Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank
[ Expand ] [ View Replies ] [ Add a Reply ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Dan-IA on June 03, 2006 at 17:11:38 from (207.177.13.221):
In Reply to: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank posted by Blue3992 on June 03, 2006 at 10:59:36:
Well, you could always wash it out the way I have in the past... Fill it up, dump in about half a bottle of dishwashing (sink) soap, and take it out to a pasture or some grassy knoll with a little pickup, and then just put it in L1 and go a little and slam on the brakes. You don't even have to touch the gas pedal unless you're going uphill. Repeat about 3-5 times, then go back and open the valve so it'll slowly drain. Then get back in the pickup and go forward a little (just barely moving is plenty), slam on the brakes and stop again. Keep doing this until the tank goes empty. This causes a whole lot of sloshing going on in the tank. For a 300 gallon tank, you might take an hour and travel almost 2 miles before the tank runs empty. The dishwasher soap doesn't seem to bother much (never even killed the grass.) Then fill it again, second time with just water, and just open the valve and let it drain someplace. After that, I wouldn't hesitate to use it for anything but potable water.
Replies:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Choosin, Mounting and Using a Bush Hog Type Mower - by Francis Robinson. Looking around at my new neighbors, most of whom are city raised and have recently acquired their first mini-farms of five to fifteen acres and also from reading questions ask at various discussion sites on the web it is frighteningly apparent that a great many guys (and a few gals) are learning by trial and error and mostly error how to use a very dangerous piece of farm equipment. It is also very apparent that these folks are getting a lot of very poor and often very dangerous advice fro
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|