Store ~100 gallons gasoline?

 Is there any easy way for the average homeowner to store around 100
gallons of gasoline?  Obviously, 20 5-gallon cans are expensive and
difficult to store, my many plastic cans bulge in the summer (which
makes me a bit nervous), is there anything else I can do?  I'm
envisioning a 275-gallon fuel oil tank with a transfer pump to fill
the cars from, and regular gasoline deliveries, is that something
do-able without jumping thru lots of hoops (double tanks, yaddah,
yaddah, yaddah...)

Thanks for any thoughts!

   William P.N. Smith wrote:


2 55 gallon drums, and a drum pump, vent valve, etc - but you still may
have a problem actually getting fuel delivered. Also, the fire
department may not like it, & your insurance company may not like it.
Think about a house fire and the reason will be obvious. A typical farm
setup puts the fuel storage away from other buildings to reduce the
hazard.

IIRC, fuel oil tanks are not suited to gasoline, but I could be wrong.

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 William wrote:

Unless you live in a rural area, I think 20 used 5 gallon NATO "Jerry Cans"
stored in a ventilated shed away from your house is your best bet.  The NATO
cans are sturdy metal with rubber gaskets so they don't leak fumes and don't
bulge (much).

cheaperthandirt.com is a good source of the surplus cans.  You can order
them 9 at a time from them and don't need to pay extra shipping charges.

 someone@somewhere.org wrote:

Yeah, I got some from them, and (except for the fact that their nozzle
is built upside down and drips) they aren't bad.  Now I need to store
them, but my wife's (ahem) concerned about the fire hazard, are jerry
cans much of a fire hazard?  GeneratorJoes.net claims "These cans
withstand rigorous tests including; a fire test (full of gasoline) and
a drop test." but they don't actually say what kind of test it is.
I'll probably just keep a couple of them full and rotate them between
the lawn mower and snow blower, should I still bother with a separate
shed far from the house?

 On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 23:00:46 -0400, William P.N. Smith wrote:


Perhaps you could show your wife the simplicity of a vehicle fuel
tank, and explain the abuse those take. That might make her more
comfortable with gas cans. Either that, or she's going to want you to
park the car a block away from your house.  :-)

Wayne