Fuel and adblue storage tank recommendation

[tommy tucker]

Any recommendation for a combined (if there is such a thing) adblue and red diesel storage tank. Need about 2500 l of diesel storage and 500 l adblue. Could be 240v or gravity not too fussed. Needs to be bunded.
many thanks
Tom

 

[roscoe erf]

Any recommendation for a combined (if there is such a thing) adblue and red diesel storage tank. Need about 2500 l of diesel storage and 500 l adblue. Could be 240v or gravity not too fussed. Needs to be bunded.
many thanks
Tom

not efficient buying 500 litres of blue 1000 would be the minimum

 

[tommy tucker]

not efficient buying 500 litres of blue 1000 would be the minimum

Didnt know that thanks. would i be better off buying my adblue in ibcs then? is that legal storage or does that have to be bunded too? Got my first adblue machine coming shortly

 

[roscoe erf]

Didnt know that thanks. would i be better off buying my adblue in ibcs then? is that legal storage or does that have to be bunded too? Got my first adblue machine coming shortly

don't know about bunding but most around here just use a ibc and gravity feed hose

 

[roscoe erf]

don't know about bunding but most around here just use a abc and gravity feed hose

quick google There is no requirement however to bund Portable AdBlue Tanks,

 

[Muddyroads]

Didnt know that thanks. would i be better off buying my adblue in ibcs then? is that legal storage or does that have to be bunded too? Got my first adblue machine coming shortly

If you’re just getting your first adblue machine, can you warrant 1000litres of adblue? My tractor does around 1200 hour/year but I only use around 400 litres - 2 drums. I wouldn’t want to risk storing it for 2 years before it was all used.

 

[tommy tucker]

If you’re just getting your first adblue machine, can you warrant 1000litres of adblue? My tractor does around 1200 hour/year but I only use around 400 litres - 2 drums. I wouldn’t want to risk storing it for 2 years before it was all used.

Probably better with 205 litre drums then. what do you use to get it into the machine?

 

[roscoe erf]

 

[Muddyroads]

As above ^^^^^^

 

[icanshootwell]

not efficient buying 500 litres of blue 1000 would be the minimum

It depends how much you use really

 

[MrNoo]

You can get an electric addblue pump, that's what I use, screws straight into the top of a 210ltr barrel, works well, used the "hand pump" before and would never go back

 

[tommy tucker]

As above ^^^^^^

Does it work alright? not going to be using that much, one telehandler doing 1000 hrs per year

 

[tommy tucker]

You can get an electric addblue pump, that's what I use, screws straight into the top of a 210ltr barrel, works well, used the "hand pump" before and would never go back

240 or 12v?

 

[Muddyroads]

Does it work alright? not going to be using that much, one telehandler doing 1000 hrs per year

Works absolutely fine. I just keep the drum next to the diesel tank and top up as required while the diesel is filling.

 

[roscoe erf]

It depends how much you use really

well 500 litres is going to be more expensive than 1000 per litre it can be stored up to 18 months

 

[ricky_rascal]

If you store addblue in an IBC then I’m told it is best stored inside out of sunlight as it easily degrades. Only what I was told by a Merlo mechanic!

 

[ColinV6]

You can get an electric addblue pump, that's what I use, screws straight into the top of a 210ltr barrel, works well, used the "hand pump" before and would never go back

Interested in which particular one you have? We usually faff about with 20L drums but with 3 adblue machines and a pickup all using it now it’s never ending.

 

[Chae1]

Does it work alright? not going to be using that much, one telehandler doing 1000 hrs per year

In my experience those are rubbish. We use a ibc with gravity.

 

[C&Cows]

I wouldn't recommend going too mad on barrels or ibcs. I've got one handler on add blue and it hardly uses any. It's not like a tractor that's getting revved out a lot. We get 20 litre drums and they can last 2 or 3 months at a time.

 

[Chae1]

Combine using 60l ad blue to 1000l fuel.