I have a JD 1025R and I am getting older and it is hard enough to pick the heavy diesel can to fill up the tractor. Can anyone help me with a good solution... transfer pump or whatever?

I have been using this thing for the last couple of weeks. It uses two "D" batteries. I stick the thing into a standard 5 gallon container and it fills my 1023E in about 2 minutes. Couldn't be simpler, or cheaper.

Amazon.com: TERA PUMP Multi-Purpose Battery Powered Fuel Liquid Transfer Pump with Quick Stop Flow Control: Automotive

There is a huge variety of diesel transfer pumps on Amazon ranging in price from this one up to several hundred dollars. I haven't been using this thing long, but it's hard to imagine anything more cost-effective if you're talking about filling a 5 gallon tractor tank from a 5 gallon gas can without lifting it off the ground.

 

Is the hose long enough to use with the 5 gallon can sitting on the ground?

 

The forum has a search function -

https://www.greentractortalk.com/forums/tractor-equipment-maintenance/127378-fuel-storage-dispensing.html

55 gal drum fuel storage

30 gal diesel caddy for my new 1025R.... diesel fuel storage questions

Transportable diesel fuel tank?

My Fuel storage... yep another thread

https://www.greentractortalk.com/forums/tools-equipment/154753-how-big-fuel-caddy-would-you-get.html

Diesel storage / Fuel caddy

 

I have a JD 1025R and I am getting older and it is hard enough to pick the heavy diesel can to fill up the tractor. Can anyone help me with a good solution... transfer pump or whatever?

I've posted this one before. Flo-Fast pump. The container holds 7-gallons and is very easy to throw in the SUV to get filled. I usually only fill with 5-gallons or so. The cart is an old one I had laying around (yellow color was a coincidence). Velcro strap was gotten at Lowe's. I have two containers that I alternate. When one starts to get empty I go fill the second container. In the even of a SnowPocalypse I can fill both.

 

Powered Fuel Transfer Pump | Camping World

Otherwise it’s a large tank or drum to mount a bigger pump to. 5 gallons isn’t that much fuel to pump. I fortunately have a 110 gal jump tank that I fuel equipment with and it takes seconds to fuel the little guy up, but if I didn’t have that, I’d get a camp pump


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I wonder how those poly drums would hold up outside in the weather.

 

Not sure about that. Mine is in my garage. :dunno:

 

I had a number of the Todd Gas Caddies for the boats and jet skis. Yes, a number. Guess how much fuel teenage daughters can consume in jet skis in a day? Those days are past and teenage granddaughters are already here.

Anyway, they have worked well and are pretty much spill free. We ended up with a second home for the bride's new job and along with that another tractor. We lived apart as a result for a number of years, which meant the bride had to mow grass and blow snow on her own from time to time. While I made it a point to to top of the tractor when I was at that home, there would be instances where I wouldn't be there for a month. While she "may" have been able to handle the 5 gallon container, it wouldn't have been without spilling some of it on her, the tractor, and the ground. She never paid attention to the fuel gauge, she just mowed until she ran out. So that meant she'd be re-fueling in the middle of the lawn. Petroleum products make great vegetation killer---nothing will grow where it has been split for years.

So my remedy was a Todd Diesel Caddy. Not at all cheap, but a quality piece the bride could handle when full (30 gallons) and not a spill a drop. So I cost justified it on the basis of what I would continually spend remedying dead grass patches and the cost of a 6+ hour round trip in the middle of snow storm, when she ran it out of fuel snow blowing.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Todd-28-Gal-Diesel-Caddy-with-Industrial-Hand-Crank-Pump-932404IP/308395467?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CB%7CBase%7CD26P%7C26-6_IRRIGATION%7CNA%7CPLA%7c71700000034388195%7c58700003952496747%7c92700032054947279&msclkid=f4ecedb0f86516144cd8b0c76613c5bf&gclid=CM_iu_enxuQCFVFtgQodcIwOMg&gclsrc=ds

I purchased mine from Zoro.com when they had a 30% off promo and free shipping. Net cost was about $450. I see Zoro has REALLY increased the price on these now.

 

I had a number of the Todd Gas Caddies for the boats and jet skis. Yes, a number. Guess how much fuel teenage daughters can consume in jet skis in a day? Those days are past and teenage granddaughters are already here.

