Portable Fuel Storage Question

[radioman]

Island tractor- I agree with you. it could be marketing. or supply and demand. High demand with high supply means cheap .... yes??

It still makes me fret over little things- if color means nothing other then easy identify, then make em all the same price and we will buy the RIGHT one. Otherwise , forget it, I gonna go with lower price. Most of these things are made overseas anyways right ?

 

[LBrown59]

Island tractor- I agree with you. it could be marketing. or supply and demand. High demand with high supply means cheap .... yes??

It still makes me fret over little things- if color means nothing other then easy identify, then make em all the same price and we will buy the RIGHT one. Otherwise , forget it, I gonna go with lower price. Most of these things are made overseas anyways right ?

Sellin the yeller ones and the red uns for different prices sorta defeats the purpose of havin 2 different colors in the first pace as people do lean toward buying and using the cheapest color and put what ever they want to in it.

 

[Cat_Driver]

I bough the red one and put diesel in it, but I stopped using it because it's a pain to fill my equipment with it. It was gravity fed which means you have to get it high above the filler and that was impossible.

I just use 5 - 5gail yellow jugs not because those I can lift by hand and tip up to fill.

 

[LBrown59]

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[TCR78]

Thanks alot for all the input. I didn't think they were made differently, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. As far as the gravity problem, I was going to leave it in the truck bed when fueling and just wheel it to the tailgate. I was hoping @4ft. would be high enough. 15 revs/gal with a crank hand pump is foolish IMO and would get old very quick. I didn't want to get the truck tank now just to have to switch it to the new truck next year. However that is sounding more and more like a better idea. Even a stationary tank in our garage doesn't sound like a bad idea. I just wasn't sure if that was a good way to go because our business is seasonal and the fuel would just be sitting collecting condinsation for @ 1/3 of the year in the winter.

 

[HCJtractor]

Thanks alot for all the input. I didn't think they were made differently, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. As far as the gravity problem, I was going to leave it in the truck bed when fueling and just wheel it to the tailgate. I was hoping @4ft. would be high enough. 15 revs/gal with a crank hand pump is foolish IMO and would get old very quick. I didn't want to get the truck tank now just to have to switch it to the new truck next year. However that is sounding more and more like a better idea. Even a stationary tank in our garage doesn't sound like a bad idea. I just wasn't sure if that was a good way to go because our business is seasonal and the fuel would just be sitting collecting condinsation for @ 1/3 of the year in the winter.

I must disagree with the comment on the hand crank. For years I filled my Kubota with the five gallon worthless containers available today. Now I use a simple 55 gallon drum with a high end Tuthill rotary hand pump. It works great! Cranking it is really easy and quick, and I like the simplicity and don't have to worry about connecting leads to a battery. Now if you can hard wire a 12 V. pump permanently and not have to use the aligator clips, I would consider that route, but if you have to hook it up to your tractor or vehicle battery every time you use it, I would prefer the crank. I could crank out 15 gallons before you could hook up the 12 V pump. Just my opinion.

 

[IslandTractor]

I must disagree with the comment on the hand crank. For years I filled my Kubota with the five gallon worthless containers available today. Now I use a simple 55 gallon drum with a high end Tuthill rotary hand pump. It works great! Cranking it is really easy and quick, and I like the simplicity and don't have to worry about connecting leads to a battery.

I agree. I have the same hand cranked setup (with a 30 gallon plastic drum from a car wash). Works just fine.

 

[LBrown59]

I must disagree with the comment on the hand crank. For years I filled my Kubota with the five gallon worthless containers available today. Now I use a simple 55 gallon drum with a high end Tuthill rotary hand pump. It works great! Cranking it is really easy and quick, and I like the simplicity and don't have to worry about connecting leads to a battery.
Now if you can hard wire a 12 V. pump permanently and not have to use the aligator clips, I would consider that route.
If you have to hook it up to your tractor or vehicle battery every time you use it, I would prefer the crank. I could crank out 15 gallons before you could hook up the 12 V pump. Just my opinion.

Here ya go?

And another one.

AllI have to do is flip the switch and pump away .

 

[amigauser]

I agree with the others that other than the color there is probably no difference.

This is the least expensive portable caddie I have seen.
25 Gallon Capacity Steel Gas Caddy - Greg Smith Equipment Sales, Inc

 

[IslandTractor]

I agree with the others that other than the color there is probably no difference.

This is the least expensive portable caddie I have seen.
25 Gallon Capacity Steel Gas Caddy - Greg Smith Equipment Sales, Inc

That is a fancy version of what I have. I made mine with the same hand cranked pump ($95 Northern), a 30 gallon clear poly drum ($20 local car wash) and the cheapest HF hand cart with a 20% discount coupon:thumbsup: ($15). All held together by a few cam lock straps and a wee bit of duct tape. Does the job.

A potential disadvantage of the steel gas caddy is that you cannot see the fuel level.