Oil & Fuel any easy way to get gas in the tank?

[LBrown59]

I transfer gasoline used in lawn mowers and generator into a 2 gallon container that has a nice plastic snout on it. I fill the lawnmowers and generator with the 2 gallon container.

Ralph

I use a 1 gallon can for the oil gas mix for the string trimmer and chain saw.
This is all I use gasoline in.

 

[Ken45101]

I use a large funnel and 2.5gal. cans. Very manageable this way.

That doesn't work so good if you have a 16 gallon tank that needs to be filled with the tank fill in the middle of the hood 5' off the ground, with loader arms in the way, LOL.

Ken

 

[JDGreenGrass]

That doesn't work so good if you have a 16 gallon tank that needs to be filled with the tank fill in the middle of the hood 5' off the ground, with loader arms in the way, LOL.


Geez, how big is your tractor.??

I am getting a chuckle out of this thread I must say.

10 plus pages of how to get fuel into the tank.

And this is the 21st Century.

I am LMFAO.!!!!! ROTFL.!!!!

 

[Ken45101]

Geez, how big is your tractor.??

That was my old Kubota M4700 (45 hp). Newer Kubota designs have the fuel fill in the rear, much easier to get to. My Kubota M5040 is 18 gallons, my M9540 is 24 gallons.

Between those tractors and the other equipment, I've given up on the 5 gallon jugs, I now have a 200 gallon tank with an electric pump

Ken

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Ken, so you decided to move up to the big boys, eh?? Holy cow, a 24gallon tank is nearly 4 times the size of mine. Awesome.

I sometimes forget how big these tractors get to be but, I am often reminded of the experience that comes across this message board. I just can't imagine jumping into a 100+ horsepower machine with a tiller, sitting up THAT high and looking over a 300 acre farm field.

It's weird, I can't imagine it BUT, I think I'd like it.??!!!!

 

[Ken45101]

Oh I think looking at a 300 acre field would be intimidating for me! We have 128 acres total of ridgetop and steep hills, but the biggest single field is about 15 acres. When I go by some of those big fields in the flatlands, it seems like it would be a forever task to do anything in them, LOL. It seems like you could work all day and not make a dent in them.

Ken

 

[LBrown59]

That doesn't work so good if you have a 16 gallon tank that needs to be filled with the tank fill in the middle of the hood 5' off the ground, with loader arms in the way, LOL.

Quote:
Originally Posted by JDGreenGrass
That doesn't work so good if you have a 16 gallon tank that needs to be filled with the tank fill in the middle of the hood 5' off the ground, with loader arms in the way, LOL.

It only takes 6.4 of the 2.5 gallon cans to fill a 16 gallon tank.
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Between those tractors and the other equipment, I've given up on the 5 gallon jugs, I now have a 200 gallon tank with an electric pump

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken45101
That was my old Kubota M4700 (45 hp). Newer Kubota designs have the fuel fill in the rear, much easier to get to. My Kubota M5040 is 18 gallons, my M9540 is 24 gallons.

Between those tractors and the other equipment, I've given up on the 5 gallon jugs, I now have a 200 gallon tank with an electric pump Ken

Bet ya really miss them?

 

[tugboat-2]

Ken45101 : .....ah yes,...but just think of the first guy working that land with his ox-team and a rough old "one" furrow plough,...trying to balance and steer wheelbarrow "type" handles,.. rough leather lines or rope around his neck,..wide brim hat pulled down tight, feet set wide apart and no way to lean back and take a break without bringing the whole outfit to a stop!! I kinda doubt the poor guy had a drink-holder stovepipe wired to the handlebars?

Just wondering what thoughts went through his aching mind as he strained his eyes through the dust and sweat to survey those acres.

I often wish those early guys could somehow get re-incarnated to to-day and find himself in the air-conditioned cab of a huge 9630 John Deere articulated, fully loaded tractor with StarFire steering, pulling at least 16 furrows and seeding at the same time and at the same time, able to swing the seat, open the laptop and get the paper work done along with phone calls etc while enjoying a cold drink from the mini-fridge or heat up a cheeseburger in the mini-micro-wave in the comfort-cab!

Be nice if he could magically re-call the memories of his early times on the same field, and actually get to "appreciate" the best of the then and now!

Ah,..well,...just a thought ..... . . . . . .

CHEERS!
. . tug

PS: . ...just to get back on topic,....I guess he can phone the wife and have her bring the pickup with the diesel tank and electric transfer pump out to the field when he needs more fuel huh?

 

[Ken45101]

Well I don't think the big rigs would fit up the driveway, LOL. We had to widen it just to safely get the horse trailer up and down.

But yes. This farm was in the same family from 1820 until the 1960's. There is an old family cemetery on our place going back to 1830. They apparently farmed more of the hillsides in the old days, or at least ran cattle on them. There is old field fence down the hillside on slopes that are a challenge to walk on. Also some remnants of old stone fences.

I'm not sure about the laptop and cell phone though, cell phones only work on the ridgetop and we are outside the official coverage area (Coverage maps show it ending just beyond our place.)

Ken

Ken45101 : .....ah yes,...but just think of the first guy working that land with his ox-team and a rough old "one" furrow plough,...trying to balance and steer wheelbarrow "type" handles,.. rough leather lines or rope around his neck,..wide brim hat pulled down tight, feet set wide apart and no way to lean back and take a break without bringing the whole outfit to a stop!! I kinda doubt the poor guy had a drink-holder stovepipe wired to the handlebars?

Just wondering what thoughts went through his aching mind as he strained his eyes through the dust and sweat to survey those acres.

I often wish those early guys could somehow get re-incarnated to to-day and find himself in the air-conditioned cab of a huge 9630 John Deere articulated, fully loaded tractor with StarFire steering, pulling at least 16 furrows and seeding at the same time and at the same time, able to swing the seat, open the laptop and get the paper work done along with phone calls etc while enjoying a cold drink from the mini-fridge or heat up a cheeseburger in the mini-micro-wave in the comfort-cab!

Be nice if he could magically re-call the memories of his early times on the same field, and actually get to "appreciate" the best of the then and now!

Ah,..well,...just a thought ..... . . . . . .

CHEERS!
. . tug

PS: . ...just to get back on topic,....I guess he can phone the wife and have her bring the pickup with the diesel tank and electric transfer pump out to the field when he needs more fuel huh?

 

[LBrown59]

That was my old Kubota M4700 (45 hp). Newer Kubota designs have the fuel fill in the rear, much easier to get to. My Kubota M5040 is 18 gallons, my M9540 is 24 gallons.

Between those tractors and the other equipment, I've given up on the 5 gallon jugs,
1*I now have a 200 gallon tank with an electric pump

Ken

1*What do you fill it with Diesel or fuel oil.
Is it dyed or not ?