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Letter Re: Sources for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel in a Grid-Down Collapse
Mr Rawles:
Would a
hand-lever pump like this one or this
one work for pulling up fuel from
a gas station underground
tank]? Thanks, - F.
JWR Replies: Both of those hand pumps are designed specifically
for pumping from drums with standard barrel bung threads. They should work
with
underground
tank is you add an extension hose with a nice tight seal at the union of the
hose. However, this type of pump is less flexible than my
preferred 12 VDC pump design, since they cannot be used for one step vehicle-to-vehicle
fuel transfers. They are also only marginally faster, they are more labor intensive
to use, and they are much
more
expensive.
Just buy a spare electric fuel pump for your primary
vehicle and construct your own 12 VDC pump.
This will also provide you a spare fuel pump if the one for your vehicle ever
goes kaput. If new off-the-shelf
pumps are too expensive, then pull a used one at a wrecking yard.
(Which, BTW,
is also good mechanical
experience.)
