Diesel Fuel & Storage Questions

[cp1969]

cowboydoc, how do your air vents prevent moisture from getting in? I am talking about the moisture in the air (humidity).

 

[PineRidge]

This is a standard oil tank vent with screen, gage, and vent alarm combination. It won't do a thing to prevent the oil tank from breathing and inhaling moisture laden air.

 

[Chillimau]

Where would you get a vent/guage like that?

 

[PineRidge]

I got mine from Famous Supply of Akron but I'm also confident the TSC would have them.

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="blue">1*I also have plenty of room in my unheated pole barn for a steel tank
I have an idea of placing the tank in my basement area since it is heated
2* is home heating oil the same as off road diesel?
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1* I don't like the idea of storing flammable liquids in side of any building much less a heated one.
2*It is here.

How do you make on road diesel? ~~ Take clear diesel and add highway tax to It.

How do you make off road diesel? ~~ Take clear diesel and add red dye to it.

How do you make Fuel Oil or home heating oil? ~~ Take Clear diesel dump it in your tank and burn it in your furnace / or Take Clear diesel dye it red dump it in your tank and burn it in your furnace.

 

[AndyM]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[MikePA]

It's great when a 14.5 month old thread is reopened with a post containing such valuable informaton. Thank you.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Holzster,
Dealers around here, don't charge extra, but they do have a minimum delivery amount. )</font>
In my neck of the woods the minimum delivery amount is 150 Gallons but there is no minimum purchase amount.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Jerry this 275 gallon tank will be inside my pole barn and I don't want the 2000 pounds of fuel high enough off the concrete that it would take to fuel my TC-40D. I would rather keep the tank low on the deck and add the electric pump. In my case it's just a personal preference. )</font>

In my case it's a lot simpler to simply roll the tank right off the tail gate onto the shelf than it would be to hoist it up high enough to work for a gravity feed.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue">If you break off the fitting on the bottom of the tank, there is no stopping the oil from emptying from the tank.</font>
That makes sense. I'll still take my overhead and not mess with a pump any day. )</font> <font color="purple">How do you get the tank down out of there to fill it then put it back up there after it's full ? ? </font>