MX1825 wrote:

How would one of these work. It siphons or pumps depending on which way you turn the crank.
Had one in my automotive shop and ran it with a half inch drill.

That can help partially, but not completely, solve the problem for many.

Take this customer for example. He was using a pair of caddies like that, 30 gallon claimed capacity each. He had problems with the rough terrain, heavy weight making them hard to load/unload, and inability to fill them to their claimed capacity saying he could only get about 20 gallons in each of them reliably without spillage happening during transport.

He bought two of our products. Uses them to gas up his rental boats. Seems pretty happy with them.

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dirtywater wrote:

If it wasn’t obvious from Jerry digging up two old posts to share this product…

I looked for info on sponsoring the site…. seems relevant…. I was unable to find any info though.

Yes. I created it. Yes, I’m working to turn it into a business that can support my family while manufacturing product here in the USA.

And yes, it’s the best solution I’ve ever seen for fueling boats, particularly if you have your own dock. That’s where I came up with it. As you can read about in the blog post if you’re interested.

Very solid.

On average in recent years, I fill my boat up about twice a week. ~50 gallons each time. 6 month long season here in GA roughly (26 weeks).

2 x 50 x 26 = 2600 gallons a year.

My marina’s gas price, when I called them Saturday to check, was $5.65/gallon. My local gas stations price for comparable fuel was $3.25/gallon.

I saved $2.40/gallon. That’s $6,240/year.

So yeah it saves me a ton of money, but what it really saves is MY BACK…. and about 30 minutes of time every time I fill up.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

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Have y’all seen these things? Total gamechanger. Makes moving 50 gallons across rough terrain easy as the motor and brakes do all the hard work. Super easy to load/unload even when full. I’ll never go back to doing it any other way. Saves me a ton of money, but more than that… it saves me so much time!

Cool, but $4,500 for that thing though?!?

Yeah but there’s a coupon for $500 off of that still so you can get one for just under $4000, and yeah that probably won’t make sense for everybody. I go through a lot of fuel and probably save $5000/year or more. And it’s a LOT faster than any other method, I’ve tried em all.

Lots of boat people use em, construction peeps, airplane peeps, etc.

shefland wrote:

down side for me is you still have to lift it in and out of your truck, not happening for me in those larger containers

That’s the beauty of it though– it climbs ramps easily using the motor, and comes down them nice and controlled/slowly using the brakes. It does the hard work for you.

Here’s the ultimate solution. An electric/motorized 50 gallon fuel caddy. It makes moving 50 gallons across rough terrain easy as the motor and brakes do all the hard work. It’s easy to load/unload using ramps and a truck even when full. I’ll never go back to doing it any other way. Saves me a ton of money, but more than that… it saves so much time, and I can’t buy any more of that…..

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Have y’all seen these things? Total gamechanger. Makes moving 50 gallons across rough terrain easy as the motor and brakes do all the hard work. Super easy to load/unload even when full. I’ll never go back to doing it any other way. Saves me a ton of money, but more than that… it saves me so much time!

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I’d try to get a rope (clothesline would work) tied or hooked to it to drag it away from a distance and maybe flip it over. Tie/hook it at night when they’re more docile.