On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:51:27 -0700, SteveB
wrote:

I scored 250 gallons of diesel for $.50 per gallon from a friend who was
getting out of the trucking business.

Fresh fuel straight out of the trucks. I didn't ask any questions, and
he didn't volunteer a lot of information. Anyhoo, I got five 55 gal
barrels sitting on pallets that I now need to pump into my Dodge as needed.

What kind of pump do I need? I probably would need it in the future for
special times, but don't want to spend a lot. Would one of the
push/pull kinds be okay?

Rotaries are better/easier. The lamentation I hear from the manual
guys is that it takes a tiring half hour to tank up. For cache fuel,
one would work just fine. You likely won't be in any hurry to fuel up
in a dystopic future. They're tagged at 10gpm, but only if you're 6'4"
and athletic buff. Buy two, they're cheap. In a dystopic future, two
is one and one is zero. Or buy 4 and sell the other two for food.


What kind of electrical would do it without
getting a cheapie and burning it up?

You'll double your investment cost if you go with an electric.
Northern and HFT both have them, $99 and $129 respectively.
I'm optimistic and would trust either.


Would an in-line filter be a good idea?

Absolutely. The cheapies come in the kits, or buy a really good one
with water separator. I put a nice Racor on the diesel tow truck for
an employer a couple decades ago. http://tinyurl.com/m5lvmeh or
similar. They do separate the water in bad fuel, too, which you might
be receiving for that price. Be safe.

Get backup bung wrenches, too.


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It takes as much energy to wish as to plan.
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