i have the chance to get a portable fuel tank, the measurments are 67 inches long by 34 inches round. does anybody know the formula to figure out how many gallons it will hold? i think it is about 250 gallons. bigbill
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i have the chance to get a portable fuel tank, the measurments are 67 inches long by 34 inches round. does anybody know the formula to figure out how many gallons it will hold? i think it is about 250 gallons. bigbill
Pi x R squared * length will give you Cu inches
if those measurements were the inside of the tank it would be about 263 gallons. a good oline unit conversion site is
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
And about 230 CU to a gallon would get you about 260 gal or so.
thanks guys, i will probably take it, so i can transport fuel to my boat from the fuel co. i will save about 12 cents per gallon from the commercial dock and about 25cents from tha marina. the fuel co. doesn't want to deliver to a residence or for just one boat.
FYI diesel is about 7.5Lbs per gallon. Thats about a ton with the tank.
We used to do this all of the time in the 1980's. We had a 300gal tank mounted to a steel skid. I put it on a 3/4tn pick up and it was about all that it could handle. I then put a 12v pump on the tank with about 75ft of fuel hose and a farm nozzle. It worked fine, but you'll need to bolt the tank down. If you were to loose that thing going down the road, it wouldn't be pretty, not just the mess, but the potential cost to clean it up could be huge. Also, be aware that fueling over the water has risks as well. We usually take those on everytime some marina hands us the nozzle, so that probably isn't as much of issue but the marinas do have the proper permits to fuel where we do not. Bottom line: Be Careful.
Dont forget to ground the system with a ground traced hose as well! ws
Do you really think that's necessary for diesel?Quote:
Originally Posted by yachtsmanbill
ULSD will carry a static charge.
Probably not an issue if you're not dealing with other flammables, but not a bad safety precaution.
With my luck... Just thinking that there is still vapor at the vent, ya cant be too careful. I was really shocked to see the gas dock gal smoking as she was filling up the boat just before mine in Mobile as we fueled before leaving.
What made it worse was that was a gas boat to boot. I asked Bubbaette to file it politely so as not to shake her up. Ignorance is bliss, and if ya know better... ws