How do you store your diesel?

[Kaliburz]

My co-op charges a different price per gallon depending on the quantity of fuel being ordered. Lately, the delivered price is HIGHER than the their pump price.

From my experience here, you have to get at least 400 gallons to get the best price out of them. Other places may be different.

My off road fuel is stored in a 300 gal tank on stilts and another 300 in a tank on wheels. Usually I order when I'm empty or close to it.

For my on road diesel, I'm trying to set up a 500 gal tank on the ground. The co-op wants too much per gallon to deliver road diesel when buying less then 500 gallons. I have two portable tanks, 200 and 100 gallons that I use to fuel up at the station and bring to the semi's. A local place had cheap road diesel... beat most places by a good .30, no joke. To get the same price that I was getting at the pump to have the co-op deliver, I'd have to order 500gal (and I didn't have a tank at that time...maybe this year) to get the same price as the other station.

 

[LBrown59]

I use 55 gal drums on a spill pallet. 55 is about right for my use, keeps it fresh, without too much running around.

How do you fill the drums?

 

[LBrown59]

for pretty much forever without trouble. Now I'm wondering....

Same neighbor recently bought a 55 gal drum and a hand crank fuel pump with a nozzle on the end. A much better way to fuel your tractor...but a little spendy.

For myself, I'm thinking about getting a "15 gallon fuel station" from Tractor Supply. It is a gravity feed system (still has a nozzle, though) and I'm thinking I can lift it in my bucket when I need to top off the tank.

I believe it is made by Blitz and they also have a 10 gallon version.

Here is What I have :
A 12 volt elect pump.
I can fill my tractors with it and unload fuel from my truck all with out lifting anything with a tractor.

 

[Kaliburz]

Oh, an FYI w/ all this diesel talk.....

The two tanks I use for road diesel are cylinders, so I had to make a custom base to cradle them (tanks were free, but steel for the base was not). Any how, I cringed when I saw the price on the transfer pump, so I picked up two from Northern Tool. The part number is: 109585 for $99.99. If you wait for it to go on sale (email flier), it can be cheaper, under $50.00. Any how, they're working fine so far. My tanks were gravity tanks, so they feed to the pump and then it pumps it up. I bought the hoses and nozzles and filters local.

Ya know, I can't recall if I mentioned this pump.... been a while since I saw this post. I use a forklift to load/unload the tanks from the pickup. For the price I paid in steel, pump, hoses, I was able to get two free tanks set up for the price of buying a 'pickup' tank and that's just the tank, no pumps.

 

[RWEST]

I have a 55 gal barrel and hand crank pump. The guy who delivers our home heating oil fills the barrel when it gets low (I only use 2 - 3 barrels a year or so). From the barrel, I pump to a 5 gal can, then use a filtered funnel to fuel the machines. Amazing what that filter catches.

I considered using a 275 gal tank, with outside vent/fill tubes so I don't have to open the garage for the fuel guy, but, based on the relatively small amount I use, it'd probably get all gooky and stuff.

 

[RWEST]

I have a 55 gal barrel and hand crank pump. The guy who delivers our home heating oil fills the barrel when it gets low (I only use 2 - 3 barrels a year or so). From the barrel, I pump to a 5 gal can, then use a filtered funnel to fuel the machines. Amazing what that filter catches.

I considered using a 275 gal tank, with outside vent/fill tubes so I don't have to open the garage for the fuel guy, but, based on the relatively small amount I use, it'd probably get all gooky and stuff.

 

[LBrown59]

Oh, an FYI w/ all this diesel talk.....

Ya know, I can't recall if I mentioned this pump.... been a while since I saw this post. I use a forklift to load/unload the tanks from the pickup. For the price I paid in steel, pump, hoses, I was able to get two free tanks set up for the price of buying a 'pickup' tank and that's just the tank, no pumps.​

That's what I was going to do till i realized that i could unload the truck with the fuel pump.

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[LBrown59]

I have a 55 gal barrel and hand crank pump. The guy who fills our home heating oil tank fills the barrel when it gets low (I only use 2 - 3 barrels a year or so). From the barrel, I pump to a 5 gal can, then use a filtered funnel to fuel the machines. Amazing what that filter catches.

I considered using a 275 gal tank, with outside vent/fill tubes so I don't have to open the garage for the fuel guy, but, based on the relatively small amount I use, it'd probably get all gooky and stuff.

Why not use your pump and simply fill your tractor from this tank and forget about the 55 gallon drum the filter and the 5 gallon cans and any 275 gallon tank?
This is what I'd be doing.
You're making things more complicated than it needs to be,
== L B ==

 

[RWEST]

Why not use your pump and simply fill your tractor from this tank and forget about the 55 gallon drum the filter and the 5 gallon cans and any 275 gallon tank?
This is what I'd be doing.
You're making things more complicated than it needs to be,

Hi LBrown - You're probably thinking I'm adamant about my way, since it was posted twice, I bet (goofy computer buttons). Anyway, I like having that filter in the funnel. It catches a lot of crud. Plus, the way the barrel's set up, the hose doesn't reach. And, I can't move it, because everything in the garage is 'formed' in place. And, it gives me a cardio workout.

 

[Kaliburz]

That's what I was going to do till i realized that i could unload the truck with the fuel pump.

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I forgot that mention that this is ROAD diesel. I don't have any 'bulk' tanks on site for road diesel (taxed stuff)- so far all I can 'store' is 300gal and that's in those two tanks. Instead of bringing the semi to the fuel station (since sometimes it's being loaded, time, etc), I just bring the fuel to it..... When I'm not using the tanks, I use the forklift and put it on the ground. Plus I can go to places where the fuel is cheapest..... I haven't seen much semi's try to fuel up at Safeway..... every little bit I can save counts. The time I save using the pickup and tank vs going home, getting the semi, driving back to town and driving it back (I'm already in town usually....)