LBrown59
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- Joined
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- 2003 Kubota BX1500/2004 Kubota Bx23/2005 Kubota BX1500
My original plan was just the one 30 gallon drum but that presented the problem of how do I get it off the truck after going and getting it filled.automech said:why the 55 gal drum to buy the fuel and not another 30 gal?
The second siphon hose [the one you see in the blue drum solved that problem] and eliminated the need to ever disturb the white drum.
This extra suction hose is the heart and key to any fuel
transfer and storage set up system being able to work with any size tank drum barrel keg jug can or any other container.
Once you have this hose installed on your rig container size becomes a mute point.
It really doesn't matter what you haul the fuel in as you can use that hose to pump from anything into the white drum.
I could use six 5 gallon cans two 15 gallon kegs 2 gallon cans or any combination of containers to haul the fuel in.
I wouldn't have the deliver guy fill the white drum but have him put 30 gallon of fuel in the blue 55 gallon drum instead.
I could even have him fill the 55 drum if needed.
Thirty gallon plastic drums like this white one are very hard to find around here.
I got lucky and found this one at a flee market about a year ago for 12 bucks.
After I decided to install the extra suction hose on the pump I needed a second drum to haul fuel in.
I can't find a 30 gallon plastic drum anywhere around here now.
I needed 30 gallon of off road so I went to one of the suppliers and asked them if they knew where I could find a 30 gallon plastic drum.
They didn't know where I could find one but they had 3 steel 55 gallon drums and offered to give me one of them.
I took them up on the offer and threw one of them on the truck and had them put 30 gallon of the red stuff in it.
The pictures show me unloading the fuel into the white set up drum.
If I couldn't find 30 gallon drums.
I would just use 2 55 gallon drums and buy 30 or 40 gallon of off road at a time.