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dang!... all these calculations for different tank sizes and composition (steel vs aluminum vs fiberglass) when you could have just poured hot water over it?
A $10 luggage scale. Since it goes up to 100 pounds we can also for the trout we catch.Benny, serious question: how do you weight it on the boat? Do you have a scale? I usually leave our bathroom scale at home when I go cruising.
Here's a rough scale. Block at the end of the boom, line tied to tank, through the block and tied to a twenty pound anchor held one foot off the deck. Anchor touches the deck, time for a refill. Works if the empty tank is slightly less than twenty pounds.Benny, serious question: how do you weight it on the boat? Do you have a scale? I usually leave our bathroom scale at home when I go cruising.
Well, you got me, I was just illustrating a more accurate method. In the boat I now use the pick up and shake method and let my time developed sense of the slosh I feel inside the tank indicate a good enough approximation of the fuel available. Like centerline says there is no need to worry too much as long as you know the spare tank is full. I still use the weight method on the tanks for the RV before going on a trip.Benny, serious question: how do you weight it on the boat? Do you have a scale? I usually leave our bathroom scale at home when I go cruising.
If I have to remove the tank from its fitting and locker to do a test, I'd just as soon get the thing filled if I'm ashore. That is, if you think you're soon to run out-fill it; if you do run out, then you don't need the test.Benny, serious question: how do you weight it on the boat? Do you have a scale? I usually leave our bathroom scale at home when I go cruising.
