I seem to recall my flight instructor saying I should use 8#s/gal to
estimate the weight of fuel for load distribution calcs. So 8x55=440
which is way under the 2000# limit. but i think plywood under the drum
to distribute the weight can't hurt ---
Am I missing something?
Larry
On 07/23/2018 9:21 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
I use the barrel to haul 87 octane un-leaded (no ethanol) to the airplane -
use a hand crank pump to get it from the barrel to the wing tanks of the
Cessna. The low compression Continental can't tell the difference between
mogas and avgas, and it's half the price or less.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:10 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Back up and slam the brakes on really fast..... self unloads.... ;))
As it happens, I presently have a barrel full of Jet A fuel in one of my
trucks, loaded as far forward as it will fit. When I unload it, it will be
with a 12 Volt Harbor Freight pump, into another barrel setting on a barrel
cart, at ground level...
Total time to pump 55 gal of Jet A [schedule 52 Diesel] is about 20 minutes
using 1/2 inch clear hose with PVC pipe on each end to stick down in the
barrel... To date, I've pumped about 1,200 gallons of generator fuel using
that same system.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:53 PM, tyee165 via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
How do you get it off of the tailgate?
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g2ma...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - pickup un-loader
I believe a full 55 gal barrel might exceed it's structural limits, but
only because the rim of the barrel would be the only contact area vs the
weight load.
It might work if you set the barrel on a piece of plywood to distribute
the
load beyond the rim of the barrel.
With a load of dirt or rock, the weight is distributed across a much
wider
area [although perhaps the same weight] against the "tarp" which slides
across the bed of the truck as you wind the handle.
I've used one for landscape rock... worked really well.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Has anyone seen one of these in action?
https://www.harborfreight.com/truck-bed-cargo-unloader-60800.html
Would it work to slide a full 55 gal. barrel from the rear of the bed
onto
the tailgate?
--
OK Don
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