in a vertical position so that I don't have to remove the hand pump.

It occurred to me that if I removed the hand pump permanently, then connected a small electric pump between the valve and the hose that you see at the bottom of the tank in the other photo (normally used to gravity feed), then I could eliminate the hand cranking. And since I wouldn't have to disassemble the hand pump every time I transported the tank, I could just load it unto the trailer when it was time to refuel and it would be much easier to secure the tank in a horizontal position. I still have to make the half hour trip to fuel, but I guess I can deal with that. And I would be using fresher fuel.

What do you all think about this solution? Any downside?