Plastic or steel fuel tank?

[Doing it for the kids]

Gone for a plastic tuffa 1350 in the end, price and availability swung me, rightly or wrongly.

4 online companies all quoting the same price (£500 less than steel) but told me lead times of between 4 and 12 weeks. No one knew the answer so I rang up the manufacturer…

Only one left in the country then lead times of 4+ weeks. I asked them to quote direct and paid £50 less than the online best so happy days.

Tank arriving Tuesday.

 

[ollie989898]

As with any new fuel tank hide it indoors in a shed or building if at all possible. What can't be seen won't be targeted by casual thieves.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

It’s going behind a text activated RSD covered by CCTV!

We are reasonable lucky here, dogs bark at everyone.

 

[robs1]

As with any new fuel tank hide it indoors in a shed or building if at all possible. What can't be seen won't be targeted by casual thieves.

Ours has concrete panels round it to stop them drilling it with cctv covering it too

 

[Kentishfarmer]

Jumping in on this tank chat, I've just found a leak on my heating oil tank assembly, typically tank side of the tap. So I'm going to have to drain the tank, fit a new assembly then pump the kero back in.
So a bit of moving kero about, if I use our submersible water pump, will it kill it?
Obviously continuous use on fuel would cause parts to perish but will one day ruin it?

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Possibly, mine say not to use it.

Hiring one doesn’t cost a lot

 

[cornishfarmerjohn]

Hi all, advice on the above needed, is a steel fuel station worth the £600 extra over plastic? I'm near the coast in Cornwall so rust is concern however it's also pretty bright sunlight here too.
Please help sway me one way or the other!

Thanks

 

[7610 super q]

Hi all, advice on the above needed, is a steel fuel station worth the £600 extra over plastic? I'm near the coast in Cornwall so rust is concern however it's also pretty bright sunlight here too.
Please help sway me one way or the other!

Thanks

I'd say it is worth paying the extra £600. Keep it indoors ? Paint it every few years ( Is there such a thing as bitumen paint these days ? )
My steel tank was as good as new after 35 years ( near the sea, but tank kept indoors ) Clean as a whistle inside too, I thought I wouldn't be able to use the last 5 gallons left in the bottom due to water and crud, but all good. Don't often hear of a steel tank splitting........

Says the bloke that bought a S/H bunded plastic fuel station cos it was cheap....

 

[Tarw Coch]

Hi all, advice on the above needed, is a steel fuel station worth the £600 extra over plastic? I'm near the coast in Cornwall so rust is concern however it's also pretty bright sunlight here too.
Please help sway me one way or the other!

Thanks

Dunno about the by the coast bit but we had a plastic diesel tank for a while, in the shade under some trees, it split in about 7 years so went back to steel about 12 years ago, still looks as good as new other than a new trigger gun and a capacitor on the motor but they’d be the same on a plastic one.

 

[Deereone]

Hi all, advice on the above needed, is a steel fuel station worth the £600 extra over plastic? I'm near the coast in Cornwall so rust is concern however it's also pretty bright sunlight here too.
Please help sway me one way or the other!

Thanks

Stainless steel.

 

[Zebbedee]

Steel without a doubt,,,,,,only plus on a plastic it is cheaper but think about value of contents then much much bigger chance of failure with plastic tank so then think about clean up costs along with value of fuel lost, and a steel tank lifespan is many times over plastic then eventually when the steel tank needs replaced your children can get its scrap value instead of a disposal cost of plastic

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Steel.

Skip paint is what you need to paint it with every few years.

 

[renewablejohn]

Rats have got the flavour of plastic around here. Had to replace plasric compost bin with steel and wheelie bin has a ring of teeth marks round the rim. Looks like they use the plastic to sharpen their teeth. On that basis I would not trust plastic.

 

[spitfire]

Steel.

Skip paint is what you need to paint it with every few years.

Just stay away from Nixon tanks 20 year warranty, delivered part painted lasted 6 years, told we don't honour warranty repairs

 

[Tarw Coch]

Just stay away from Nixon tanks 20 year warranty, delivered part painted lasted 6 years, told we don't honour warranty repairs

I’ve had one for 13 years, only problems have been a new trigger gun a few years back and a new capacitor on the motor just before Christmas., I suspect those sort of problems can and do occur with other makes.