What kind of fuel cans / fueling systems are folks using?

[Old Machinist]

I have a 100 gallon aluminum tank off a Freightliner truck. I can't remember what I paid for it at a salvage yard. I use a 12V pump, hose, and nozzle off eBay that was about $65 and I upgraded the nozzle to an auto shut off model for another $30 ish. I have a solar panel on the roof connected to a charge controller and a deep cycle battery to power it. I also have some LED lights and a Wyze cam connected to it.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

What did you use on the tank for the fittings for the sight gauge. I have a meter on mine and a spreadsheet that I keep track of how much I put in and take out. I also use the spreadsheet to tell me how much weight is in the tank so I can figure how much fuel I can add when I take it to the station to "fill" it. The L3901DT won't pick it up if I fill it.

Wait, what?
You can't pick up 50 gallons of fuel with your L3901????
I can pick up 250 gallons with my l3450 and it's smaller than your tractor.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I have a 100 gallon aluminum tank off a Freightliner truck. I can't remember what I paid for it at a salvage yard. I use a 12V pump, hose, and nozzle off eBay that was about $65 and I upgraded the nozzle to an auto shut off model for another $30 ish. I have a solar panel on the roof connected to a charge controller and a deep cycle battery to power it. I also have some LED lights and a Wyze cam connected to it.

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Super set up, just watch the PVC parts as the diesel on the inside and sun on the outside will make them brittle over time.

 

[Old Machinist]

Super set up, just watch the PVC parts as the diesel on the inside and sun on the outside will make them brittle over time.

It's in the middle of a barn with 3 sides enclosed so no direct sunlight on the PVC. I think worse case if it gets brittle and breaks it will just fall on the ground letting me know I need to replace it.

 

[Russell King]

It's in the middle of a barn with 3 sides enclosed so no direct sunlight on the PVC. I think worse case if it gets brittle and breaks it will just fall on the ground letting me know I need to replace it.

If you ever want to replace it, they do make schedule 80 threaded PVC. Usually you can find it in the irrigation section of the hardware store.

 

[bird dogger]

When the price of diesel was extremely low a few years ago, I added a second bulk tank for off road diesel.
500 gallons total capacity. At that time, they were both filled to the brim with $1.39 per gallon....tax and delivery included.

My neighbor and I finally drew the last 5 gallons out of the pair this winter. I guess all good things to come to an end. Now we have to decide when we want to fill and how much again. It was sure nice while it lasted, though!!

 

[Chanceywd]

I have a small BX tractor, so filling is done from several 5 or 6 gallon jugs. Like what most everyone has. I threw away the stupid nozzle that came with each jug. I have 6 jugs all seem to be different makes, and accumulate of many years. I was able to get replacement nozzle's from EZ Pour, that pour the fuel very quickly without the Hassell of holding some trip lever. Just pour. Another thing about the EZ pour product they make them for every type of jug. I have them on all my jugs gas and diesel. They also have adapters from one jug to another. Hope this helps. TSC has them.

It's a toss up between changing the clocks and fuel cans nozzles which is done just to mess with things that don't need changing and control the masses.

Those "flame arresting" screens in the diesel cans I bought making them splash back were removed by me and I added the vents I get from ebay. The spring loaded nozzles, did anyone that was involved with that design ever actually use one while holding it up at shoulder height to fill a tractor?
The constant changing of fuel cans I believe is lead by CARB.

OK, backing away from the keyboard now, end of rant,

Bill

 

[lynnmor]

It's a toss up between changing the clocks and fuel cans nozzles which is done just to mess with things that don't need changing and control the masses.

Those "flame arresting" screens

Bill

The water collecting ability of today's gas and ethanol mix makes short work of screens made of brass. The brass crumbles and falls into the can and then poured into your tank. It might be that the screens are all plastic now, but if you see metal be sure to remove all of it.

 

[Chanceywd]

The water collecting ability of today's gas and ethanol mix makes short work of screens made of brass. The brass crumbles and falls into the can and then poured into your tank. It might be that the screens are all plastic now, but if you see metal be sure to remove all of it.

No these were some plastic screen not brass. And they are described as arresting not to filter. I just didn't know diesel was that big of an explosive problem that needed them added to the cans along with a useless nozzle.

Bill

 

[mdhughes]

Wait, what?
You can't pick up 50 gallons of fuel with your L3901????
I can pick up 250 gallons with my l3450 and it's smaller than your tractor.

The last time I got fuel, there was 68.3 gallons in the tank, I figures that is 673 pounds for the fuel. Then you have to add the 150 pounds for the tank, we are at 823 pounds. Then you have to add the weight of the wooden pallet and the pallet forks.

Based on what I can find on the Internet, you can pickup close to 600 pounds more then I can.

 

[MOOTS]

The last time I got fuel, there was 68.3 gallons in the tank, I figures that is 673 pounds for the fuel. Then you have to add the 150 pounds for the tank, we are at 823 pounds. Then you have to add the weight of the wooden pallet and the pallet forks.

Based on what I can find on the Internet, you can pickup close to 600 pounds more then I can.

Check your math. Weight of the fuel is only 478 at 7lb per gallon.

 

[McMXi]

The last time I got fuel, there was 68.3 gallons in the tank, I figures that is 673 pounds for the fuel. Then you have to add the 150 pounds for the tank, we are at 823 pounds. Then you have to add the weight of the wooden pallet and the pallet forks.

Based on what I can find on the Internet, you can pickup close to 600 pounds more then I can.

Titan lists the weight of the pallet forks at around 324lb, so forks plus tank plus fuel plus pallet (50lb) could be around 1,000lb. Assuming that the tank is shaped such that the load is centered at around 500mm (19.7in) forward of the pivot pin, capacity is listed at 855lb to max height and 1,182lb to a height of 59in. Bare in mind that these numbers are under ideal conditions i.e. tractor and load on "perfectly" level ground, hydraulic pressure within factory specs, and so on.

You could try rolling the forks back as much as possible, then lifting if you haven't already done that. As we know, as the loader is raised, the load moves away from the tractor initially since it moves in an arc.