You Know You Are Old When

[Jstpssng]

Must be pretty tough to tilt the 50gal cube into the tractor.

There is a reason they call him "Armstrong".

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

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[masscity]

Must be pretty tough to tilt the 50gal cube into the tractor.

I have pallet forks, but not in the winter. It takes me less than 10 minutes to fill the 6 cans at the gas station and 15 minutes to empty them into my cube.

To take the cube to town. I would have to roll up my tonneau cover, remove the plastic containers full of stuff, take the bucket off of my tractor and install the forks.

Now instead of 6 five gallon plastic can of diesel, I have a 2' x 2' x 2' steel cube with 50 gallons of diesel in the bed of my truck. To be safe it would have to be pushed all the way to the front and strapped in.

I drive 60 mph, the most common accident in this area is someone pulling out in front of you on the highway. I had two very close calls already. It is way more work to take the cube to town than simply fill my diesel cans.

 

[scootr]

I'm allergic to those 5 gallon cans. I welded a couple of 3x8 tubes under my 100 gallon tank for the forklift. I fork it into the truck and carefully haul it the backway to town. And I put it on a dolly in the barn. No lifting, drive up and insert the nozzle to fill. It's one of the best tractor mods I've done. Just like the big boys now

 

[goeduck]

And a 20 meg hard drive was considered huge, more space than you'd ever need!

Hard drives also put an end to having to handle all of those floppy dicks. Hey, that's what the girls called them.

 

[WinterDeere]

My tractor sips such small amounts of fuel per hour doing typical loader, snowplowing, and fertilizer spreader chores, I can't imagine wanting to store more than a 5 gallon can or two of diesel at home for personal use of a CUT. Farms, or guys doing contract work (@Hay Dude, @Sawyer Rob), for sure. But the average land owner doing 100 hours per year of personal chores on a CUT probably uses what... 30 gallons per year?

Now, gasoline for my mower, that'd make sense to store on-site if wasn't so volatile and didn't go bad faster. My mower burns gasoline at a rate of two gallons per hour, whereas my tractor probably takes 6 - 8 hours to burn the same amount of diesel.

 

[masseyrider]

My tractor sips such small amounts of fuel per hour doing typical loader, snowplowing, and fertilizer spreader chores, I can't imagine wanting to store more than a 5 gallon can or two of diesel at home for personal use of a CUT. Farms, or guys doing contract work (@Hay Dude, @Sawyer Rob), for sure. But the average land owner doing 100 hours per year of personal chores on a CUT probably uses what... 30 gallons per year?

Now, gasoline for my mower, that'd make sense to store on-site if wasn't so volatile and didn't go bad faster. My mower burns gasoline at a rate of two gallons per hour, whereas my tractor probably takes 6 - 8 hours to burn the same amount of diesel.

Glad to know this has helped you age gracefully.

 

[mike69440]

Don't forget to include ground work. It's getting so far away I have trouble reaching it.

If i can loosen up, I will try the motorcycle again.

 

[masscity]

My L3540HSTC probably uses 3 qts per hour, my B7100DT uses about 1 pint and hour. Total I probably use 50 gallons a year.

I'm 78 and I have arthritis in every joint in my body. To fuel my L3540HSTC with a can I put a rag on the hood, now pick up a 5 gallon can of diesel, set it on the hood. I use a No Spill can and press the button. With my B7100DT I have to hold the can in the air to fill the tank.

Where as, once I dump 30 gallons in my cube I'm good for 6-8 months of fuel. My electric pump on the cube pumps 12 gallons a minute, so it takes no time or effort to fuel my tractors. Filling the 30 gallons of cans at the gas station and dumping in my cube, probably takes a total of 22 minutes of my time.

 

[Jstpssng]

the average land owner doing 100 hours per year of personal chores on a CUT probably uses what... 30 gallons per year

In my case, 50 gallons. I use 2 quarts per operating hour. Yet I am looking 30- 50 gallon tanks. It would be nice to get diesel twice per year, and not replace cans every 5 years the way that I do now.
One of my 2 already has a bubble between layers in the plastic.

