Fuel Tank Construction
 

Apparently you don't live in LA - everything along the coast rusts
like crazy - think about it - Long Beach is not desert - it's a marine
climate - salty foggy etc.

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 12:57:57 +0200, "Steve Lusardi"
wrote:

Jim,
Think about your statement, Tanks, Long Beach, California, desert. Nothing
rusts in LA. Don't do it in Florida!
Steve
"Jim" wrote in message
link.net...
Why so all this speculation? Talk to someone who makes tanks, then
follow their advise.

I had aluminum diesel tanks made at Pipe Works, in Long Beach, Ca. They
know what they are doing.
Jim

Wayne.B wrote:

If everything goes according to plan, I'm about to buy a Grand Banks
49 trawler that needs new fuel tanks (500 gallons each).

Any thoughts from this group on the best material for new tanks,
fabrication hints, and/or removal/installation suggestions?

Fuel Tank Construction
 

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:03:35 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

If everything goes according to plan, I'm about to buy a Grand Banks
49 trawler that needs new fuel tanks (500 gallons each).

Any thoughts from this group on the best material for new tanks,
fabrication hints, and/or removal/installation suggestions?

The small light Cessna products of the last 50 years use aluminum
fuel tanks. Those tanks don't leak. Some bigger airplanes carry
internal fuel tank bladders. Those DO leak, after a while.
My rain gutters, possibly yours too, are either aluminum or vinyl.
(USA practice)

After my neighbor's not-so-handiman cut down an overhanging
tree onto my gutters, I replaced several. I was interested to see
what water had done to the inner unprotected aluminum surface.

In general they were clear - though I saw several small patches of
black corrosion, where possibly some leaf had sat for a good while

Brian W

Fuel Tank Construction
 

"Wayne.B" wrote
I've gotten several estimates (all over $30K), and a large enough
survey adjustment to make for a satisfactory deal....
The tanks will be made by a contractor but I want to be sure they are
spec'd properly.


Evan Gatehouse wrote:
I'd hire a naval architect for a day. Stuff like designing a 500 gallon
tank probably should not be left to a contractor.

Agree strongly! While I hesitate to suggest that it *must* be an
adversarial relationship, you really don't want the low-bid contractor
doing both the design and construction. If you're going to drop that
much money, you should spend the small amount extra to get a proper
design for the tanks.

Also I am slightly surprised that nobody suggested Monel... if it's
going to cost that much anyway...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King