What do you use for a fuel transfer tank?

[Deere Dude]

I've decided to go with a 55gal barrel with rotary pump. I can strap it to my refrigerator dolly to get on and off the trailer, and haul it to the tax free diesel pump.

Dang that will be heavy. What happens if you trip going down the ramp?

 

[fatjay]

I will be sad. Probably more sad if I went down the ram hauling a refridgerator and dropped it. But a steel tank would not burst just because it fell over if the top was properly sealed, right?

At roughly 500lbs, it would weigh about as much as my wife's new fridge. Granted that wasn't fun, but I'm not sure how else I'd get it out of the trailer. Also the fridge was very top-heavy.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I got some good deals from Craigslist about 8 years ago on 100 gallon tanks with 12VDC Fillrite pumps for $350 each. I also got for free a 275 gallon TOTETANK that I filled up last year when fuel tanked out really low. I now have 375 gallons on hand which will last me forever now that I mostly use it in my RTV and B26. A tank of fuel in my LS lasts for at least a year now that I just about only use it for tilling the garden although I did put about 1.5 hours on it hauling dirt last week.
My totetank was free from a local chemical company that gets their resin (used to make tiles) in them. IT washed clean with pressure washer and a little bit of gasoline to finish off the cleaning. It is completely sealed and I used it once to top off my 100 gallon tank by removing my 15gpm pump from my 100 gallon and putting it in the 275 totetank. Not a bad chore to do. The plastic tank has enough give to not be an issue with temp. changes.
You do need to vent your steel tank when fueling from it for sure, a little expansion from temps will also make the sides pop in and out. My 100 gallon tank is vented and there is no smell from it in my shop.

 

[jajiu]

I will be sad. Probably more sad if I went down the ram hauling a refridgerator and dropped it. But a steel tank would not burst just because it fell over if the top was properly sealed, right?

At roughly 500lbs, it would weigh about as much as my wife's new fridge. Granted that wasn't fun, but I'm not sure how else I'd get it out of the trailer. Also the fridge was very top-heavy.

Just a stupid thought, doesn't everyone here have a tractor? All this questioning about the weight and how can you move this or that, using refrigerator hand trucks etc, just strap it or hook onto lift handles with the tractor and lift it to move it where you want it.

 

[texasranger556]

That would be my thought. Attach to a base that you can get forks underneath. If you don't have a pallet jack then maybe add some caster wheels too. Quick attach forks have been one of my most useful attachments to date.

 

[fatjay]

My FEL isn't at my house, but my kubota has the 3pt, maybe I can rig something up with that. Why didn't I think of that earlier.

 

[Cataclysm]

I want something that's safe to store in the garage, not vented, 50-75 gallons, that way I can fill it twice a year. Getting tired of hauling 8 5gal gas cans back and forth every other month, lifting them, them breaking after 1-2 years of regular use. The ones I've seen are in the neighborhood of $2k, so I'm hoping there is a more reasonable alternative.

It's diesel, but the garage I store my fuel in is directly above the bedrooms. If there are any fumes/smells it can make the upstairs smell.

My garages and sheds are fairly full, I wasn't hoping to add a trailer to the mix.

Maybe I'm not reading this right. You want to store 50-75 gallons of diesel under the same roof you live under? And the bedrooms are just above or below where the fuel is stored?

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Maybe I'm not reading this right. You want to store 50-75 gallons of diesel under the same roof you live under? And the bedrooms are just above or below where the fuel is stored?

Maybe a third of all homes in the Northeast store more like 250gal of diesel in their Basement. The horror!

This isn't gasoline.

 

[fatjay]

Yeah, I've got an oil tank outside my house, but I wish it was inside like my parents house. When the temp hits around -5F or so, my oil line freezes and no more furnace. I'd have to go lay in the snow with a blow torch to melt the line to get oil flowing again. Now I have heat wrap that I plug in the cold months which kicks on at about 20F and warms the line.

 

[mark in portugal]

In the past, I used to strap a 55 gal drum into my pickup truck and take it to fill, but at home I wouldn't move the barrel from the truck full; I siphoned it all into a second drum that was in it's corner.

It's a hassle to move around with the FEL; getting it on, getting it off, ends up taking more time and effort than such a basic task should.

I think there are basically 2 paths; a large tank that stays put, or small easy to handle ones that don't.

Diesel is safer than gasoline, but if it leaks and soaks into some debris, it's quite flammable. I've had accidental fires that provided some unwelcome excitement.