Anyway, they have worked well and are pretty much spill free. We ended up with a second home for the bride's new job and along with that another tractor. We lived apart as a result for a number of years, which meant the bride had to mow grass and blow snow on her own from time to time. While I made it a point to to top of the tractor when I was at that home, there would be instances where I wouldn't be there for a month. While she "may" have been able to handle the 5 gallon container, it wouldn't have been without spilling some of it on her, the tractor, and the ground. She never paid attention to the fuel gauge, she just mowed until she ran out. So that meant she'd be re-fueling in the middle of the lawn. Petroleum products make great vegetation killer---nothing will grow where it has been split for years.

So my remedy was a Todd Diesel Caddy. Not at all cheap, but a quality piece the bride could handle when full (30 gallons) and not a spill a drop. So I cost justified it on the basis of what I would continually spend remedying dead grass patches and the cost of a 6+ hour round trip in the middle of snow storm, when she ran it out of fuel snow blowing.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Todd-28-Gal-Diesel-Caddy-with-Industrial-Hand-Crank-Pump-932404IP/308395467?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CB%7CBase%7CD26P%7C26-6_IRRIGATION%7CNA%7CPLA%7c71700000034388195%7c58700003952496747%7c92700032054947279&msclkid=f4ecedb0f86516144cd8b0c76613c5bf&gclid=CM_iu_enxuQCFVFtgQodcIwOMg&gclsrc=ds

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I purchased mine from Zoro.com when they had a 30% off promo and free shipping. Net cost was about $450. I see Zoro has REALLY increased the price on these now.

I love that thing. It's exactly what I would get if I needed it bad enough to justify spending $650. At this point in my tractor-owning life, I don't feel like I fuel up often enough to cough up that kind of loot.

 

Sir, I too am getting older and found that lifting the fuel cans was becoming harder to do. I also found that hauling cans of fuel around and unloading them was becoming harder and more of a chore. I have an X595 and a 1025R that both use diesel. I solved my problem by purchasing a fifty five gallon barrel, transfer pump and a barrel dolly. I placed decals indicating that the barrel contained diesel fuel, strapped this to a pallet and used my forks to load into the back of a pickup truck. Filled it up, took it home, unloaded with my 1025R and forks. I tied by barrel dolly to the pallet and manually moved the barrel to the dolly, inserted my transfer pump and wallah. Problem solved.

After filling the barrel the first time I found a Meco Fork ring that wraps around your barrel. You simply use your forks to load and unload into a pickup or trailer. I purchased this so that I do not have to mount the barrel on a pallet to transport, and number two, I do not have to wrestle the barrel into the dolly from the pallet. Below are two links. One shows my set up before it is filled and the pump is just laying on top of the barrel with no decals indicating diesel is in the barrel.

Honestly, I wish that I had done this several years ago. I filled this barrel last April and it has one fill left in it. Just in time to fill for the winter. This set up makes it very easy to roll the barrel where I need it and to refuel the tractors. Highly recommend. Initially a little costly, but once you have it you never have to do anything but fill it up with fuel. Click on the links below to see the photos. Hope this gives you some ideas.

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MECO Fork-Mount Drum Lift for 55 Gallon Drum - John M. Ellsworth Co. Inc.

 

I just ordered a 30 gallon fixed-top drum as well as a Fill-Rite FR112 crank pump with 3/4 inch hose. I'll add an inline particulate filter and put the whole unit on a little drum dolly, and keep in in the garage/workshop building. For filling the drum with diesel, I'll use the forks to either lift it into the truck bed on the drum dolly, or move the drum to a pallet and lift it on the pallet. The fork collar you linked would solve a lot of forking problems for me...but need it for a 30 gallon drum.

My one area of concern...will a 1 inch diesel pump nozzle fit through the 3/4 inch NPT bung? I see a couple of folks on the web that say it will. I watched Tim Marks' video on his fuel storage solution and note that he took it to the gas station and filled his drum with the crank pump in place in the 2" bung. The video didn't show it, but I am assuming therefore that he filled that drum with the diesel nozzle in the 3/4 inch bung.

How do you fill your 55 gallon drum with diesel? Does a 1" diesel nozzle fit in the 3/4 inch NPT bung on your drum?

