Hauling diesel

[37chief]

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

 

[Jim.ME]

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

California Department of Transportation, aka Caltrans.

 

[Janicholson]

California Department of Transportation, aka Caltrans.

The following is a beginning, do call! Jim

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[Loosehandle]

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

Ive done this in Wisconsin didn't have trouble with the fuel station or police, lady in the station even told me the other side of off road pump had big bore nozzle. Unfortunately that station with off-road closed.

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

I have a 55 gallon barrel with hand pump, and never have been stopped by law enforcement. In the past when buying fuel from wholesalers the paper work all had me agree to being solely responsible for clean and environmental damage in case of spill, not them. This is Alabama. I think John in LA has stated maximum transportable amounts of diesel and other Federal DOT rules. Good luck

 

[Jim.ME]

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

The Federal DOT has regulations that are the minimum nationwide. You are in California, it doesn't matter what anyone does in another state, why even ask that? You are going to get a bunch of answers that may or may not apply, you will need to check Caltrans anyway, to find out if they do or not. You need to check your State DOT, they may have more stringent requirements (We know California has regulations more stringent or even against, things done and used daily in other states. And we have people here in Maine campaigning to enact California regulations here, thank you). Get the regulations that apply to your situation in writing and keep a copy in hand. I will make a guess that they want a DOT approved vessel at a minimum and may have further air standards or other requirements. Sorry if this sounds rough but unless someone here says they are in California, have and use a transfer tank for diesel, and here are the requirements for using it, the info from other states may just muddy the info you really need.

 

[Fordy20]

I'm not in your state, but here you can haul up to around 120 gallons in pickup or trailer. However, hauling in a 55 gallon drum sure doesn't seem like a great idea. If it's in your truck and you get rain, it will get into the tank. An upright 50 gallon drum full of diesel. in the back of a pickup even strapped in seems like a bad ideal and that may be another issue legally. Why not get a transfer tank and pump made for hauling fuel that, although it costs more than a 50 gallon drum, may save you a lot of money and grief in the long run.

Back when we tried hauling diesel in cans, we had a lot of fuel problems that went away when we went to a transfer tank and pump.

 

[ErnieD]

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

Federal rules apply; specifically 49CFR subtitle B chapter 1 subchapter c part 172, scroll down to Fuel Oil. Gives packaging allowed and exemptions as well as quantities requiring placarding. Specifications for the drum, securing, and manifest/paperwork to carry. Tedious to research on computer, easier with paper copy. I am too long retired to trust my memory.

 

[john in la]

The reason you see transfer tanks in the bed of pickups to haul diesel and not gasoline is because under federal law diesel is not regulated as a hazardous material in containers less than 119 gallons.
So hauling diesel in containers less than 119 gallons is the same as hauling water in the same container. You just need to follow tie down and securement laws.
So the general public can haul as much diesel as your truck can handle as long as you put it in containers less than 119 gallons.

Gasoline on the other hand is highly regulated and it is illegal for the general public to haul gasoline in containers larger than 8 gallons or in gross quantities more than 440 lbs.

 

[37chief]

The Federal DOT has regulations that are the minimum nationwide. You are in California, it doesn't matter what anyone does in another state, why even ask that? You are going to get a bunch of answers that may or may not apply, you will need to check Caltrans anyway, to find out if they do or not. You need to check your State DOT, they may have more stringent requirements (We know California has regulations more stringent or even against, things done and used daily in other states. And we have people here in Maine campaigning to enact California regulations here, thank you). Get the regulations that apply to your situation in writing and keep a copy in hand. I will make a guess that they want a DOT approved vessel at a minimum and may have further air standards or other requirements. Sorry if this sounds rough but unless someone here says they are in California, have and use a transfer tank for diesel, and here are the requirements for using it, the info from other states may just muddy the info you really need.

