Fuel trailer

[Stimw]

You would be better off getting a DOT approved Blue Barrel.
They are not that expensive new and can be found used very cheap.
Could even go to a 55 gal which are very popular.
I have a 30 gal blue barrel that I fill with gas during hurricane season for power outages.
I haul it in my PU and move it full with tractor forks and pallet.

 

[Lelandwelds]

The resident expert claims the poly is dot approved for lubricants, cutting fluids, etc but not diesel. He is completely happy with any metal drum even without any sort of UN label or placards. Again, no to plastic but any metal is ok.

Anyone know the skinny?

 

[kthompson]

My guess, if you are in small town or rural area you will have no issue with legal in Georgia. I use a small trailer with 150 gallon tank and make 2 or 3 runs a year normally with no issue. You may have bounce issue and would suggest you use good straps. I have seen many home made or shop made fuel tanks here used in the logging industry especially.

Are you saying that tank only has 1/4 inch fittings on it? Then how did they fill it?

Not to side track this thread but is has been brought up here and think solid question on filling tanks in pickup bed. Not doubting static issue with filling tank but is that not a gas fume issue and not diesel fuel issue? Never heard it discussed.

Second if you have plastic fuel tank you are filling is static electricity possible?

Third if he sets this tank for diesel on wooden mounts on a metal trailer are you saying he needs to ground it to the trailer some way for it would also be same as it sitting in the pickup bed as trailer and truck certainly are metal to metal connected.

 

[ning]

My guess, if you are in small town or rural area you will have no issue with legal in Georgia. I use a small trailer with 150 gallon tank and make 2 or 3 runs a year normally with no issue. You may have bounce issue and would suggest you use good straps. I have seen many home made or shop made fuel tanks here used in the logging industry especially.

Are you saying that tank only has 1/4 inch fittings on it? Then how did they fill it?

Not to side track this thread but is has been brought up here and think solid question on filling tanks in pickup bed. Not doubting static issue with filling tank but is that not a gas fume issue and not diesel fuel issue? Never heard it discussed.

Second if you have plastic fuel tank you are filling is static electricity possible?

Third if he sets this tank for diesel on wooden mounts on a metal trailer are you saying he needs to ground it to the trailer some way for it would also be same as it sitting in the pickup bed as trailer and truck certainly are metal to metal connected.

On the spark issue - what's the difference between filling a tank in the bed of a truck vs filling the main fuel tank?

Is it that the main fuel tank neck is metal which is grounded... to the truck? It's not grounded to the Earth, until you touch the nozzle to the filler. Couldn't a disk happen then?

To truly be safe, you really should have to connect the truck to ground before touching the nozzle to the tank filler (they do this for aircraft when refueling). This isn't really an issue with diesel (not very volatile) but for gasoline it is. However it's obvious that when we pull up to the pump, we don't ground our cars... is everyone just playing with fire here?

 

[Lelandwelds]

I completely understand wanting a fuel trailer of any capacity. Gas cans suck.

Fuel is only six lb per gallon. Maybe your spring choice is too heavy duty. Go garden trailer wimpy and add shocks?

Anybody who watched Dukes of Hazard, A Team, or any tv show from the 1980s knows only the bad guy or the secretly escaping hero ever has a vehicle explode.

 

[AVIVIII]

I have an old 120gal saddle tank on skids that I use for diesel. I used to load it on the tailer and go to the station and no one ever looked at me funny. Now, my oil guy keeps off-road on the truck for farms and generators, so when hes here filling the oil tank, I have him top off the diesel, no need to haul!

 

[GLyford]

As for static, I wonder if they would allow a static chain, one end bolted to the tank at one of the brackets, other end dropped on the ground during filling...?

 

[sixdogs]

As for static, I wonder if they would allow a static chain, one end bolted to the tank at one of the brackets, other end dropped on the ground during filling...?

I did this back in the olden days when I used to fill a 90 gallon gasoline tank in the back of the pickup. I had two ground wires on the tank that I alligator clipped onto the gas pump. I wouldn't do that today but I did it then.

With diesel, there isn't even a ground wire in the hose so I don't see why that would need to be grounded. These days, I just have the bulk truck drop off 100 or 200 gallons diesel as needed and whenever they get out my way. They always show ASAP.

 

[kthompson]

As to having fuel delivered you need to ask locally. Here there is a good bit of variance between local fuel companies. All have minimum amount to deliver here and some charge to and others do not.

 

[BukitCase]

Post #7, here
https://www.plowsite.com/threads/gasoline-in-a-transfer-tank.101903/
Not sure if this is federal, must be from all the obscure references ...Steve