(this sounds faintly pornographic...sorry about that...)

 

Just curious MacCool - where does one go to buy a new barrel? I see plenty of used ones on Craigslist, but I'm not sure where I'd go to buy a new one. Graingers? McMaster-Carr?

 

Amazon Prime, of course...:good2:

SKOLNIK Carbon Steel Tight Head Drum, 30 gallons, 0.9mm Body Gauge (Pack of 1): Science Lab Drums: Amazon.com: Industrial Scientific

I note that the price went up to $130. (I just paid $113 last week). It arrived unboxed but in good shape. Careful inspection of the interior showed no debris and no rust. Nice stuff. Skolniks has a wide variety of new barrels available direct from their website, including stainless steel. Prices there aren't better than the $113 including shipping that I paid at Amazon. Shipping was prompt, came by UPS.

I did note used stainless steel barrels on ebay for $130, but shipping alone was $124, so the Amazon Prime deal for a carbon steel barrel looked pretty good.

30 Gallon Stainless Steel Drum Barrel Closed Top Used | eBay

 

I have the same problem

Wacked my back a while ago and I’m having the same issue fueling my 3025e and other stuff.
I bought some 5gal mil cans in yellow and strapped them to a pallet which lets me use the forks to put them in and out of the truck bed to fill them at the station. I unload them and store the pallet with the full cans in the tractor shed.
I bought a 12v diesel transfer pump off eBay for $24 bucks with free shipping. The same model is sold under dozens of names and at crazy wild prices but they’re all the same. Chinese special. For whatever reason, I can’t seem to upload a picture but it’s the model with a prominent carry handle on top and typically ships with a gas station type nozzle, some tubing and a couple of hose clamps. Look up “Portable 12V DC Electric Fuel Transfer Pump Kerosene Oil Diesel” on eBay and sort by price.
I’ve got it hooked to an retired 12v car battery that works fine with the pump but wouldn’t start a mower. I put a small solar panel on the roof of the shed and the battery stays charged. When I need to fill up, I pop open a can, drop the suction hose on, flip the power switch and squeeze the nozzle. A minute later it’s full. Turn off the power, squeeze the handle and the whole thing drains back into the can. Pull the tube, coil it up, close the can, drive the tractor. Seems to be holding up just fine so far. YMMV.
(Edit..looks like it let me upload the picture! The one I received has a gas station type handle and about 10 feet of 10mm tubing and 2 clamps). Hope this helps.

 

Wacked my back a while ago and I’m having the same issue fueling my 3025e and other stuff.
I bought some 5gal mil cans in yellow and strapped them to a pallet which lets me use the forks to put them in and out of the truck bed to fill them at the station. I unload them and store the pallet with the full cans in the tractor shed.
I bought a 12v diesel transfer pump off eBay for $24 bucks with free shipping. The same model is sold under dozens of names and at crazy wild prices but they’re all the same. Chinese special. For whatever reason, I can’t seem to upload a picture but it’s the model with a prominent carry handle on top and typically ships with a gas station type nozzle, some tubing and a couple of hose clamps. Look up “Portable 12V DC Electric Fuel Transfer Pump Kerosene Oil Diesel” on eBay and sort by price.
I’ve got it hooked to an retired 12v car battery that works fine with the pump but wouldn’t start a mower. I put a small solar panel on the roof of the shed and the battery stays charged. When I need to fill up, I pop open a can, drop the suction hose on, flip the power switch and squeeze the nozzle. A minute later it’s full. Turn off the power, squeeze the handle and the whole thing drains back into the can. Pull the tube, coil it up, close the can, drive the tractor. Seems to be holding up just fine so far. YMMV.
(Edit..looks like it let me upload the picture! The one I received has a gas station type handle and about 10 feet of 10mm tubing and 2 clamps). Hope this helps.

I've been using one of these 12v pumps also for a while now and it really beats everything else I've tried. I prefer having 5 gallon cans for storage and loading and unloading from pickup but they became a real PITA for hoisting and pouring from them.

I first installed the pump on a hand cart. I mounted a small 12v battery with it and keep a battery minder on it when not in use. Rev 1:

Later decided to improve on that and put it on 4 wheels for easier moving and can now carry 4 cans, just move the hose to another one as needed. 20 gallons is all I care to store at a time.