Shed for storing diesel. Cheap floor that will contain spills.

[RalphVa]

Yeah. We had a 175 or 250 gallon (don't know which) fuel oil tank in our finished basement in NJ. I buried that size tank in the back yard for our diesel cars. Guess it's still there, probably collapsed now.

 

[boomer1025]

Set the barrels in 275 gal plastic totes with the top cut out

 

[Paskidog]

New Pig also carries containment pallets

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link is for a two drum unit for $226

 

[4570Man]

I’d use plastic barrels. Metal barrels get rust in the fuel.

 

[4570Man]

Nearby was a stone house that had 3 oil tanks in the basement area.
Three since the deliveries were not feasible during winter.

A fire occurred while a sitter was caring for 6 children and the sitter panicked and ran for neighbor help rather than remove the kids.
All six perished and were totally incinerated.
The end effect was like a crematorium.

They would’ve probably died anyway with or without the fuel.

 

[DavenFla]

Plastic kiddie pools work in a pinch. Put the barrels on piece of plywood so it doesn't poke a hole in the plastic.

 

[LouNY]

Nearby was a stone house that had 3 oil tanks in the basement area.
Three since the deliveries were not feasible during winter.

A fire occurred while a sitter was caring for 6 children and the sitter panicked and ran for neighbor help rather than remove the kids.
All six perished and were totally incinerated.
The end effect was like a crematorium.

Many house fires with fuel tanks in the basement most of the time are still full of fuel when the fire is out.
The fuel will support combustion but is really quite safe.
Most horror stories are just that stories.

 

[fidowanttobe]

I used a 30 gallon oil barrel setting on wood since 2007, absolutely no issues. This year I upgraded to a 55 gallon and set it in this. Wouldn't "contain" 55 gallons but like I said, the 30 gallon had no obvious corrosion in 14 years. I love this cart as it moves very easy on concrete and will keep the barrel bottom clean and off the floor. Bought it from Northern Tool.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

How about building a plywood "sand box" type base set up on blocks off the ground. Maybe 4' square, by 2x6 deep, with additional joist... Fill with sand. Cover with a slotted floor so any spill will go into the sand..

Build shed walls, roof, door around the sand box platform... Or on skids if you want, need to move it..

 

[Industrial Toys]

just how many hundred years are you expecting to use those same drums?

You will leak and drip infinitely more in the fueling and filling process than the drums will ever leak in the first two hundred years anyway.

As for sand. So NOW you have contaminated sand. What are you going to do with that? Send it to a facility for SAFE disposal?