Pop wrote:
Hi,

What do you folk do for gasoline storage for your generators?

I am in far northern NY with harsh winters and occasional
multi-day power outages with frequent outages of several hours in
the winter. Worst one so far was during the Ice Storm of '98 - 5
days without power.

Here's my solution, but I don't like it:
I simply keep about 30-35 gallons of gas on hand beginning
about late November through February. They're all in proper
containers, stored outdoors, in a small open "locker" I made for
the purpose, painted red, highly visible from the road/driveway
for emergency vehicles, and clearly labelled as gasoline storage,
no smoking, all that good stuff. But that's a LOT of gas sitting
around in separate containers, some of the plastic, which I know
I should get rid of. That locker is about ten feet from the
garage and near a storage shed behind them, with a wooden gate
into the area. Theft is not a problem - very rural, motion
lites, siren, and someone is home near 24/7, etc..

I wanted a farm tank wiht a pump, but was refused; have to be a
business.
Have two cars, which hold plenty of fuel, but ... no way to get
the gas out of them. Siphoning is impossible these days.

My next generator's going to be a diesel! I know how to pump
fuel oil from my furnaces! But what about right now?

TIA,

Pop



Do it like most small time farmers/ranchers. Fill
a 55 gallon drum, that you can roll or raise to a
convenient height (drum horizontal). You can even
build a cage with an inner sliding part that
you raise a foot at a time with a hydraulic car jack.

The drum would have a locking tap on the downside
opening with the other opening up. Whenever you
want gas you unscrew the top opening to allow air
to enter, then fill whatever you want from the
tap. Add a hose and get the barrel high enough
and you can fill the vehicles. Probably want to
use up all the extra gas and empty the empty the
barrel once a year.

All those proper containers are a hazard. Much
better and safer to store a large amount
altogether in an air tight container.