A few random questions...

[Benthosboy]

Hello chaps, and season's greetings to one and all. Once again, I seek the wisdom of yourselves.

Firstly, I have a small touring caravan that's surplus to requirements. I bought it 2 years ago when it looked like I might have to find work away from home, but then returned to heavy haulage (which ironically keeps me away from home most weeks ). What's the best way to get rid? I haven't really got the time to break it up for the chassis so would fleabay be the best bet??

Secondly, I've acquired 2 steel 5 galleon jerry cans which smell as if they've been used to carry fuel of some sort. What's good for cleaning them out? I intend to fill one with diesel and keep it on my lorry for emergency purposes. (sadly, fuel theft from lorries is at eperdemic levels and as I'm sometimes forced to "overnight" in less then salubrious areas, a spare 5 galleon would make me feel a whole lot safer. Having your tank emptied is bad enough but add to it the cost of calling someone out to bring some diesel and it starts to get silly )

Thanks, as always, in advance.

Martyn.

 

[brightspark]

shot half a gallon of petrol in them and give em a good shake out and empty . it will clean any sludge or crap out if there slightly rusty shot a few pebbles in with the petrol and give a good shake

 

[armalites]

Ebay probably best for caravan

Best way to clean the jerry cans is either

Jetwash them out and let them dry thoroughly.

Proabably easiest way is to put a small amount of diesel in it and give it a good shake and dispose of the contents in a safe/environmental way.

 

[pedrobedro]

Wash some gravel in a sieve to get the sand out then use the pebbles and diesel in the cans and shake them thoroughly to get any loose flakes out. Then you can pressure wash it and rinse it out before you fill it with diesel. It's best to use a filter funnel when you pour it into the lorry as well.

 

[Wedg1e]

A mate of mine worked at a secure psychiatric hospital (the one Gazza ended up in)... they had their own diesel generator in case of mains cuts (the electronic doors would open if the mains failed!). Anyway, they had a good few 25L drums of diesel stacked up ready for use. The staff came in one day to find most of them had been emptied, but a few hadn't been touched.
So the guys decided to leave the untouched ones where they lay, but add a couple of bags of sugar to each one
Sure enough, next morning the drums were all empty...

 

[normspanners]

Ba&tards THATS what happened to my Disco took me ages to get the pump sorted!

 

[madkayaker]

My dad worked at a secure mental unit and they had a bus nicked the only place on site not CCTV was the bus yard!

 

[superls]

Hello chaps, and season's greetings to one and all. Once again, I seek the wisdom of yourselves.

Firstly, I have a small touring caravan that's surplus to requirements. I bought it 2 years ago when it looked like I might have to find work away from home, but then returned to heavy haulage (which ironically keeps me away from home most weeks ). What's the best way to get rid? I haven't really got the time to break it up for the chassis so would fleabay be the best bet??

Secondly, I've acquired 2 steel 5 galleon jerry cans which smell as if they've been used to carry fuel of some sort. What's good for cleaning them out? I intend to fill one with diesel and keep it on my lorry for emergency purposes. (sadly, fuel theft from lorries is at eperdemic levels and as I'm sometimes forced to "overnight" in less then salubrious areas, a spare 5 galleon would make me feel a whole lot safer. Having your tank emptied is bad enough but add to it the cost of calling someone out to bring some diesel and it starts to get silly )

Thanks, as always, in advance.

Martyn.

I'd possible be interested in a few more details of this caravan, pm me if you dont mind