Pulling 1000 Gallon Oil Tank, Why you SHOULD buy a property with underground tank

[@verek1]

Post, we all know you have a rake and could have gotten that out on your own. It was very generous of you to let these local equipment operators come out and have some work to do

[@patclarke4619]

What a wonderful few days we’ve had , one after another , your spoiling us Post , but we’re loving it so don’t stop please x

[@maxkronader5225]

There's no end to the stuff you get involved with. One day it's an abandoned train roundhouse, the next it's an angry beaver attack, now an abandoned fuel oil tank cleanup. There's no such thing as getting tired of the same old routine on your channel! 👍

[@MMHOH58DR]

Post, I have learned more in your videos then in a class with osha standards. Thanks for your informational adventure

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Totally. I live in Southern California where it's a challenge to be able to believe even the so called professionals. This man I trust.

[@craignewman6709]

I forgot that you used to do home inspections, you have an all around knowledge of a lot of things. You are a valuable resource for many topics post.

[@CatnamedMittens]

I didn't know he did them. I knew the other ones.

[@scottlin7876]

Post is a walking encyclopedia. Cut both ends of the tank to make a training culvert and give classes on how to unclog culverts. You could make millions.

[@kevinfinney8237]

Post 10 knows stuff. Useful and important stuff. Always useful and enlightening.

[@Rooster2628]

So true!

[@NPzed]

A culverted tank one might say

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

It is generous of you to share this important information. Buyers and sellers get nervous about these ins and outs and tend to find an "anybody" to say what they want to hear rather than taking charge of the situation. You have a calming effect. People are more apt to pay attention to this information this environment. Thanks Post 10. I learn new things from you each week. Safe travels to you.

[@ohgeeznotanother6719]

I'm never bored when I click on your videos, I love how you always put out something different. I watch everything you post. You have been spoiling us with all the content lately, but I'm not complaining. Me and my sister will let each other know when you post and immediately come and watch it. Thank you so much for the videos.

[@topgazza]

Love these informative videos. Post should have his own TV channel

[@wheelitzr2]

So I have been watching your videos for a couple weeks now and I will have to admit that I underestimated your knowledge, you have said things in this video that very very few people could truly understand or would know from anything other than experience. Nice work, and thank you for sharing!

[@matt08015]

Tank Masters environmental is a good channel to watch this kind of content These guys do it every day very cool guy just seeing the stuff they run in to

[@Zeydarchist]

Mr Post with these amazing edits! As well, holy shit this is mad informative lol thank you! Post 10 and Post friends, filling holes and removing oil tanks! Hell yeah!

[@iroll]

Great video! I'm an environmental engineer and we call these 'tank yanks'.

[@BourneAccident]

At 8:06 he talks about fill and vent codes. It is true that for residential applications, there were new installation codes passed that did require a 2" fill and a 2" vent pipe. But shortly thereafter, the new code requiring a 2" vent was changed under review by the powers that be. The current code for residential is 2" fill and a 1 1/4" vent pipe. If you think about it, a vent alarm is only a 3/4" opening, so the 2" vent was not necessary and kind of ridiculous since air compresses easily, but oil doesn't. I know this because I just had two oil tanks installed at my house. Plus I looked all this up (NFPA31 codes and revisions).

[@janblake9468]

I had an environmental license in CA and did commercial tank removals for 10 years (1990's). CA is strict with standards and procedures. Also conducted soil and ground water investigations under tanks.

[@lordjaashin]

sad that all that environmental laws don't mean anything with China and India polluting the planet so much that any environmental improvement by US and EU is undone

[@garbanzobeans6228]

@@lordjaashin It does make a difference for the local.

[@lordjaashin]

@@garbanzobeans6228 not in longer and bigger picture. the pollutants dumped by China and India will remain in the same planet that US and EU share. you might not see the effects in short term but finally all those pollutants will catch up and start having effect locally. just look at the abnormal weather that we are facing this year.

[@lordjaashin]

@@garbanzobeans6228 not in longer and bigger picture. the pollutants dumped by China and India will remain in the same planet that US and EU share. you might not see the effects in short term but finally all those pollutants will catch up and start having effect locally. just look at the abnormal weather that we are facing this year.

[@JohnMichaelson]

Before natural gas came in to the neighborhood the posher houses in rural Utah had fuel oil tanks instead of coal fireplaces or heaters. A lot of people don't even know they're there when they buy or sell. We had a home that had one but it wasn't on any disclosures when my grandparents bought it. Inspector noticed it when they went to sell and move. The buyers didn't care, we just disclosed it and moved on.

[@donevans1884]

post knows more than most people i know , such an interesting video .

[@Alex.AL_26]

I work for a local municipality and when filling up our trucks in the morning I always wondered why the diesel was red, but now that you mention it is for non taxable use it makes perfect sense.

[@josephking6515]

It is also to make it easy for the little fellas with the guns, uniforms and badges to see it you are illegally running untaxed fuel.

[@meemoleem9123]

Tysm, Post! Great info, once again. Mitigation is crazy expensive, best be careful. 👍👏👏👏👏

[@Tbird1549]

Another great learning video! Thanks! Stay safe and stay healthy!

