Filling your own oil tank

[Deleted member 83629]

stove oil is 1.49 per gallon here and has red dye in it, just get a 50 gallon transfer tank at TSC
or get a 55 gallon drum and use it. you can get a barrel pump at tsc for not much money.

 

[olyman]

stove oil is 1.49 per gallon here and has red dye in it, just get a 50 gallon transfer tank at TSC
or get a 55 gallon drum and use it. you can get a barrel pump at tsc for not much money.

he has to check the laws,,or any cop, or esp the filth DOT can nail him........both quantity,,and correctly labeled,,and approved containers....I speak from a near close encounter with that filth.........

 

[olyman]

I have 3 blue HDPE 55 gal barrels I use for moving fuel oil. Once in a while you can find people selling #2 oil on craigslist and save some money. That being said, I've never pulled up to a pumping station and put fuel in them. If your rural it might not rais an eyebrow. You might want to check your state code about maximum gals of fuel you can transport without a certified container or license to see if the penalty out weights the benefit if caught. IDK, that's a personal decision however, I've moved about 130 gals in mine before. I bought a DC powered transfer pump at tractor supply. Expensive little thing but came with hose and even a discharge handle. It makes easy work, self priming and pumps over 5 gal a min. Pumps a 55 gal drum a little under 10 min.

what are you punching into craigslist, or under what topic to find it??? thanks,,

 

[zogger]

Maybe get a small utility trailer and do a permanent mount with a used junkyard semi tractor or RV diesel fuel tank. Which should satisfy legality maybe. Grounded to frame of course.... go fill up, back trailer as close as you can get to wherever it goes, electric transfer pump it the rest of the way. If it will save a dollar a gallon for you, and you use a lot, shouldn't take too long to recoup the costs.

 

[K_dub86]

I know in wa where our regs are pretty high, im aloud to carry 100 gal "slip" tank in my truck. For fueling equipment. I dont know how close you can get to your fuel tank but ive seen them with 30' hoses. They pop up on craigslist all the time with a pump and tank for a couple hundered. Seems like id pay for itself in no time.

 

[mikey517]

At the pump is like $1.94 and delivery is close to $3.00. When the oil company called me like 10 times to stay, their price was literally a dollar more.

My truck or any truck can not get near the oil tank fill port. I would need something mobile that has wheels or that I could strap to a dolly and get to tank. View attachment 446297

Where are you getting that price for delivery?? The couple who rents my daughters house just got a price of around 1.80 /gal, I think from Falcon Oil. Last week by buddy filled up for 1.97 delivered. He's in Franklin. I could find out for you if you want.

I did the 5 gallon jug routine after I took out my oil burner and replaced it with a Steffes Unit (Electro Thermal Storage) I drained 1/2 the tank (275 gal) to transfer to my daughters tank. It's a royal PIA!!

 

[fordf150]

I believe fed dot requirement is 119 gallon max unless it's for farm use. I normally carry a 110 tank with 12v pump and a 55 gallon with hand pump to take advantage when I find a low price on fuel. Never been stopped but our local bulk plant has warned me several times I need to get the 55 tank out of the bed. They claim it's a big fine even if the tanks are empty

 

[dave_dj1]

I have two 55 gal drums I made a cradle for so they lay in the truck and get tied down with wide ratchet strap. I have them so they tip a little towards the front. They have water shut offs on them, I use the large hole to fill and act as a vent. I can back right up to my fill pipe and let them gravity feed into it with a short (8') piece of garden hose. Takes about 15 minutes each to drain. I just find other things to do while it's going on. Of course since I moved the outdoor burner to the house I have only used about 50 gals a season. Mostly in the spring to take the chill off.

 

[olyman]

Where are you getting that price for delivery?? The couple who rents my daughters house just got a price of around 1.80 /gal, I think from Falcon Oil. Last week by buddy filled up for 1.97 delivered. He's in Franklin. I could find out for you if you want.

I did the 5 gallon jug routine after I took out my oil burner and replaced it with a Steffes Unit (Electro Thermal Storage) I drained 1/2 the tank (275 gal) to transfer to my daughters tank. It's a royal PIA!!

not with the right equipment!!

 

[Marshy]

what are you punching into craigslist, or under what topic to find it??? thanks,,

Home heating oil, #2 oil, fuel oil, diesel, kerosene, fuel.

 

[svk]

I still have 10 gallons left from our old drip heater which I use a cup at a time for lighting up the sauna stove. Another 4 or 5 years and I can switch over to lighter fluid.

 

[Marshy]

I still have 10 gallons left from our old drip heater which I use a cup at a time for lighting up the sauna stove. Another 4 or 5 years and I can switch over to lighter fluid.

I get used (non medical) large syringes (100 cc?) and use them to squirt fuel oil onto the kindlen in my stove to help with cold starts. Don't take much and it's way cleaner than messing with any type of open container and pouring.

 

[svk]

I get used (non medical) large syringes (100 cc?) and use them to squirt fuel oil onto the kindlen in my stove to help with cold starts. Don't take much and it's way cleaner than messing with any type of open container and pouring.

That's a good idea. I "glug" it from a one gallon metal can with a small spout. Normally it all gets in the stove.

 

[svk]

I like how you clarified "non medical" LOL

 

[Marshy]

Yeah, don't want to send the wrong message. They are actually used for air samples and are one use only. I have a garbage bag full of them. They make good squirt guns for the kids too.

 

[gregbesia]

Have you checked cashheatingoil.com ? I used them last year here in CT . They have great prices and contrary to their name you don't have to pay cash.

 

[stihlfanboy]

I just use two 5 gallon diesel cans ever week when I fill my truck up. But I only burn about 60 gallons a year when it's real cold or in spring. And my company compensates me with all the fuel I want for using my truck at work so price never bothered me.

 

[Dalmatian90]

The color is just for user convenience.

Law in most (all?) states is red must be used for gasoline or other flammable liquids with a flash point under 100°F, and marked either "Gasoline" or "Flammable."

It's one of the oldest hazardous materials marking laws.

There is nothing wrong with putting a combustible liquid like diesel (flash point of 126°) in red cans, but it is illegal to put gasoline in yellow or blue.

Yellow and blue for diesel and kerosene is just a user convenience convention and not the law.

 

[dave_dj1]

I know in Manchester VT you have to use a yellow can for off road diesel and blue for Kero, red for gasoline of course. I'm not sure if it's the law or not but the lady running the place I go to won't allow anything else.

 

[svk]

Law in most (all?) states is red must be used for gasoline or other flammable liquids with a flash point under 100°F, and marked either "Gasoline" or "Flammable."

It's one of the oldest hazardous materials marking laws.

There is nothing wrong with putting a combustible liquid like diesel (flash point of 126°) in red cans, but it is illegal to put gasoline in yellow or blue.

Yellow and blue for diesel and kerosene is just a user convenience convention and not the law.

Thanks for sharing, I didn't know that!