Truck tanks

[tendermason]

Anyone ever think there plastic truck tank doesnt hold the amount of fluid it claims to ?

[TapTapTap]

I wouldn't expect it to be a problem. Did you calculate volume? 7.48 gal per cubic foot.

[bill m]

How accurate ( or un-accurate) do you think they are? This past weekend I hauled back a total of 900 gallons in 2 trips. With a sugar content of 2.1 I should have made 22 gallons of syrup. I made 23 which includes the sap from an additional 70 taps at the sugar house so I believe they are accurate. My tanks are a round one and an elliptical one.

[tbear]

I think our 65 gallon tank holds 65 gallons when full. I think the other markings, 10, 20, 30, 40,50 is rather subjective. Ten gallons in the middle of the ten mark? The bottom of the ten mark? The top of the mark? All that being said, our sugar content has tested between 3.2 and 4%.

[DrTimPerkins]

Typically those markings represent "nominal" volume....an approximation of the "true" volume in a tank. Basically...more or less.

[Sugarmaker]

Got to be closer than guessing at it! Keep boiling!
Regards,
Chris

[Michael Greer]

I've always been amused that you can go to Tractor Supply and get what they call a 170 gallon stock tank....but they come in units of three stacked inside each other. The biggest one is almost 5 inches longer than the small one.

[maple flats]

If you are using those tanks, and they are the galvanized tanks, they are not food grade.

[FanshaweGirl]

I've always been amused that you can go to Tractor Supply and get what they call a 170 gallon stock tank....but they come in units of three stacked inside each other. The biggest one is almost 5 inches longer than the small one.

Stock tanks are meant to be watering tanks for livestock. Sit on the ground and never move.

Poly tanks that have lids and drain spouts and are food grade are what people should be using for hauling sap in large quantities.

[Daveg]

I've always been amused that you can go to Tractor Supply and get what they call a 170 gallon stock tank....but they come in units of three stacked inside each other. The biggest one is almost 5 inches longer than the small one.19874 Aren't they tapered?

[Daveg]

Clean, stainless steel tanks are what industry uses for food and what the FDA recommends. All the milk trucks are stainless. They do not degrade from sunlight.

[sapman]

I use two Norwesco 1100 gallon tanks on my truck. According to my meter in the pump house, I've been able to get just under 2400 gallons in a load, and I'm loading on a bit of a slant on side of road.

[Super Sapper]

If you are using those tanks, and they are the galvanized tanks, they are not food grade.

There are poly stock tanks made with food grade material, I use 2 of them.