LBrown59
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- Joined
- Oct 27, 2004
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- Tractor
- 2003 Kubota BX1500/2004 Kubota Bx23/2005 Kubota BX1500
1*These cost as much or more than building your own better storage rig.1* Northern Tool has a 25-gallon tank that could cut down the number of trips you make but still get used up fairly quickly. 250 gallons a year averages 50 trips to the gas station a year which is about once a week - not too bad but if you pick up 20-25 gallons once a month or so it may make things easier if you can lug around that much weight.
1*I find 5 gallon cans anything but easy.I agree with the simplicity of the 5 gallon can. It's not overly complicated and while yes it is more work than a stand alone tank,
1*it's easy and gets the job done. I use 3 5-gallon yellow diesel cans and just refill them as I need it.
2*I want to look into getting a 30 gallon drum and filling that instead. I feel that that amount isn't an overly large size where you might run into storage problems.
3*Most of the tank sizes on diesel trucks these days are about 30 gallons so I don't see it being a problem.
There are lots of guys on here that have a couple hundred gallon storage tanks and they don't run into fuel complications. As long as you treat any large amount of diesel fuel with fuel stabilizers and bio-cides than the fuel should be good for a while.good.
2*Something like this?
3*Diesel trucks go through 30 gallon of diesel a lot faster than tractors do.
4*I would heat the house and run the tractor all from the same tank.WH- That's exactly how I do it up North, 5 gallon cans and Power Service white all year.
4*I have a 250 gallon drum of diesel spare (#2) for my home heating that I can tap into if things get rough but basically I use the three can method.
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