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Burying a fuel tank

jmenende

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Hey guys. So Im short in space and looking for alternatives to a sub tank for my 803a. Im thinking about burying an aluminum fuel cell next to my shed tonget atleast 100 gallons. Anyone know if an aluminum fuel tank would be a suitable in terms of corrosion avoidance?
 

glcaines

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I find it easier to own diesel-powered vehicles that I try to keep mostly full. That way I can use the auxiliary fuel hose when I need more fuel for the generator, and best of all, the fuel is always 100% fresh. No storage of fuel required. I can't imagine that living in an area like Miami wouldn't have laws against underground storage of fuel without extreme requirements.
 

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A spare tank in your military truck is movable & can be inspected for leaks easily. It is also easy to drive to the local fueling station & refill. Here in North Florida, all underground tanks were removed & the gas stations have to have doublewall tanks & inspections systems in place. If you have above ground tanks, they have to be in secondary containment & protected from rainwater.

I would venture to say that Miami authorities would frown on your buried tank with serious fines & require removal.
 

jmenende

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Do you not have room to hide a fuel drum in a garage, or a home heating oil tank along a house or something above ground?
Garage is full and the wife would not like an ugly drum to be visible. She is alreadybon my case about the garage not being a mechanics shop. So my options are a buried tank or a subtank.
 

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Ok, you guys talked me out of burying the tank. Im probably going buy a slim rectangular transfer tank like the ones used on pickups and mount it in the wall. Thanks for the help.
 

simp5782

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Ok, you guys talked me out of burying the tank. Im probably going buy a slim rectangular transfer tank like the ones used on pickups and mount it in the wall. Thanks for the help.
Any military stainless steel tank or plastic mrap tank would work for cheap. Put it on a caster setup so you can move it when needed also see any leaks. You could also build a half type flower box over it right off the garage. With an end door for access. Out of sight out of mind. It would require a warrant from any code inspector since it's out of public view
 

jmenende

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Just skin the tank to look like something else, and a little more pleasing to your wife’s eyes.....Pinterest comes to mind for ideas.
Lattice, flowers and vines come to mind. However, that is not how the division of labour is setup at home so I will leave it up the wife before I OD Green it and put some faux grass around it. :)
 

eric67camino

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Dog house. Just a fake shell. Could be built around a in-bed type transfer tank or a 55 gallon drum on its side. Hinge the top, and/or end, for access. Would look normal/decorative to match the house.
 

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let the wife get cold and hungry during an outage because there isn't enough fuel for the generator. then a fuel tank or drum will look much better to her. i am kidding you know! right?
 

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let the wife get cold and hungry during an outage because there isn't enough fuel for the generator. then a fuel tank or drum will look much better to her. i am kidding you know! right?
I don't think people get cold enough in Miami that a light jacket couldn't cure.
 

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So how do you plan to fill the 100 gallon aux tank? Having an aux tank to run off during an extended outage is really nice but that fuel eventually has to be replenished.

Unless you can get a fuel supplier to come out and fill it after an extended outage, around here its a 200 gallon minimum delivery, you'll need to deal with refilling a near empty tank at home.

Transporting & filling up Jerry cans at a station is time consuming and then schlepping them to one's generator location & hefting each one up above your aux tank gets old fast and can be messy. Then there's the cost factor associated with having multiple Jerry cans and the storage space they consume.

However, if you mount an aux tank on something like a Harbor Freight trailer (if you have room), or dolly that can be wheeled out of garage & onto a trailer or truck bed its then transportable. Pulling up to a diesel pump hose and filling up a 100 gallon tank until it clicks off is so much easier.
 

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I'm doing that right now with my 50 gallon storage tank.....fuel has gotten kind of old. I've got one of my spare MEP fuel pumps rigged up for use transferring fuel. I pumped old fuel out of the storage tank to my truck and another tank the other day and fresh fuel from Jerry cans back into the storage tank yesterday. But I still have to hump the 5 gallon Jerry cans .... and I'll be taking 5 to the fuel station in the near future to finish this task.
 

jmenende

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So how do you plan to fill the 100 gallon aux tank? Having an aux tank to run off during an extended outage is really nice but that fuel eventually has to be replenished.

Unless you can get a fuel supplier to come out and fill it after an extended outage, around here its a 200 gallon minimum delivery, you'll need to deal with refilling a near empty tank at home.

Transporting & filling up Jerry cans at a station is time consuming and then schlepping them to one's generator location & hefting each one up above your aux tank gets old fast and can be messy. Then there's the cost factor associated with having multiple Jerry cans and the storage space they consume.

However, if you mount an aux tank on something like a Harbor Freight trailer (if you have room), or dolly that can be wheeled out of garage & onto a trailer or truck bed its then transportable. Pulling up to a diesel pump hose and filling up a 100 gallon tank until it clicks off is so much easier.
I need to create a diesel rotation problem to buy a solution. The only alternative in mind is to get me a humvee and consume it that way. 😅
 

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