Registered: 04/05/07
Posts: 776
Loc: The People's Republic of IL
For those of you who store gasoline as part of your emergency plan, how much do you store and how do you store it safely?
I get nervous just looking at our gasoline depot.
We use an anchored, low profile storage shed set in the shade about 130 feet from the nearest building. Gas is stored in several 5 gallon plastic gas cans..
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
We are pretty mobile right now, living in a motorhome, but while in our "stick" home, I kept several five gallon gas cans in our seperate storeroom, treated with Stabil, and never had a problem. An underground tank would be nice, but is cost prohibitive...
Registered: 02/22/07
Posts: 49
Loc: League City, Texas
I have two 5 gallon Justrite Safety Cans filled with gas and stablized with Stabil. These gas can are supposed to reduce the chance of ignition in the container.
Registered: 04/05/07
Posts: 776
Loc: The People's Republic of IL
I only keep about 35 gals too.
I would like to ante up the storage up to 150 gallons (30 day supply for generator) before Winter, but my current method doesn't seem like a good idea scaled up.
Also, I have space to put something, out of sight and far from any building. I have noticed a few small farm trailer tanks on-line, and above ground tanks. Below ground sounds like a good idea too, but above ground will eliminate the need for electricity...right?. Does anybody have experience with these types of storage containers?
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
Long long ago my dad buried a 55 gallon drum in his garage, right before he added a concrete floor. Left a stand of 2" pipe sticking up, with a threaded cap on top. To get fuel out he just screwed a crank type hand pump on and cranked out whatever he needed. Refilled it by pouring gas in. No Stabil, no nothing, and no problems. We uesd that thing for probably fifteen years before abandoning it...
Registered: 04/05/07
Posts: 776
Loc: The People's Republic of IL
I found a local gas station chain that will supply a skid load double-wall tank, pump and refill service....for 5 cents more per gallon than at the pump. Their smallest tank is two times larger than I need, but it is a place to start...
Here is a link. This is not an endorsement, just information.
One of my brother's old slightly paranoid friends was thinking of having some kind of farm-type underground gas tank installed as a hedge against rising fuel prices. He was told that he needed to get a permit to do it. He thought about it for a minute, then said something like, "You pay for a permit to have the tank, and when the storm troopers need some gas, they have my address?"
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