Return-Path: Received: from relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.164] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 757450 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:30:54 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.133.182.164; envelope-from=canarder@frontiernet.net Received: from filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.69]) by relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8385364619 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.164]) by filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.69]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29897-08-52 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (67-137-89-39.dsl2.cok.tn.frontiernet.net [67.137.89.39]) by relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DD8F3642B4 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <421E0111.8070107@frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:30:09 -0600 From: Jim Sower User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040514 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mogas and cheap avgas locations ... References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0508-2, 02/23/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20040701 (2.0) at filter02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net Good thought. So I'll use 50-gal. Saddle tanks are pretty readily available, and I believe you can get pumps and nozzles even with flow meters without going too far in the hole. I'll look in JC Whitney and then perhaps at some farm equipment place. Thanks for the heads up ... Jim S. David Staten wrote: > Research that tank size before you plunk some $$$ down on it. I just > recently converted by Commercial Drivers License with Hazmat > endorsement back to a regular DL.. a throwback from over 10 years ago > when I did a side job driving trailers of compressed air. That > qualified as a "hazardous material", and I seem to remember a limit of > 55 gallons before specific regulations came to bear for the driver and > the vehicle hauling the haz materials. If the tank is not connected to > a vehicle's fuel system, then I believe the 55 gal limit applies... > above which you need placards, commercial license (and hazmat > endorsement.. even though its not commercial carriage) and you may > even have insurance issues to deal with. Don't take my word for it.. > do your own research. While DL's are state issues, the CDL is > federally standardized and regulated. > > I am well aware of some Usenet regulars who have their own transport > systems rigged up... but I am not aware of the particulars..(size, etc) > > I intend to put a 55 gal tank in the back of the pickup truck, toolbox > style, and fill it within a day or so of going to the airport.. and > then offloading into the plane as needed. > > Dave > > Jim Sower wrote: > >> >> I aim to get a 100-gal or so tank on a utility trailer and use it for >> my plane(s) and loan it out to some of the locals who want to. If I >> outgrow the trailer really dramatically, I'll buy an old fuel truck >> and just park it and fire it up when I need to dispense gas. >> >> Sure 'nuff disappointing ... Jim S. >> >> >> >> >> >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > > >