Combine Gas Tanks Used To Haul Fuel

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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