Fuel Prices and their Effect on Your Flying

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As long as it's in "normal" cans, it's still casual, non-bulk operation. It
certainly would be nice to have larger quantites, but around here it's certainly not
politically acceptable. So long as the cans have a filter on them to keep the fuel
clean, it's OK by me.

He cannot stop you from refuelling your own plane, even if that means
you want to pull a semi trailer onto the airport. He can enforce
reasonable safety rules, such as no fuelling in the hangar, don't block
busy taxiways, remain a certain distance from other hangars, must have a
fire extinguisher, etc. I've long had a 100 gallon tank from Tractor
Supply to refuel. It is currently mounted on a small 4x8 trailer.

Newps wrote:
: As long as it's in "normal" cans, it's still casual, non-bulk operation. It
: certainly would be nice to have larger quantites, but around here it's certainly not
: politically acceptable. So long as the cans have a filter on them to keep the fuel
: clean, it's OK by me.

: He cannot stop you from refuelling your own plane, even if that means
: you want to pull a semi trailer onto the airport. He can enforce
: reasonable safety rules, such as no fuelling in the hangar, don't block
: busy taxiways, remain a certain distance from other hangars, must have a
: fire extinguisher, etc. I've long had a 100 gallon tank from Tractor
: Supply to refuel. It is currently mounted on a small 4x8 trailer.

That's what I had to explain to him... that he cannot stop me from refuelling
my plane. I'm pretty sure that a 100 gallon tank would have to have some DOT-approved
work to make it legal for transportation on the road. I don't know what the magic
capacity limits, but obviously a semi trailer and a 5 gallon can in the trunk are
subject to different rules.

Most places don't actively enforce such rules (farmers/construction workers
with bulk tanks mounted in the pickup beds, etc). If someone wanted to get nasty
however, they could enforce it. Most of the times (reasonable) people just look the
other way.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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That's what I had to explain to him... that he cannot stop me from refuelling
my plane. I'm pretty sure that a 100 gallon tank would have to have some DOT-approved
work to make it legal for transportation on the road. I don't know what the magic
capacity limits, but obviously a semi trailer and a 5 gallon can in the trunk are
subject to different rules.

I've been told by one of my county commissioners who is also a partner
on a 12,000 gallon self serve outfit at an airport near here as well as
being a pilot that you have to be over 300 gallons before you have DOT
problems. Like a lot of rural areas 100-150 gallon in-bed fuel tanks
are everywhere here. I put mine on a trailer as I didn't like the smell
in the garage and I needed the space in the bed for other things.

:
: That's what I had to explain to him... that he cannot stop me from refuelling
: my plane. I'm pretty sure that a 100 gallon tank would have to have some DOT-approved
: work to make it legal for transportation on the road. I don't know what the magic
: capacity limits, but obviously a semi trailer and a 5 gallon can in the trunk are
: subject to different rules.

: I've been told by one of my county commissioners who is also a partner
: on a 12,000 gallon self serve outfit at an airport near here as well as
: being a pilot that you have to be over 300 gallons before you have DOT
: problems. Like a lot of rural areas 100-150 gallon in-bed fuel tanks
: are everywhere here. I put mine on a trailer as I didn't like the smell
: in the garage and I needed the space in the bed for other things.

Interesting. I started looking into it at one point (talking with the fire
marshall, etc) but eventually lost interest. A trailer would be ideal since I've got
a crappy little car. Realistically however, I don't fly long distances often enough
to justify such a contraption... a few cans here and there is generally sufficient.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
************************************************** ***********************

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Interesting. I started looking into it at one point (talking with the fire
marshall, etc) but eventually lost interest. A trailer would be ideal since I've got
a crappy little car. Realistically however, I don't fly long distances often enough
to justify such a contraption... a few cans here and there is generally sufficient.

There's a national code which will apply to Freeways and US highways.
Your state may or may not have different rules, they probably do.
Likewise your city may have rules.