Poor Mans Fuel pump

[jejeosborne]

EROSOL,
I do have a 300 gallon gravity tank I have filled every winter with gasoline and my jobber carries diesel on the same truck. This particalur filling I loaded the drum into into the bed of my truck on a pallet (strapped down well) and filled it at my local gas station two miles away. I unloaded it with my FEL and forks. I only put in 25 gallons since I don't use much in the winter.

RALPHVA,
I bought the fluid from a local oil jobber that distributes to local stores. It cost me $61.00 with tax. The plastic drums have the same bung holes as the metal drums and that is exactly how I did it.

LBROWN59,
I do treat the fuel with Power Service. There is no filter on this setup. The tank was very clean (originally contained windshield fluid) so I saw no reason for a filter since the fuel was filtered at the pump and again on the tractor. I have the tank setting off the floor with wood to minimize condensation. I don't see any more condensation occuring here as compared to my original 5 gallon can setup. Good idea for the water separator, I need one for my new paint gun anyway.

SCHMISM,
I store this drum inside the barn where it is usually dark but I will keep my eye on that issue. I have seen that slime when I was an aircraft mechanic from Jet fuel....Nasty looking stuff.

DIRTHOG & DIELSEPOWER,
I agree, I am very careful to let the air flow at a very slow rate. It is amazing how little air it takes to make the fuel flow. I also have my regulator at the compressor set to under 10 lbs just as backup. I wouldn't use this method with gasoline and still have my compressor unplugged while fueling so that it doesn't cycle on.

 

[coffeeman]

EROSOL,
SCHMISM,
I store this drum inside the barn where it is usually dark but I will keep my eye on that issue. I have seen that slime when I was an aircraft mechanic from Jet fuel....Nasty looking stuff.
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A question for the group.

This slime; is it little critters that eats up the fuel? An interesting thought, when there is a fuel spill, why do we have to clean it up if nature will eat up the stuff anyway? I read a question one time asking, "Where does all the rubber from the tires go when the worn rubber is brushed to the side of the road as cars go by?" If I remember right; the answer was the little particles were eaten by bacteria. By the way, I not suggesting we don't clean up fuel spills. I just wonder why bacteria doesn't eat up the spill. Oil is a "natural" product. Hey, maybe it is good to eat.

Just a thought. Got to stop thinking, that's what always gets me into trouble.

Cheers....Coffeeman

 

[QueBota]

A question for the group.

This slime; is it little critters that eats up the fuel? An interesting thought, when there is a fuel spill, why do we have to clean it up if nature will eat up the stuff anyway? I read a question one time asking, "Where does all the rubber from the tires go when the worn rubber is brushed to the side of the road as cars go by?" If I remember right; the answer was the little particles were eaten by bacteria. By the way, I not suggesting we don't clean up fuel spills. I just wonder why bacteria doesn't eat up the spill. Oil is a "natural" product. Hey, maybe it is good to eat.

Just a thought. Got to stop thinking, that's what always gets me into trouble.

Cheers....Coffeeman

I think I read that the slime lives in the boundary layer between the fuel and the water, it requires certain conditions to live and reproduce. If it gets a good environment it can grow pretty quickly. I have seen some major slime colonies in marine environments.

Dave

 

[DieselPower]

I think I read that the slime lives in the boundary layer between the fuel and the water, it requires certain conditions to live and reproduce. If it gets a good environment it can grow pretty quickly. I have seen some major slime colonies in marine environments.Dave

That is how it works. It lives in the boundry between the fuel and watter and not actually in the fuel.

 

[Slamfire]

I guess my solution is a bit low tech for y'all. Around here, lots of folks use supplemental kerosene heaters. All the local stores sell squeeze bulb syphons so the 1 gallon heater tanks can be filled from the 6 gallon cans everybody has. I just buy one every year or so, and set my diesel can on the hood of the tractor. There's a hole to access the tank filler cap in the hood. A couple of squeezes and fuel syphons from the can to the tank, I don't have to pour, and can stop it when the tank gets full. Cost me about $7.50 a year, and liftin' a 36 lb can ain't that troublesome if'n you don't have to tip it over to pour.

 

[DieselPower]

Good idea Slamfire. They also make those type pumps for 55 gallon drums. They screw into the hole and you can pump away. Cheap and easy.

 

[Slamfire]

Good idea Slamfire. They also make those type pumps for 55 gallon drums. They screw into the hole and you can pump away. Cheap and easy.

Lord I'm workin' hard to burn more'n 5 gallons a month, the stuff'd git stale.

 

[BTDT]

Man, I knew the safety police were gonna get you for using air. Just be careful.

 

[Egon]

Just like Diesel Power said. Using air on a barrel is a disaster just awaiting to happen. More than one person has been killed doing this.

Barrels are not pressure vessels. Any type of failure to limit pressure applied and its a bomb. Just a pressure regulator itself is not acceptable.

 

[BTDT]

People have been killed airing up tires (a sort of pressure vessel), fueling vehicles, airing up portable air tanks, welding, etc, etc. I realize maybe not the best option, but he said "poor" mans fuel pump. He is just sharing an idea that he came up with. So what is off limits? I guess maybe the moderators should just delete a post like this, or how crazy of an idea does it have to be before it's deleted? Just curious.