Diesel/heating oil tank - steel or plastic?

[carpenter1]

I get 3 200lt barrels filled at a time no problems

[richy_B]

Handy thred as now running two tractors my little 450ltr tank is looking rather small!

Company I use also happy to put into drums so get 600 at a time to tip into next price bracket if I got over 1000 it'd be a little cheaper again so might get something a bit bigger soon

 

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Part of choice for the tank too. Over 500l knocked 12p off.

[scbk]

Phoned one of the oil suppliers, girl in the office said no chance of delivery to drums or an ibc - think it was a case of computer says no

 

I bet the driver would do it anyway!

[fonzy]

I'd question it and state you know of others else where in the country that do it with no issues. Where does it state this is not allowed? Etc.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Part of choice for the tank too. Over 500l knocked 12p off.

 

12p/litre for going over 500L? Crike that's good. 500L (minimum order) was 55.9p vs 54.9p per litre for 1000 here.

[Al Cormack]

All you need to know about a storage regulations.

 

IBC containers are fine if of a certain standard.

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-oil-at-a-home-or-business#design-standards-for-containers

 

 

http://www.cormacktreecare.co.uk

[Daniël Bos]

All you need to know about a storage regulations.

 

IBC containers are fine if of a certain standard.

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-oil-at-a-home-or-business#design-standards-for-containers

 

 

http://www.cormacktreecare.co.uk

Ibc containers are fine, when they meet the standard, but must be bunded.

 

Drums are fine too, but must also have a secondary containment in place with a capacity of at least a quarter of all the oil that could be stored.

 

The above goes for any container of 201l or more, so a series of 200l drums may be exempt (?)

 

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[scbk]

Just to update, was speaking to a mate and he said he had a black ibc tank with no cage, and a small trailer.

 

I had an IBC cage here, so with the addition of a tap off ebay I built a small bowser out of it.

 

Obviously it doesn't meet the regulations as it's not in a bund.

 

 

The driver was fine with pumping 500l of red diesel into it :thumbup1: