Refuelling diggers.

[ToughButterCup]

Has anybody found a foolproof way of refuelling a digger without spilling bits of diesel. I don't know how many times I've refuelled Digger on site and I think I've maybe not spilt diesel just once out of all those times. I sometimes think that the last thing any Digger manufacturer thinks about is how difficult it's going to be to refuel their machine.

Surely they can come up with an easy, safe way of preventing fuel spills. 

 

Anyway, anybody regularly fuel their digger without a drop of diesel being spilt?

 

[Dave Jones]

get a jerry can and a breathable spout. You wont spill a drop.

 

https://www.toolstation.com/jerry-can/p77106?store=MQ&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed

 

[ToughButterCup]

Ah, Dave.... If only that were the case, I have a breathable spout. I have a Jerry can. But last time I didn't notice that the seal in the Jerry can was poorly fitted. Just enough to cause a leak. 

 

So I spilled a whole load.

[Russell griffiths]

Er, funnel 

bigger newer machines have their own pump, put it in the drum and turn the switch on. 

[Kelvin]

Use a syphon pump. 

[joe90]

1 hour ago, ToughButterCup said:

Anyway, anybody regularly fuel their digger without a drop of diesel being spilt?

NO 🙄

[ToughButterCup]

1 hour ago, Russell griffiths said:

Er, funnel ...

 , and that means 

I have four Russ: one for white, one for red, one for petrol.  On many of the smaller machines, the filler tube is placed almost always in such a way as to make the funnel -flop- one way or the other and that means the funnel wobbles. And so spills.

Yes bigger machines are more sensibly organised. But smaller ones are a nightmare.

 

@Kelvin - syphon pump.... good idea. Recommendations ? Please!  The ones I've seen on Tinternet seem cheap and nasty - or very expensive.

Edited June 26, 2024 by ToughButterCup

[Kelvin]

I have something like this. Nice and simple. 
 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro-craft-fuel-transfer-siphon-tool-10mm/219PG?tc=UC4&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-O6zBhASEiwAOHeGxfNemsw8U96sWkdqCMAYqGm9g0vvOgiI-btJeX1JyQxj6SifdxWWLxoCF_IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[SteamyTea]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/flintronic-Petrol-Transfer-Gasoline-Solvent/dp/B0BKKZM6LX/ref=mp_s_a_1_3

 

About the same as a gallon of fuel.

 

 

Edited June 26, 2024 by SteamyTea

[Iceverge]

Those syphons are very slow. 

 

I have a big 5l jug with a big spout that I transfer the drum fuel to first. 

 

Seems to be tidy enough.