On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:04:34 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

. If you notice it is leaking, have your oil supplier come
and pump it completely dry. Then just let it sit there! It ain't
hurtin nuthin just sittin there...empty! It is not polluting anything
because there is no fuel oil in there to leak out.


Will it rise or "float" up over time? Should anything be put into the tank,
like sand?




If it has not floated out in ten years it probably won't Edwin! I have
seen them float out before though. A big tank full of gasoline will
float right out of the ground during a heavy rainstorm if there is not
enough overburden (backfill sand or stone) holding it down. Many
people even pour huge concrete deadman anchors in the bottom of the
tank hole and strap the tank down before covering it up with sand or
stone. Gasoline make a tank float out of the ground like a fishing
cork!

Bill