Make a Budget Oil Tank
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Budget friendly Heating Oil tank. Oil prices are through the roof right now. It is a lot easier on the wallet to fill one of these tanks than spend €1300 on a 1000 llitre fill of home heating oil. This tank will hold 150 litres of Kerosene or Diesel.
Cheers Gerry
Fittings used 1/2 inch tank connector.
1/2 inch by 10 mm reducer.
1/2 inch threaded lever valve
Plastic Oil drum
You're a legend mate, no-nonsense, cheap and long-lasting build quality.
We need more people like in the world
Absolute genius!! Never would have thoughts of that.
Awesome idea Gerry!
I collected some 3 gallon coffee flavor containers for my waste oil, and I plan to use gearbox oil in them to heat my small shop. I bought a used diesel fuel tank, made of similar thickness steel to a propane tank, and I'll use this for my oil heater. I plan to use 4" lorry exhaust pipe for my chimney. My stove will be 16" across, and somewhere around 3-1/2- 4' tall. The roof is concrete slab as it was a generator shed before bi was allowed to use it for a shop. There's a "missing" concrete block where I'll run my chimney out.
Awesome illustration Gerry.
Great Idea, I just picked up 14 of these exact drums and I was wondering how I was going to install the bulkhead fittings with no access either and you answered that for me right here. Thanks Gerry, regards Jerry 😊👍
Good man nice to see you back. 👍
Heck, I was going to use my three storage tanks for rain water but after seeing this video and my newly purchased 04' Diesel Guzzling F350...I've got a plan.
I just the sign you got on the wall, If Grandpa can t fix it , We all screwed 😀 good one.
Hi Gerry, I've never seen rope used like that as a pipe joint sealer. Is that something that is more common with heating systems? Do you use that when you have straight threads, as opposed to a typical tapered pipe thread? That was a neat trick with getting the bulk head fitting into the hole in the side. Thanks for the video!
Hi Gerry,a bit off topic, but I was wondering if you have ever tried converting a kerosene burner/boiler to run on waste oil?
Hello from sweden 🙂
You must have read my mind Gerry.. we have had our oil robbed twice in 4 years...was thinking of doing something like this
@@karcherman6825 you read my mind 😂
another good one Gerry. I want to create a fuel tank out of a 15 gal drum for my new diesel heater. this is so I can use a blend in it. like your procedure and the trick is brilliant. I'm very nervous about the 1/2 inch tank connector leaking and I understand why not to use that washer. I'd feel better if I had something on the connector to be sure I didn't get a fuel leak. would you have any suggestions? ty and keep the good videos coming. 😀
btw: where did you get that Brass Bulkhead Fitting? I've looked everywhere and can't find one with that type of nut.
Brilliant I love stuff like this 😂
Hi Gerry, are you going to admit you took the 350 out a second time to fit the rubber washer😄
I used a clear 5 litre drum over the summer to test out a burner. Seeing the level of Kerosene drop as the burner was running really helped appreciate the cost of using oil to heat the house.
When an old 20 lb propane tank be a good oil tank?
Shortage of teflon tape in Ireland?
I thought the same, but now that I've seen it done.....I HAVE to try it. Lol
Ptfe tape is actually permeable to kerosene.
Hemp and no you can't smoke it ! Great stuff and boss white ! Started my apprentice 40 odd years ago .. still using it .