Enough is enough!

CTyler · May 29, 2003

Thats gotta be a workout lifting a 30 gal tank of fuel back into your pickup after you fill it.

Anonymous Poster · May 29, 2003

You put it in the pickup empty; fill it while it's still in the pickup; and use the FEL to get it out. If you don't have a FEL you can use an engine crane or rig a rope/pulley setup. Worst case, you lay it on it's side in the pickup, roll it down a ramp and then set it upright again. There's always a way...

CTyler · Jun 2, 2003

I keep thinking of all the times I've heard "Fill the can on the ground" to prevent a saftey hazard.

Bird · Jun 2, 2003

( "Fill the can on the ground" )

With gasoline; diesel isn't as critical.

JATO_RaT · Jun 2, 2003

Thats right Bird. It's not only more important with gas because in your truck bed or car etc., with no ground (earth, not your car battery) a static charge can be developed via the pump/hose, but pumping into a plastic container can as I understand enhance that static charge. The unit I ordered comes with a ground wire so that if pumping gas into anything, you could ground it. Gas station pumps are grounded. Aviation fuel trucks always ground to earth as well when filling planes. Rat...

Anonymous Poster · Jun 2, 2003

The oil distributor is reputable and experienced (been around for umpy-ump years); I would have to think that it there is any danger in filling an upright 55 gallon drum in the back of a pickup (strapped in tightly), they would simply not do it. Thus, I defer to their experience. If the pump nozzle is grounded, there's no problem -- we routinely rest it against the fill hole on the metal drum while filling.

I don't see a whole lot of difference between filling a drum in the truck and filling the tank for the truck...neither is grounded to earth. Would not that same charge develop when filling the tractor from a plastic can? I'm confused...

Bird · Jun 2, 2003

Maybe this site will explain a little bit. And if you go to google.com and enter "static electricity filling gas cans" you can find more than you want to read on the topic. In every case I've heard about, it was gasoline, not diesel, that ignited.

JohnMiller3 · Jun 2, 2003

...(been around for umpy-ump years)... 

Hi Don,

I didn't know you went to my school... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Anonymous Poster · Jun 2, 2003

For aircraft, the pump has a line with a wire that they clamp to your airplane, then pump the gas. I doubt it would be a risk for diesel, but a ground wouldn't hurt.

diggerjim · Jun 2, 2003

I remember something in Electromechanics 2 class about a single drop of aircraft gasoline generating 50,000 volts from falling 3 feet from an ungrounded aircraft wing. Stuck in my mind. Static electricity can be very dangerous.

Jim