Steve's post of the year, smart folks please reply

[stevenf]

Re: Steve\'s post of the year, smart folks please reply

Gatorboy, Thanks for the link I measured it on Sunday and had about 10" left so it looks like I have somewhere around 55 gallons which is plenty close for farm work. The issue was the tractor is full I have 10" of fuel can I wait a while to fill the tank, it looks like since my fields are planted and I don't have another lengthy job until next planting in September that I can wait and see what fuel prices do hopefully they won't skyrocket. They say that it should peak in June and then slowly fall off but what does anybody really know when it comes to fuel prices except that there to darn high. I just filled up my gas V10 Ford F350 this morning at $2.75 a gallon it took exactly a hundred bucks to fill it and it wasn't even completely empty.
Steve

 

[gsganzer]

Re: Steve\'s post of the year, smart folks please reply

If you're measuring it with a stick or a sight glass:
Take the chart I posted and calculate up about 8 points that correspond to 1/8% volume increments. Then mark it on a board to act like a scale on your sight glass or on the stick you use when you check level. That way you'll always know how many gallons you have, not just the height in the tank.

 

[rdln]

Re: Steve\'s post of the year, smart folks please reply

45=344
44=342
43=339
42=334
41=329
40=323
39=316
38=310
37=303
36=295
35=287
34=279
33=270
32=262
31=253
30=244
29=234
28=225
27=215
26=206
25=196
24=187
23=177
22=167
21=157
20=148
19=138
18=129
17=119
16=110
15=100
14=91
13=82
12=74
11=65
10=57
9=49
8=41
7=34
6=27
5=21
4=15
3=10
2=5
1=2


I aint smart but i can run a compooter

 

[phffft]

Re: Steve\'s post of the year, smart folks please reply

I'm kinda smart so I figured I better post here. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[stevenf]

Re: Steve\'s post of the year, smart folks please reply

Steve, Thanks, talk about above and beyond the call WOW that must have been a lot of work.
Steve

 

[jsh]

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At work I used to have to calculate the gallons of fuel in underground tanks with round ends. What a pain.
I would like to warn everyone about storing diesel fuel. Dealing with large emergency generator fuel systems, it used to be we could store fuel for extended periods. Then 10 or so years ago the shelf life of the fuel dropped fairly quick and we had to install automatic fuel conditioners with filters, chemical additives etc. The problem is that they came up with ways to refine bad crude into diesel. If you are going to store fuel for more then 2 or 3 months then be sure to add fuel stabilizers to it. The time frame depends on temperature and humidity.

 

[KiotiJohn]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If you are going to store fuel for more then 2 or 3 months then be sure to add fuel stabilizers to it. The time frame depends on temperature and humidity.)</font>
I wondered how mine lasted so long given the high temps and humidity we have here. I had two 55 gal. drums and used the last of the second after nearly two years, and no growth! I am amazed.
Unless there was some additive in from the supplier, I didn't put any in and fully expected it to go bad before I used it all, but it didn't.
John

 

[pennwalk]

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Steve,

The fuel tank companies have online programs to generate tank charts. Here is one site Tank charts .

Chris

 

[KiotiJohn]

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Simply using an algebraic ratio and proportion would yield an answer of 300 gallons if one could fill the tank to full on it's side.

Of course, if you're talking 22.5" as being half, just doubling it would do the same thing as
22.5 in 150 = 45" in X
22.5x = 6750
6750/22.5 = 300

Being a cylinder proably changes it though.
John

 

[RobJ]

Re: Steve\'s post of the year, smart folks please reply

Easy way is drill and tap a 1/8" npt pipe thread at the top and bottom, screw in a brass fitting with a 90 degree barb on it. Connect the 2 with a clear plastic hose.

When the fuel is at the half way mark it's half full, when it's 1/4 up it's 1/4 full....and so on. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif