A few things have occurred in the last couple of days. First of all I did manage to make the shelf that I wanted to have over the top cradle/drum in the fuel shed. Just like with the cradles I cut some 2x4's and nailed them to the studs and linked them with more 2x4's before cutting a piece of salvaged OSB from the old shed to lay over the wood to make the final shelf. On this shelf I set the two 25lb propane tanks I had stored in the old fuel shed. There's enough spacing between the shelf and the ceiling/roof that I'm able to put the tanks up there with some room to spare.
The next event was one of those sudden occurrences. The ole lady's baby SUV finally decided to smoke its alternator while she was out and about. So after getting it towed back to the house and me making an emergency auto zone purchase of a replacement alternator ($240 with core charge), I found myself outside after getting home from the job changing out an alternator. At least it went pretty easy and after finishing that the truck was back to charging like its supposed to. With that mini crisis averted I can now turn my attention back to the fuel shed. I did manage to finish emptying the remaining regular gas in the one drum sitting in the old fuel shed. After filling the two vehicles I had about one more 5 gallon can of gas I pulled from the drum. This gas had a bunch of sediment and rusty crap in it, no way that's going in any car. I did the next best thing, take my jug of old motor oil that I use for burning trash and put some of the shitty gas in with the oil. This will allow for a nice mixture that'll get any trash fire going pretty good. One of the other drums I planned on using also had some mineral spirits inside that I also salvaged for the same purpose. As for the cradles on the other side of the fuel shed, I made my measurements and cut the 2x4's needed to make the first cradle, then set the old regular gas drum in place on that cradle. I repeated the process with the top cradle and set the old mineral spirits drum atop that cradle. Everything went pretty smooth and fast all things considered. With the cradles and drums in place I can now cut the secondary support boards that I'll nail in place in the front and back of the two cradles to give it that added support for the weight it'll be holding when the drums are full. This will most likely happen tomorrow morning. More to come..
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