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Re: Buying tractor gas
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Posted by Russell W. Cmejla on October 05, 2003 at 15:44:41 from (24.61.107.193):
In Reply to: Buying tractor gas posted by mike on October 05, 2003 at 12:16:54:
Not running out of gas: Pour exactly 5 gallons of tractor gas into a dry 5 gal can. Weigh the
can accurately in so many pounds and so many ounces. Save that volume and weight data for the next step. You will need to subtract for the weight of your can in the following calculations. Make sure your big truck tank is almost empty or
very close to it. Go to your WalMart/Optima gas
station early in the morning as Mr. Hawaii suggests. Fill it to exactly 100 gallons by the
gas pump metering system. The following step should precede filling up the
big truck tank. Go to a weighing station near your area and get your (tare) weight. After filling up with 100 gallons of tractor fuel put your fuel hauling truck on the scales. The loaded less the empty (tare) weight tickets should give you the exact weight of 100 gallons
of fuel. This should be close to your calculated
5 gal (weight) X 20 = Anticipated weight of 100 gallons of tractor fuel. If the 2 weight measure schemes are off by more than 2% redo your 5 gal can weight measure X 20
calculation. If it is still a problem show your data to the
Optima Regional Manager and then ask to present
your data to your States Bureau of Weights and
Measures. An error in the fuel pumping systems is more readily noticed as you proceed into the high
hundreds and thousands of gallons which the average motoring public never sees. Good luck should you decide to prove your fuel
error/rip-off case.
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