Gas Transfer Pump

[marq]

I do some residential lawn service and I am constently transporting and filling my 5gal cans.

I would like to find a safe, economical, reliable, electric fuel transfer pump that I can just draw fuel from my truck, havent found it yet!

Any suggestions

 

[tomplum]

First off, can you get a hose down the filler neck of your truck and back out? There just might be a better option out there.

 

[etpm]

I do some residential lawn service and I am constently transporting and filling my 5gal cans.

I would like to find a safe, economical, reliable, electric fuel transfer pump that I can just draw fuel from my truck, havent found it yet!

Any suggestions

I wouldn't want to stick a hose into my gas tank that is also around lawn clippings. It sounds like a way to get dirt in the gas tank. Maybe consider a tank made to fit in the bed of your truck that has a pump mounted.
Eric

 

[oldnslo]

How much fuel do you go through? Companies make fuel transfer tanks designed for mounting in pickup. I think smallest size is in the 40 gallon range.

Most newer vehicles have anti siphon fill spouts so like Tomplum asks, can you even get siphon tube in and out of pickup tank?

 

[deserteagle71]

First off, can you get a hose down the filler neck of your truck and back out?

^This! Unless you have a really old truck all the newer ones won't allow a hose down into the gas tank. That's why these days gas thieves drill the tank itself - no way to siphon out of the tank.

Don't know what all the other manufacturers use....but this is what the fill spout in a newer Ford F150 looks like. Made specifically to NOT allow a hose into the tank:

 

[marq]

Sure, at least a 1/2" hose will fit. This is not to fill the mower in the yard but to refill the cans at home to avoid the hassle of hauling them back and forth. I found this but it require power to a battery, trying to avoid having to hook up to the vehicle every time!

 

[bdhsfz6]

I'm not sure how much gas you need, but I use this vacuum extractor to siphon gas from my vehicles to use in my lawn mower and portable generators:

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It uses a small diameter extractor hose, which will go past the baffle in the fill pipes of most vehicles. It comes with a filler spout that makes it easy to fill small engine gas tanks.

It takes about 2 minutes to siphon a gallon though, so it may not be practical if you use a lot of gas.

 

[Williy]

bdhsfz6 Back in the 70's my 73 3/4 Dodge I added​

a valve with a 6 ft hose on it in the gas line so when I wanted
to use lawn mower it was a simple task to fill lawn mower with
this set up!

willy

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[tacticalturnip]

bdhsfz6 Back in the 70's my 73 3/4 Dodge I added​

a valve with a 6 ft hose on it in the gas line so when I wanted
to use lawn mower it was a simple task to fill lawn mower with
this set up!

willy

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I wish I could see that!

 

[Williy]

This is the idea where you split your gas line insert this
the one that I had was brass and it fit inside the gas line
let your truck idle and fills up lawn mower. You attach a
hose long enough to reach your lawn mower.
Sorry wasn't able to find a brass one but it gives you an
idea of what I was talking about

willy

 

[tacticalturnip]

I wonder how a modern vehicle would react to having it's fuel line tapped? That's a pretty cool modification, but your old Dodge didn't have a list of electric nanny-esque features.

 

[Williy]

You never know unless you try it if it works GREAT! If it don't
just remove it nothing lost

I don't believe that you would have any problems as the pressure
is constant??

willy

 

[MossRoad]

Years ago I saw a kit that had a quick connect you T'd into the fuel line under the hood. It had a plastic case that held a hose and nozzle. When you wanted to fuel something up, you pushed the hose on the quick connect, then turned on the vehicle. It used the electric fuel pump in the vehicle to push fuel through the hose.

Haven't seen it for a long time. I wonder if it was pulled due to safety issues?

 

[tomplum]

Yeah, no- you probably don't want to tie into a high pressure fuel line.

 

[lostcause]

if you're in a pinch, you can steal a couple of the ones show in Williy's post from under your kitchen sink

 

[CoyPatton]

I wouldn't want to stick a hose into my gas tank that is also around lawn clippings. It sounds like a way to get dirt in the gas tank. Maybe consider a tank made to fit in the bed of your truck that has a pump mounted.
Eric

Many that I know use 55 gallon drums for such storage. Pumps for these drums are available (both manual and electric). While 55 gallons of fuel gets heavy (and expensive quickly) no one says it must be fill completely.
Also in my area farmers use to have L tanks under cross tool boxes in their pickups. This became less popular with shorter beds on 4 door trucks. Most now seem to have a fuel trailer.

 

[HayFarmer]

Sure, at least a 1/2" hose will fit. This is not to fill the mower in the yard but to refill the cans at home to avoid the hassle of hauling them back and forth. I found this but it require power to a battery, trying to avoid having to hook up to the vehicle every time!View attachment 2942547

Are those spec'd for gas? I've only seen diesel. I use a trailer plug on my diesel pump and plug into the trailer plug on the bumper (has 6-pin with 12v aux). No need to open the hood and attach to the battery.

 

[qualsite]

If you can get some elevation on your truck or equipment trailer, a larger portable marine fuel tank works great. I have one on the farm that I have elevated, then just gravity feed down into the mower, tiller, etc.. I just have a length of fuel hose with a QD on the tank, and a ball valve on the end of the fuel hose. To get the initial siphon going from the tank, I just have a cheap rubber primer bulb I temporarily place on the end of the fuel hose to get some flow going, but once it's primed, it will be good unless you break the connection for some reason. Of course, you need to figure out how to keep anyone else from stealing it. The problem with pulling off the vehicle fuel system is that fuel injected engines use a small low volume high pressure fuel pump, so not really good for transferring fuel. Otherwise, they do make some portable fuel tanks with larger capacity like a hand truck with a pump on them, so you could just load it up on your equipment trailer along with the other equipment.

 

[herefromthere]

After getting tired of hoisting/holding 5-6 gallons of fuel over the middle of the hood of my Kubota to refill fuel, I bought one similar to this. It's self-contained and runs off standard AA batteries, IIRC.

Battery-Operated Liquid Transfer Pump

Amazing deals on this Transfer Pump Battery Operated at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

As long as you can figure out how to get past any anti-siphon bits in your filler neck/tube, this should work. Cheap & easy-peasy. Could probably get slightly faster flow ones for a few more dollars.

 

[Flogger]

I’ve got 2 30 gallon gas caddies. They are expensive but I got mine bothe used for under $200 apiece. You wold never regret it.