Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank

Posted by Blue3992 on June 03, 2006 at 10:59:36 from (152.163.100.74):

I’ve got an old 300 gal gas tank that I mounted on a trailer. My plan was to fill it with water, attach a hose, and use it to put out fires. We hold bonfires at the back of our property on occasion, and it’s always a pain hauling a bunch of water down there to put it out.

Anyway, like I said, it’s a 300-gallon gas tank. It’s sat unused for about 10 years. I’ve already filled it up with water and let it drain, and it still smells strongly like gas.

Should I not be using this old gas tank for a fire-fighting rig? Is the water that comes out going to be so tainted that it’s going to kill any grass I put it on? Is it going to kill any critters that drink it? Not to be a tree-hugger, but how hazardous is the water going to be when it comes out of this thing?

Replies:

• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank dej(JED) 08:06:04 06/05/06 (0)
• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank RAB 01:42:13 06/04/06 (0)
• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank Dan-IA 17:11:38 06/03/06 (0)
• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank Matt from CT 13:45:56 06/03/06 (0)
• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank RustyFarmall 13:30:17 06/03/06 (0)
• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank john in la 11:57:24 06/03/06 (0)
• Picture Blue3992 11:35:05 06/03/06 (0)
• Re: Putting water in an old 300 gallon gas tank Nebraska Cowman 11:11:29 06/03/06 (0)

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