old oil tanks

MFdaveIreland

Have spotted a few old oil tanks, 1000l round rectangular ones, how would you clean the oil out for water storage, and could you clean it enough to use for drinking

hoseman

I would leave them where they are and go for an ibc tank ,easier to clean ,no rust,and ideal if you can get the black ones.

Markcheese

hoseman wrote: »

I would leave them where they are and go for an ibc tank ,easier to clean ,no rust,and ideal if you can get the black ones.

+1 , and a lot easier to move,

Know someone who cut them in half for pig houses... The pigs ended up rolling them around

Sharpshooter82

hoseman wrote: »

I would leave them where they are and go for an ibc tank ,easier to clean ,no rust,and ideal if you can get the black ones.

Just make sure you find out what was in the tank first, as i heard some stories of cattle getting sick from the chemicals that were stored in the tank orginally even tho it was washed out

1chippy

im going mounting a round tank onto a trailer, cutting the top lenghtways, hinging it and using it as a mobile meal bin. just need to get time to finish it. Those ibc cubes seem to be getting scarcer these days.

Sharpshooter82

1chippy wrote: »

im going mounting a round tank onto a trailer, cutting the top lenghtways, hinging it and using it as a mobile meal bin. just need to get time to finish it. Those ibc cubes seem to be getting scarcer these days.

Thats cos factories look for them back now

royaler83

hoseman wrote: »

I would leave them where they are and go for an ibc tank ,easier to clean ,no rust,and ideal if you can get the black ones.

What's the best way to clean an IBC tank out, had kerosene in it

Sharpshooter82

1chippy wrote: »

im going mounting a round tank onto a trailer, cutting the top lenghtways, hinging it and using it as a mobile meal bin. just need to get time to finish it. Those ibc cubes seem to be getting scarcer these days.

Build one like this

MFdaveIreland

I should have mentioned it was a plastic oil tank from domestic house,

+1 on how to clean kerosene out of it. ???

how would you clean ibc also

Sharpshooter82

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

I should have mentioned it was a plastic oil tank from domestic house,

+1 on how to clean kerosene out of it. ???

how would you clean ibc also

Most lads just use a power washer but get a tank that had harmless stuff in it. Whoever you get the tank off let him know its for cattle and he should know which ones are safe for water

1chippy

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Build one like this

No i'll go with a steel tank, if my calcs are right i should be able to hold over 1.8 ton.

iverjohnston

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

Have spotted a few old oil tanks, 1000l round rectangular ones, how would you clean the oil out for water storage, and could you clean it enough to use for drinking

Don't think you would ever get them clean and smell free enough to hold drinking water. Certainly not for human use. Buy a new one if you are collecting rainwater etc.

MFdaveIreland

iverjohnston wrote: »

Don't think you would ever get them clean and smell free enough to hold drinking water. Certainly not for human use. Buy a new one if you are collecting rainwater etc.

Would be for possibly collecting rain water for cattle drinkers, or power washers etc, what use think, would the oil tank never be clean enough for cattle water

bbam

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

would the oil tank never be clean enough for cattle water

Never !!