NEED A TANK FOR YOUR TRACTOR FUEL?

[LBrown59]

How about this pump and tank left over from the oil and gas drilling boom in this county back in the mid to late 1800s?
It ought to hold enough fuel to last ya a day or two!

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk286/lb59/100_2340.jpg

 

[ancientlake]

Nice!

 

[jrl@nf.sympatico.ca]

How about this pump and tank left over from the oil and gas drilling boom in this county back in the mid to late 1800s?
It ought to hold enough fuel to last ya a day or two!

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk286/lb59/100_2340.jpg

I really did not care to quote but to make a quick reply, just could not figure that out. Anyway I really liked the picture and I am actually trying to find a farm tank but only about 150 gallons. So far the quotes have been running between $900.00 and 1200.00, to **** much money for my one a farm tank for my one tractor.

 

[Brad_Blazer]

Those tanks sure don't look 150 years old!

jrl,
Maybe a use home heating oil tank? There are always a few in the want ads around here.

Brad

 

[DocD]

I have a question about diesel fuel tanks. Can plastic tanks be used for long term diesel storage? I found this tank locally and for a 250 gallon pallet tank with a lower drain unit that I can attach the hose and filters - for $100 I don't think I can go wrong if it would be OK to use for diesel??? The tank is on an aluminum frame/pallet and would be easy to move/fill with the pallet forks.

 

[LBrown59]

I have a question about diesel fuel tanks. Can plastic tanks be used for long term diesel storage? I found this tank locally and for a 250 gallon pallet tank with a lower drain unit that I can attach the hose and filters - for $100 I don't think I can go wrong if it would be OK to use for diesel??? The tank is on an aluminum frame/pallet and would be easy to move/fill with the pallet forks.

I've heard these aren't suitable for diesel storage .
I'd go with 30 and or 55 gallon plastic drums.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I really did not care to quote but to make a quick reply, just could not figure that out. Anyway I really liked the picture and I am actually trying to find a farm tank but only about 150 gallons. So far the quotes have been running between $900.00 and 1200.00, to **** much money for my one a farm tank for my one tractor.

Who are you talking to for tanks? I bought my last tank for $200 with the pump from a friend who didn't need two tanks anymore. It was 275 gallons. My first 275 gallon tank I bought new from one of the fuel suppliers and it was only a couple hundred dollars but I had to build the skid and set up the pump and fill ports still. So maybe $350 total for the setup with the piston pump I used.

 

[harwill]

How about the plain ol' 55 gal drum? I've got a couple of like-new drums that contained frying oil in a previous life. Paid $5 each and they seem to work fine. Picked up a Gasboy hand pump in a garage sale for $10. Cheap fueling.

 

[LBrown59]

How about the plain ol' 55 gal drum?

Ya mean something like these.?

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1533274-post1.html

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have a question about diesel fuel tanks. Can plastic tanks be used for long term diesel storage? I found this tank locally and for a 250 gallon pallet tank with a lower drain unit that I can attach the hose and filters - for $100 I don't think I can go wrong if it would be OK to use for diesel??? The tank is on an aluminum frame/pallet and would be easy to move/fill with the pallet forks.

I have been using one for 5 years with no problems. I built a stand at first then ended up putting it up on my rafters that are beefed up in my pole barn. I put a 2' section of hose then a filter followed by a 12' piece of hose and a gas station type nozzle. I just call the co-op and they come fill it with off road diesel.

Chris

 

[ToadHill]

DocD, my son works for an oil distributor and he got me one of those tanks. They put all kind of products into them from Kero to gear oil. It has not been any problem as a fuel tank except adapting the 4" drain to a smaller size host to fill with.

 

[Matt_Jr]

DocD, we use those same tanks for our waste oil.

 

[LBrown59]

DocD, my son works for an oil distributor and he got me one of those tanks. They put all kind of products into them from Kero to gear oil. It has not been any problem as a fuel tank except adapting the 4" drain to a smaller size host to fill with.

So how did you adapt it??????

 

[ToadHill]

The unit has a ball valve on it. I couldn't find anything to adapt to that so I took it off, put a metal plug into the hole, tapped it to a smaller size that I could get a hose to fit. Sorry I don't have any pictures of it.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

The unit has a ball valve on it. I couldn't find anything to adapt to that so I took it off, put a metal plug into the hole, tapped it to a smaller size that I could get a hose to fit. Sorry I don't have any pictures of it.

Yours had a 4" drain? The ones we have here are 2" and while they have a unique thread there are adapters to go from those threads to a common thread type. You have to buy the adapters from the company that makes the tanks. The special adapters cost around $30 though so we just used a 45 degree elbow that was that special thread on both ends and cut the male end off. We then clamped a 2" hose to that for filling our sprayer on remote locations where we don't have easy water access. When one tank is empty I unscrew the fitting with the hose and put it on the next tank so I only needed one hose for all three tanks I currently have.

A 4" drain would be quite large and would be great for filling my 400 gallon sprayer fast. Where did you find that tank?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Mine did not have any special treads or anything like that. I simply took off the ball valve and went to the hardware/farm store and found what I needed to adapt it down to 3/4" barb fitting to put my fuel hose on.

I then just took it home, put the ball valve back in and set it up. My total cost with hose, fittings, filler neck, filter housing, and accessories was under $75

Chris

 

[jdmar]

We,ve got those plastic tanks not far from me in Cleveland Ohio also. I plan to get one to use as a tank for a homemade crop sprayer (yep, one of those "roundtoit" projects) But I bought a metal tank on a stand with hand pump, hose, and fill nozel for $102 off ebay. I use that for Diesel. Of course it is about time to paint it...
Peter

 

[LBrown59]

How about the plain ol' 55 gal drum? I've got a couple of like-new drums that contained frying oil in a previous life. Paid $5 each and they seem to work fine. Picked up a Gasboy hand pump in a garage sale for $10. Cheap fueling.

30 and 55 gallon Drums are ideal for making fuel storage set ups; especially for low volume users.
I built my first Set Up back in March using a 30 gallon plastic drum with a 12 volt electric pump.
I just completed my second set up the first part of November.
This one has a 30 gallon drum and a 55 gallon drum plumbed into it.