Above ground tank

burnsg2003 · May 8, 2020

When you place an above ground tank do you slope it away from pump end so easier to drain and keep sediment from being pumped in the fuel. If you do slope how much for a 500 gallon tank. Any tips or advice appreciated .

SVcummins · May 8, 2020

I put double filters and level it so I can get all the fuel out

JMOR · May 8, 2020

(quoted from post at 11:23:55 05/08/20) When you place an above ground tank do you slope it away from pump end so easier to drain and keep sediment from being pumped in the fuel. If you do slope how much for a 500 gallon tank. Any tips or advice appreciated .

do, by about 2-3 inches

Billy Shafer · May 8, 2020

We do the same on ours.Have had no problems in the last five years.

Determined · May 8, 2020

(quoted from post at 10:23:55 05/08/20) When you place an above ground tank do you slope it away from pump end so easier to drain and keep sediment from being pumped in the fuel. If you do slope how much for a 500 gallon tank. Any tips or advice appreciated .

I always do, about an inch, if your fitting comes out the end of the tank it is probably not completely draining the tank when level.

Bruce from Can. · May 8, 2020

I have mine level with a filter also

Bill(Wis) · May 8, 2020

I slope them just a little from the pump end so that I can pump all of the fuel out of the tanks with a special pump when the tanks go dry and before I take a new delivery. I use the fuel pumped out to burn stumps, etc. It might be overdoing it but what the heck. It's only money. (;>)) I do use water block filters on my pumps.Also wait a day or so before pumping from a new delivery to let anything stirred up during delivery to settle to bottom.

coshoo · May 8, 2020

Probably depends on how fast you use the fuel. If you're filling it every month, it won't make much difference. But if it takes 6 months or longer to empty the tank, you'll have a significant portion of the tank empty for a long period of time, and you'll get rust and scale that will drop into the tank, with an accumulation of crud therefrom (gotta use a little legal lingo once in awhile, just to keep in practice).

Bill(Wis) · May 8, 2020

I had an old, old 300 gallon gas tank that had been used for overhead gasoline storage that had sat for about 30 years unused. I asked the local scrap yard if he would take it. He said he would but it had to have a one foot square hole in it that he could look into. I took a cold chisel and a heavy hammer and cut the required hole and when I looked inside all of the scale and rust had loosened and fallen down to the bottom of the tank. The inside walls of that tank were as shiny as a new dime from all the pounding I had done. Had I known that, I could have just pounded the daylights out of the tank with a rubber mallet and blown the dust/rust out of it with compressed air and used the tank. It was like new inside.

SVcummins · May 8, 2020

Those filters do a good job

Billy Shafer · May 8, 2020

They do a very good job. Plus the man that brings our diesel. Also has filters on his system. To filter the fuel before it goes into the tank. He also has the paste he checks the tank with.

caterpillar guy · May 9, 2020

We slope them towards the pump. Some of the tanks are at least 60 years old and one is closer to 80. Still no problems with dirt or debris in then. We do have drains on the bottoms to let the water condensation out seasonally. no filters and have not had fuel problems on equipment. Like the fuel cap says buy clean fuel and keep it clean. We could eat out of the fuel equipment we use. Not that I would want to though.

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