Help with yellow diesel cans, please.

[frank_f15]

i have a wide funnel about 10 in wide(don't know where i got it had it for years! i also only use 2.5 gallon cans. much easier for these old arms to lift and control, as my tractor only has a 6 gallon tank when it get to 1/2 i dump in one can. also being a fanatic i have a peice of oil absorbing cloth with a hole cut to go over the fuel opening that i place on the tractor , it covers the whole top and dash, no worrys about splash drops.

 

[Slamfire]

If there are any more of them tanks at the dump, get one to make a dump trailer bed out of. Cut off one side, weld a couple of uprights at the back to hinge the end, and mount on a tilting trailer.

 

[gerard]

Filter - I use a long necj funnel with an old nylon stocking stretch over it. Nice fine mesh, free, and disel popurs right through like it wasn't there. Wasn't sure if it would degrade from the fuel but hasn't yet.

Filling - Found the easiest thing is a long neck plastic watering can. I pour from the container into that, then pour into the tractor. Holds about 2 gal but isn't as heavy, gives you better control and avoids overfilling. Can even do it now without spilling any!! (Ok, I spill a LITTLE on purpose just for nostalgia's sake!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif)

 

[Mike_S]

Harv--my previous Kubota had a filter in the fuel opening and when I switched to Deeres, there was none. When I brought this to the attention of the dealer, he suggested that I puchase a permanent filter such as came standard in the fuel opening of a JD425 garden tractor (or similar model??), so I purchased one and cut a piece of plexiglass to fit over the fuel opening of my JD4400 with a hole in it in which the permanent filter was inserted. Each time I fuel up, I place this filter setup in the fuel opening and pour the fuel through the filter and then remove the filter setup when finished. It is easy, inexpensive and it works. Mike S.

 

[Harv]

Okay, Mike, now you got me wondering... /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif

I thought when I unscrewed the filler cap and looked down into the hole, I looked straight into the cavern of the tank. But now that you've tricked me

into looking in my parts manual, I'm wondering if I have some parts missing. (See attachment)

I'd run and take a peek to be sure, but it's a 240-mile round trip, and that would make me late for dinner.

[Oops! In staring at the picture a little more, I realize I'm looking at the filler cap assembly, so all them parts are squished into the cap itself. Guess I'm not missing anything after all.]

 

[Mike_S]

Sorry Harv--I apparently misled you--there is NO inlet filter on your tractor and there is not supposed to be. What I attempted to say (sorry for the confusion) was that because of no filter and none is standard, I improvised and made my own by using the standard inlet filter from a garden tractor. It is not left in place when screw on the fuel cap, but only placed there when I fuel up. Hope this cleared up the confusion I caused. Mike S.

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>Hope this cleared up the confusion I caused.</font color=blue>

Hey, you don't get all the credit, Mike. I was born confused. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

I just modified my own post, but you sneaked in already. Gotta be quick around here.

I understand now. Guess I was just looking for an excuse to browse through the manuals again.

 

[Kodiak]

Harv:

Is confusion a pre-requisite for becoming a highly respected moderator?

 

[Woody1]

edt.....my trailer is a 17' flatbed, 7000LB. trailer. Sorry, dont have a way of putting pics on here. Tank is mounted directly in front of the bed rails, front end of the trailer. This mounting location doesnt take away from bed usage. Makes for a heavy tongue when its all filled up tho! Get a tank with bolt holes mounted on each four corners, weld 2 x 2 angle iron to the frame, and bolt tank to angle iron. Is really a sweet setup. Heavy tongue is worth the hassle of going to refill portable 5 gal cans all the time. Have driven trailer, with full fuel tank, a grizzley 660 Quad with 28" outlaw tires, my rotor tiller, my tractor and loader attached and my landscape rake attached to tractor about 500 miles this way, and no ill effects as far as handling goes. (picture the loading from front to back, quad was turned sideways). Drove it this way and to this location to donate some time to an atv park in southeastern iowa. (always looking for more seat time for both quad and tractor!)

 

[blurrybill]

Mike,

I'd love to see a picture of that setup.

Bill