I am just carious what other states regulations are. I do realize other states do not pertain to my state. Stan

 

[Jim.ME]

I am just carious what other states regulations are. I do realize other states do not pertain to my state. Stan

Maine follows Federal DOT Regs

 

[john in la]

I am just carious what other states regulations are. I do realize other states do not pertain to my state. Stan

States have no say so when it comes to hazardous materials laws. The federal government lays out what the laws are and every state must comply. So the laws are the same in every state.

 

[Russ from MN]

I'm not in your state, but here you can haul up to around 120 gallons in pickup or trailer. However, hauling in a 55 gallon drum sure doesn't seem like a great idea. If it's in your truck and you get rain, it will get into the tank. An upright 50 gallon drum full of diesel. in the back of a pickup even strapped in seems like a bad ideal and that may be another issue legally. Why not get a transfer tank and pump made for hauling fuel that, although it costs more than a 50 gallon drum, may save you a lot of money and grief in the long run.

Back when we tried hauling diesel in cans, we had a lot of fuel problems that went away when we went to a transfer tank and pump.

Exactly! My brother-in-law once said that loggers that hauled their fuel in 55 gallon barrels had a lot more injector pump trouble. And that can be expensive!

 

[504]

I usually load 6 jeep cans in my pickup for diesel. It would be easier to just put a 55 gal tank in my pickup, fill it, and transfer the fuel to my holding tank with a pump. What are the laws in your state hauling diesel? I am in California. Who would have that information? Stan

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[37chief]

I'm not in your state, but here you can haul up to around 120 gallons in pickup or trailer. However, hauling in a 55 gallon drum sure doesn't seem like a great idea. If it's in your truck and you get rain, it will get into the tank. An upright 50 gallon drum full of diesel. in the back of a pickup even strapped in seems like a bad ideal and that may be another issue legally. Why not get a transfer tank and pump made for hauling fuel that, although it costs more than a 50 gallon drum, may save you a lot of money and grief in the long run.

Back when we tried hauling diesel in cans, we had a lot of fuel problems that went away when we went to a transfer tank and pump.

I have a transfer tank with a pump, I loaded it in my Dodge a few times to fill it just didn't work out. I would load and unload the tank with my fork lift. With the load of my trailer, and tank I didn't want the extra weight. Stan

 

[wp6529]

I have a transfer tank with a pump, I loaded it in my Dodge a few times to fill it just didn't work out. I would load and unload the tank with my fork lift. With the load of my trailer, and tank I didn't want the extra weight. Stan

You do know that you can put 55 gal into that transfer tank and have about the same weight as the problematic 55 gal drum. I have a 100gal transfer tank with pump, I welded up a skid base to mount it on and forklift it around as needed and it works well for me. I top it up with a 5gal can or two as I go and only move it if I've used more than say 30 gal and want to top it off easily.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

mine has aluminum tanks 33 gas split 33 diesel it works pretty good for my needs. I will say it is the handiest best thing I bought out of someone’s grove 10 years ago. It needs new hoses again and time for some wiring but hands down my favorite purchase. If someone’s truck dies I usually make a second trip to top them up with road fuel if we aren’t far away from their pump before trying to prime. I think you can have up to 250 gallons un-placarded at least in Iowa the farms dyed travel tank is 200. I don’t see as many of those it’s a lot of extra weight in the pickup where as mine in a half ton is about perfect snow weight just stays all year

 

[Mark-Mi]

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[J.Wondergem]

When I was farming, I had a 350 gallon tank in my dually. It had a dent in it, so probably didn't hold that much. I never got stopped with it.

 

[Vito]

The reason you see transfer tanks in the bed of pickups to haul diesel and not gasoline is because under federal law diesel is not regulated as a hazardous material in containers less than 119 gallons.
So hauling diesel in containers less than 119 gallons is the same as hauling water in the same container. You just need to follow tie down and securement laws.
So the general public can haul as much diesel as your truck can handle as long as you put it in containers less than 119 gallons.

Gasoline on the other hand is highly regulated and it is illegal for the general public to haul gasoline in containers larger than 8 gallons or in gross quantities more than 440 lbs.

Gas requires a vapor recovery system.

Vito