Ezflyr
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I thought I'd share the details of a project I recently completed, a fuel trailer for my Piper J3 Cub!
I built this fuel trailer mainly for convenience. We do have a self-serve fuel system at my home field, but it's on the opposite side of the field and is a ~30 minute round-trip process to fuel my Cub, and of course, an extra hand-start. The fuel trailer allows me the convenience of refueling in the hangar anytime I want, and then periodically driving to fill the tank with 100LL. The tank is 110 gallons, and the 15 GPM pump is 12V DC, powered by a small tractor battery. The battery is maintained by a float charger. There is a fuel quantity totalizer inline with the pump handle for keeping track of individual fills, and the total quantity of gas pumped.
The overall cost of the project was about $1,500, but you might have trouble doing that now as most of the parts were sourced last Summer & Fall.
Here are the parts I used, and the Summer/Fall 2021 prices:
Trailer: Northern Tool Item# 37560 ($300)
110 Gal. Tank & Fill-Rite FR1210 Pump: JME Ellsworth SKU: ATTTR110AFR1210 ($1000)
Filter: ACI34G 10 micron for gasoline ($50)
Meter: GPI01A In-line digital meter ($150)
A typical refueling of my Cub is about 6 to 8 gallons, so I expect roughly 15 refuelings between tank fills!
John
I thought I'd share the details of a project I recently completed, a fuel trailer for my Piper J3 Cub!
I built this fuel trailer mainly for convenience. We do have a self-serve fuel system at my home field, but it's on the opposite side of the field and is a ~30 minute round-trip process to fuel my Cub, and of course, an extra hand-start. The fuel trailer allows me the convenience of refueling in the hangar anytime I want, and then periodically driving to fill the tank with 100LL. The tank is 110 gallons, and the 15 GPM pump is 12V DC, powered by a small tractor battery. The battery is maintained by a float charger. There is a fuel quantity totalizer inline with the pump handle for keeping track of individual fills, and the total quantity of gas pumped.
The overall cost of the project was about $1,500, but you might have trouble doing that now as most of the parts were sourced last Summer & Fall.
Here are the parts I used, and the Summer/Fall 2021 prices:
Trailer: Northern Tool Item# 37560 ($300)
110 Gal. Tank & Fill-Rite FR1210 Pump: JME Ellsworth SKU: ATTTR110AFR1210 ($1000)
Filter: ACI34G 10 micron for gasoline ($50)
Meter: GPI01A In-line digital meter ($150)
A typical refueling of my Cub is about 6 to 8 gallons, so I expect roughly 15 refuelings between tank fills!
John
