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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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