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Combine Gas Tanks Used To Haul Fuel
With about $20 worth of hose and fittingsand a little plumbing work, R.W. McAlister made his own fuel transport tanks from parts off an old Oliver 7600 combine.
"I wanted to haul diesel and gas to the farm from cheaper sources than the local co-op. You can buy portable tanks, but they're expensive," McAlist
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Combine Gas Tanks Used To Haul Fuel COMBINES Miscellaneous With about $20 worth of hose and fittingsand a little plumbing work R W McAlister made his own fuel transport tanks from parts off an old Oliver 7600 combine I wanted to haul diesel and gas to the farm from cheaper sources than the local co-op You can buy portable tanks but they re expensive McAlister says The Oliver combine had two 39-gal fuel tanks and a small pump He bolted the tanks together using existing holes in the tank frames and plumbed the bottoms of the tanks together with a T fitting and hose that goes through an inline filter to the electric fuel pump McAlister bolted the tanks to a 2 by 4 frame he built from scrap lumber so he can slide it in and out of his truck when the tanks are empty The pump capacity isn t very high so it takes a while 3 1/2 hrs to empty the 78 gallons of fuel the tank holds but it s no problem McAlister says I let it pump into my overhead fuel tank while I tend to other chores He has used it for three years without any problems Contact: FARM SHOW Followup R W McAlister 780 Bauer Rd Jonesboro Ill 62952 rwmcalister@hotmail com
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