Refueling Made Easier With Home-Built Stand

Refueling Made Easier With Home-Built Stand FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 27-4-36 On a busy farm, refueling tractors and trucks is an on-going task, but Gord Stein of Barrhead, Alberta made the job easier and safer by building a good-looking metal fuel tank stand. The unit holds three 300-gal. tanks 9 ft. off the ground. Stein hooked two of the tanks together for a 600-gal. diesel capacity, and he uses the third tank for gas. He included a 2-ft. wide walkway (3 ft. off the ground), complete with a two-step ladder and handrail, for reaching tractor fuel caps. Just beneath the walkway, Stein installed two metal storage compartments for keeping jugs and miscellaneous items. Another ladder leads up to a tank-level platform. A guard rail makes the lofty perch a safer place to be. Stein used 2 7/8-in. oilfield pipe for the frame of the stand and metal strap iron for side braces and tank cradles. The ladders and guard rail are made of 3/4-in. sucker rod. He says materials cost him under $300 (Canada), and it took him about a week to built the unit. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gord Stein, R.R.#3, Site 2, Box 9, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada T7N 1N4 (ph 780 674-4706).

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