Hey guys,im slowly getting my bio-diesel education here,i have a source for 55 gallon drums.Seems to me i remember plastic was the choice if available.Pros and cons of both? Thanks,Mark.
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1997 F-250 Supercab shorty 4x4 with 1996 Cummins 5.9 12V,3GSK,#10 plate,5600 sixer with short shift kit,Dana 60 and 80,205 TC,and a few goodies under the hood,lifted/tires etc,etc.2002 Mustang G.T.Mineral gray.
I like the white plastic ones because I can see whats in them and can see the different layers as the oil settles. Besides they are free at the car wash a mile from where I live and I would have to travel 20 miles and buy the steel ones.
When you guys say "heat + plastic is BAD", what level of heat are you speaking of? Are you talking more about Bio-D than WVO? I'm looking at maybe 100-120*F for easier filtering flow, but that isn't too much above summer ambient in alot of places. Is this "steel" temperature, or is steel the only way to go for even this much heat?
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2003 F350 CC, Short, XLT Sport (leather), 7.3PSD, Auto, 4x4. Homemade Tymar, Blizzard 810 Power Plow
oh. the caution does apply to bd more as you are working with highly flammable methanol. Plastic barrels seem to handle high temps. Just be careful to control where the heating elements touch, they can burn through.
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2000 E-350 PSD XLT
Running on homebrew biodiesel/svo
...yeah, grease is sexy!
I believe that plastic may be better for storing finished biodiesel because they do not condense moisture inside as badly as steel. My drying tanks are steel due to water heater elements welded in. Whatever can be scrounged can usually be made to work.
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02 F-250 4X4 CC PSD ATO "Power Master" transmission upgrade with dual auxiliary coolers plumbed in SS lines, AFE intake,dual alternators,4" SS exhaust, Western Performance Quad Chip, Billet grill, PIAA driving and clear headlights, front receiver hitch Bushwacker fender flares, Draw Tite brake controller, Innovation topper, Rhino bed liner and carpet, Power rear window slider, tube steps, LOVES B100
78 F-250 Hi-Boy 390
68 M-715 5/4 ton 4X4
98 Jetta TDI, Chipped and running B-100
Another ? - I Woud a plastic drum moune on its side and straped down to a cradle fasted to the bed work as OK in in-bed fuel tank ? I would mount a coolant heated fuel pick-up in the bottom bung hole and a PVC pipe elobow filler neck in the top bung hole . ( will it take the heat
and what about sloshing in a bank without baffles ? )
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