 

[Oaktree]

Where as, once I dump 30 gallons in my cube I'm good for 6-8 months of fuel. My electric pump on the cube pumps 12 gallons a minute, so it takes no time or effort to fuel my tractors. Filling the 30 gallons of cans at the gas station and dumping in my cube, probably takes a total of 22 minutes of my time.

Hey, whatever works for you!
I've got arthritis, but it's mostly knees and fingers so huffing a 5g can onto the hood isn't a big deal (yet). When my tractor gets down to ~1/8, it's just about 5g to fill it so storing in that size container makes sense.

 

[Oaktree]

It would be nice to get diesel twice per year, and not replace cans every 5 years the way that I do now.
One of my 2 already has a bubble between layers in the plastic.

Do you store them outside? All of mine (2 5g diesel, a 5g kerosene and several 2 & 5g gasoline are all close to 20 years old and still in good shape.

 

[Jstpssng]

Do you store them outside? All of mine (2 5g diesel, a 5g kerosene and several 2 & 5g gasoline are all close to 20 years old and still in good shape.

They are sometimes in the sunlight. What caused the bubbles though, was when the sides sucked in due to cold temperatures.

 

[WinterDeere]

In my case, 50 gallons. I use 2 quarts per operating hour.

That's believable, and for all I know, mine might be nearly the same. I honestly don't keep track of what the tractor uses, it's so much less than my ZTR mower.

But I don't think it changes my point that a 5 gallon can plus whatever is in the tractor itself, represents quite a bit of storage time at the rate most of us are using fuel, for those not earning their living on their tractor(s).

Quick math: My tractor tank holds 6-7 gallons, and I never really let it dip much below 1/4 tank, or 2 gallons in the tank. When I fill it from my 5 gallon can, I put the 5 gallon can in the back of the truck to refill at my next fuel stop. So, I usually have at least 7 to 12 gallons of diesel on-hand, which even at your 50 gallon/year usage, is 7.3 to 12.5 weeks worth of fuel! I don't need to store fuel longer than 7 - 12 weeks.

I understand the appeal of alternate solutions for those no longer able to lift a 5 gallon fuel can. But I hope it'll be a few more decades before I'm there.

 

[garry1p]

I got news for all you young bucks, once you hit 80 the 5 gal containers are starting to get heavy and by the time your my age, 86 it's just easier to put in 3 or 3 1/2 gal when I get gas. I have no problem pouring that into the mower.

For diesel I generally get 5 gal at a time and have a wagon to haul it from the truck to the shed and a pump to fill the tractor never lifting more than from the truck bed to the wagon.

I can no longer lift 5 gal of diesel chest high and pour into the tractor, I bought the pump when I was 82.

 

[WM75Guy]

I admit I am getting old, I gave up on 5 gallon jugs a long time ago. I burn thru 30 gallons a month during mowing season, if not more. With 3 tractors, a ZTR, and a UTV, all diesel, it goes pretty fast. The WM75 tank holds 20 gallons and burn thru it at about a gallon an hour. That is why I went with a 58 gallon tank and pump on a trailer. Much easier to fuel everything and refill the tank. The only gas motor is the small Honda on the pasture vac. For that I have a 1 gallon can of gasoline.

 

[CalG]

If i can loosen up, I will try the motorcycle again.

Make the effort! It's worth it.

You don't quit riding because you got old,

You got old because you quit riding!

 

[CalG]

I filled one of my two 5 gal gasoline cans yesterday. I haul it in the bed of the pick up, tied down with Ancra straps.
It's pretty light when it's empty ;-)
I left it in the bed overnight, as I parked in the car park rather than pulling into the shop area and the shed where I keep the fuel cans (I keep two 5 gal diesel, and two 5 gal kero, and an assortment of 2 gal jugs for mowers, and two stoke mix.)
So I needed to go to a dentist appointment this afternoon, and grabbed the 5 gal jug out of the pickup and felt it's weight not so daunting. Puffing out my chest, I started down the steep grassy slope to the shed with the jug in hand.
Sure enough, something didn't go right, and I tweaked a knee. I got the jug to the shed alright, but now my knee is barking at me.

I sure wish my body could keep up with what my mind thinks I am.

73 and counting.....

;-)

 

[bdhsfz6]

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[WinterDeere]

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