The old Conoco station in northeast Missouri that my family operated since 1934 had three tanks, 2000, 1500, & 500 gallons. Back in the eighties we were given the opportunity to purchase the tanks or close. We wisely took the option to close. One of the things that drove the decision was that you could not completely fill any of the three tanks. Our bulk fuel reseller had to remove all three tanks and it was a weeks works to get all tree out of the ground and the area properly 'sanitized' for reuse. While working it looked like you could drop the entire building in the hole............. Route 66 Rider! Ramon Hill Live Long and Be Free ================================ -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kim Brennan Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 11:03 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Stranded - my first heartbreak How curious that you mention this. Down near my WV place the local store (Bower's Store) in Sugar Grove just had to upgrade his gas tanks. Of course he only has regular and diesel so I don't always get gas there (for my SVX powered Westy). In WV gas pumps are usually every 30, 40 miles...but they might not be OPEN for business. They aren't 24 hour places like you get used to around cities. After 8pm you might have to travel 100+ miles between open gas stations.
On Dec 7, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Gary Bawden wrote: > but since the EPA started to pay attention to leaking gasoline storage > tanks, many of the mom & pop gas stations have gone the way of the > dodo, rather than spend the big bucks required to upgrade |
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