Posted by Dellbertt on February 28, 2009 at 21:49:09 from (209.172.22.45):
In Reply to: Diesel Spill posted by Dellbertt on February 28, 2009 at 05:28:49:
Thanks for all the helpful comments and suggestions.
I guess I should have made it more clear that the amount of spill was not all that much. Maybe 5 gallons. I imagine whoever did it tipped over a can or bucket or maybe they did it for kicks I don't know. But it covered the entire area under the tank. And because the ground is water saturated it made small puddles and looked like more than it was.
The is on the east side of the barn which puts it in the shade in the afternoon summer sun. So even if I moved the tank burn off is not possible.
I spent all day today laying oil dry and cheap kitty litter -which reading the label is both just clay pellets - in the area. Oil dry hear is 40#/$8.79 Kitty litter is 20#/$2.60
And you were correct in saying that the water soaked ground would prevent it from soaking in very fast. I dug down to see how deep it went and it wasn't more than 2-3 inches. So I dug up the whole area by hand about one spade deep and layed another 2 inches of kitty litter on that.
Tomorrow I will take the pkup back to the hill and load enough good old mother earth clay to bring it up to grade. Actually now that I think on it, I may leave a small pocket under the tank just in case it happens again.
I guess what made me mad about this whole thing and made me overreact some is that someone was messing around near my house at night. Actually my dog (inside) was razing hell the other night but there are so many deer around here I went back to sleep. Not only did I spend two days repairing their vandalizm but now I have to increase security measures and I just don't like that.
So thanks again for everyones good suggestions and comments.
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