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Thank you for the leads everyone! I will see what I can do.

I have an old Sears Log splitter. It has what I believe is a Barnes 200030 pump on it. The spool valve doesnt have a return detent so I have a bungie cord wrapped around it and I pull the bungie cord up to retract it while I am getting the next log. I know this isnt ideal but it has worked well...

Glad you got it figured out!!!

I have a 100 foot run from the boiler to the house. I went with the spray foam in the ground method. I dug a 30 inch deep trench shovel width. I dropped 4 one inch pex lines and had a closed cell spray foam guy come and just spray right in the hole. We lifted the pipes out and he sprayed about 3...

I was having some trouble finding 6 inch schedule 40 pipe 90 degree and T fittings but have found that the local fire protection company has them. Do you guys think these would be adequate to use for flue pipe fittings?

Yea I understand it is a bit more work. I just think that having a way to move the air under the fire is much more efficient than just blowing air at it from the door. My firebox is also going to be bigger since it is a 500 gallon, it is 37 inches across. I think I am going to put the fan on the...

Thanks comnrailpwr. That website does have what I am looking for. Looks like you didn't go with a grate system and ash clean out door. Any reason why not? I was planning to do one with mine.

Thanks for the tips so far. Ive got both tanks now, but haven't cut yet. I am looking for what to do for a flue pipe. My plan was to exit the rear of the firebox, head up about 6 inches and 90 degree and send the flue horizontal all the way to the front of the water jacket to maximize water...

You too must be thinking that the tank thickness is not thick enough. I believe that plenty of boiler manufacturers are making their water jackets in similar thickness to what a fuel tank is. Also I think that if I add two Anode rods in the water jacket that it will help greatly with slowing...

I am going to look at a 500 gallon Double walled 48 inch x 5 foot 1 inch fuel tank. I would like to know if anyone is familiar in how the double walled tanks are constructed and if there is any reason why one wouldn't work well as a water jacket? Thanks for any insight!

I haven't cut into the tank yet. Waiting on getting the water jacket. Do you guys think that a 500 gallon diesel skid tank would be to thin? they are typically 12-10 gauge I think.

Alright, it seems like everyone agrees that once the cut is started the danger is over. Hard for me to see much danger if the tank is totally full of water when the cut is started.

Ok, that will work well. I have no other holes in the tank, just the one that the valves were mounted on. so to get any air flowing I believe that I will have to fill it with water and drill a hole somewhere in the top just to give the exhaust somewhere to go at first before I start cutting...

Got the tank home today. A big tank to put in the back of a short bed Silverado! I got it out and its on the ground now. The guy said that he pulled the valve off yesterday to purge it and layed it on its side overnight. Really doesn't smell very much at all. I did notice though that if you...

I am actually more worried about cutting the propane tank than whatever fuel tank I get for the water jacket. Maybe my worries are irrational because of the fact about the mercaptain stinking up the propane tanks forever possibly giving you a false sense that there is still a flammable range...

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Anyone have any suggestions on what to use to run from the exhaust to the tank as a hose? Once I get it cut open I was thinking about building a fire inside and heating it right up to burn off/out anything remaining in the pores of the steel etc, sound like a...

LOL, My wife will be contacting my life insurance company first before she lets you guys know how it went. I didn't think that I would be able to cut with the torch since I figured that the water would dissipate the heat to quickly to get metal up to temperature. I guess I was wrong. I think...

I agree that a plasma cutter would work well. First problem is that I don't own one. Second thing is that I would like to cut this while it is full of water which rules out using a cutting torch. Not to many other good options unless I was to rent a K12 saw with a metal cutting blade and go that...

I currently am running a 22 year Old Hardy H4. Still going well but I know it can't live forever. I have decided to build my next OWB so when the time comes that the Hardy isn't serviceable or fixable I should be good to go. My plan is to use about 40 inches of an old 500 gallon propane tank...

oh_vrmntr Yes It is closed cell spray foam, no barrier between it and the soil. Closed cell foam is impervious to water. I lose around 1 Degree from the boiler to the HX in the house which is 75 feet underground and 25 feet running through the basement with just regular pipe insulation on...