HFarr
06-20-2021, 12:15 PM
I keep my boat in a lift, so fueling it always involves buying high priced Marina gas, or lots of 5 gallon cans. I had finally decided I was gonna spend the $300 plus for a caddy, but then had an idea that worked out great for me. Got a couple of 30 gallon Polyethylene drums for free from a car wash. They go through them a lot, and just toss them. Same thing a gas can is made of, and they are actually thicker too. I built up a little platform and put it on an old dolly I had so I could make room for the hose at the bottom. Purchased $5 worth of fittings from tractor supply, and a $20 hose and pump handle off Amazon. I put a simple tire air valve in one of the bung caps on the top of the barrel, and put my portable battery operated tire pump on it, but a hand pump would work too. This puts about 4psi of pressure on the barrel and pushes the gas out. It pumps about 10gpm, so empties the barrel in 3 minutes.
My jet skis sit below the level of the dock, so they just gravity feed pretty fast with no pump. If my boat fill cap was lower, it could too.
I have one barrel that I leave just as it came and strap it in my truck. I fill that one at the gas station, then use a $4 siphon pump to transfer, mainly gravity feed, to my caddy on the ground. This way I never have to try to lift any heavy gas. Then just roll it up to the boat. I have to admit it works great!!
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My jet skis sit below the level of the dock, so they just gravity feed pretty fast with no pump. If my boat fill cap was lower, it could too.
I have one barrel that I leave just as it came and strap it in my truck. I fill that one at the gas station, then use a $4 siphon pump to transfer, mainly gravity feed, to my caddy on the ground. This way I never have to try to lift any heavy gas. Then just roll it up to the boat. I have to admit it works great!!
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