Pumping diesel fuel

[Bird]

<font color=blue>something to do with i before e or e before i</font color=blue>

Let's see . . ., what was that old poem?

I before E
except after C
or when sounded like A
as in neighbor or weigh
/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I think that was it./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

<font color=blue>...By the way BOB, checked the site for your pump yesterday, and they didn't have any hose of the right type.</font color=blue>

Oh well.. I'm leaning more toward my neighbor farmer at this point anyway. But the site you pointed me to has lots of other neat stuff!

 

[cp1969]

Now, I admit up front that I've only put fuel in my tractor three times so far, but it was so simple, something must be wrong.

Since I have to trailer it to where I use it, the first two times I just stopped at the gas station and used the pump.

The last time, I wanted to put in #1, so I bought some in 2 1/2 gallon plastic kerosene jugs. Set on the hood adjacent to the fuel tank, then I put in a $2 siphon pump. Pump it a couple times to get it flowing, come back in a couple minutes and the jug is empty.

That seems pretty easy considering how little fuel these things use.

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

<font color=blue>...then I put in a $2 siphon pump. Pump it a couple times to get it flowing, come back in a couple minutes and the jug is empty.</font color=blue>

ooooh, a siphon pump! I hadn't even thought of that! Duh.

So many options, for such a seemingly simple problem. I bought two 5-gallon yellow diesel cans, thinking that even a scrawny pale guy like me could easily manage a measly 5 gallons. But I spilled a significant amount, because I was balancing with one foot on the operator platform and the other on the front tire. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

A siphon! This might be even easier than having to bother the farmer with periodic payments (he has a big operation, and I doubt he wants to complicate his operation with occassional $10 payments from me. I'll pick his brain some more, but this is a good idea. Of course if my little hand pump worked from a normal gas can, that would be another option.

Isn't it amazing how many little issues I can come up with? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[Von]

Bob, What I do is fill a 30gal. poly barrel at my farmer neighbors, and then use my pump to fill the tractor. I treat all 30 gal. with Power Services when I fill the barrel. I just drive over to his farm with the barrel in my front bucket and fill it up. I pay him cash and give a little extra for his time. Works out well for me this way, as I only need to do it about 3-4 times a year.

 

[Egon]

But thats the trouble Bird, I can never remember how it goes.

Egon

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Bird,

Pretty good/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
George Ellis's oldest girl rode a pig home yesterday/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
Al

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>George Ellis's oldest girl rode a pig home yesterday</font color=blue>

OK, Al, you got me with this one. Can't think of what you might be talking about./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

<font color=green>George Ellis's oldest girl rode a pig home yesterday</font color=green>

<font color=blue>OK, Al, you got me with this one. Can't think of what you might be talking about.</font color=blue>

Bird, he's obviously telling me to forget about fueling the 4300, and simply buy a pig instead. But, how does one fuel a pig? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Bird,

/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I was sure you would get that one. I guess you know how to spell <font color=blue>geography</font color=blue> without any help. If it wasn't for that little cricket on Disney I bet there would be a whole bunch of folks wouldn't be able to spell <font color=blue>encyclopedia</font color=blue>
Al