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

Very nice video this one also and with a lot of good information, Post 10!

[@michellefletcher3428]

Hey Post 10! Thanks for taking viewers like me on an environmental excursion! Tim, you would make a great mentor to kids whose are followed by insecurities and low self esteem! Nature has a way of bringing the best out in all of us! I still like seeing the documentary of “Alone in the Wilderness” on dvd! Keep up the good work Post 10!🌿🌱🌳

[@PX-dm8po]

I have never seen a gauge like that what a good idea.

[@nanvolentine9110]

Interesting and informative, you know so much about so many things. I'm glad my oil tank is in the basement!

[@janeevans7567]

I don't have a clue what you're talking about most of the time but I could listen to it all day 🤣👍

[@ThePentadecagon]

so if i want a cheaper house old oil tanks are good noted, thanks for the info man its nice to know someone knows there shit in this mess.

[@johncecak6950]

My grandparents had an underground heating oil tank in the 70s. I was maybe 4 or 5 at the time. I had seen the truck come and fill it a few times so I thought I'd help grandpa out and fill it too. Except with the garden hose lol

[@chrisvto3628]

You’re spoiling us Post 10 . Be good . Thanks for all the videos this week helps me out to relax after a stressful day of work

[@davidwest3903]

I appreciate the rhododendron pictures instead of blurring the logo, very classy.

[@cathiwim]

Oh, thats what that was for!! Lol

[@letsgoblue9596]

I can only think of one good use for a tank that’s this big. Single room bedroom. Of course clean it out and then make it like ya want. Just is it a GOOD idea.

[@post.10]

Tanks were extremely huge in the 1970s because fuel is uncertain and you would fill up for a few years while you could with all the wars going on

[@letsgoblue9596]

@@post.10 there was an unused one sitting in a forest near Werder, Germany. I’d usually go in the middle of the night an wake everyone up because it was huge and hollow. Sadly they took it down a few years back, so no more fun :c

[@lordjaashin]

you first worlders are weird bunch

[@letsgoblue9596]

@@lordjaashin I’m living in America right now. I promise I will find you and give you a nice lunch. May be tomorrow, may be next year, who knows.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

great idea....i was thinking of an overly Huge grill 🤣🤣

[@cle3995]

Here in Germany the under ground tanks must be double-walled with glycol in between. The state comes out every 2 years to check for leaks. Mine holds 2600 gallons of oil and is from 73. You also can't just abandon it. You need a certified company to get it cleaned out and filled with sand.

[@paolagrando5079]

I'm not in the States and I'll, probably, never be able to buy my own house, but I find this video interesting (as I'm writing the last word I can hear your voice saying it 😸)

[@alexbradshaw3291]

Very informative! Great video

[@pheurbelvls3710]

Always learning something, love seeing big machines work.💚💚

[@TankMastersEnvironmental]

Very cool Post, good job

[@Fatschwab]

Post - you continue to put out great content. Keep it up!

[@georgeionescu6425]

this guy is a living encyclopedy,hope you will do these kind of things for decades to come

[@minotaurmikeftwmike7712]

Ben, that’s a downside

[@justjan147]

Post, wow! So much information. Those home underground tanks must be regional. The part of the Midwest I live in typically you'll only see those underground tanks used commercially. Homes using fuel tanks are typically propane and they are above ground, even our farmers use the above ground tanks. So all of the info you shared was new to me. Thanks Post10!

[@post.10]

In a region like this that gets -40 or -50 Fahrenheit in the winter diesel fuel is the best choice because it's more efficient when Heating in those extremely cold climates, it gives off more BTUs

[@elisabethbenders-hyde5286]

I'm always amazed at the knowledge you have on so many different things. Red dye in the diesel fuel was new to me, although my husband was in the business.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Interesting video. I was amused by the machine patting down the dirt. Neat. Wonder what will be done with the old tank. Culvert maybe? Thanks Postie for the fun video.

[@CosmicStargoat]

Your knowledge is amazing.

[@eddiek0507]

Interesting Video Post 10, You are very knowledgeable in this area...😃👍🇬🇧

[@jasonnikolic]

Hey Mr. post10, first thing I noticed is the watermark is way less distracting, You legend! Your videos are now perfection.

[@post.10]

No it's just an older video before the new Watermark was required

[@jasonnikolic]

@@post.10 That's a shame

[@hevchip741]

Very educational, thanks for sharing

[@celebrityxcruises8087]

We only have our water tank underground The propane tank is outside just behind our house The sewage tanks are 10 feet from the house

[@jefflong3200]

I was wondering why the squeegee at my local gas station seemed to be oily when I used it, now I know! Very interesting Post.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thanks for the video. Very informative. 😊👍🇺🇸

[@chrisryan5339]

Very interesting thanks. Chris from England

[@DoubleD19788]

This was really cool to see!

[@annahasty7191]

Very interesting and useful information. Thank you. 😁

[@LuckyStone888]

Very interesting. More informative than i had expected. I just don't understand the thumbs down, but people are weird. Great video, thanks

[@MrMustangMan]

hating trolls give thumbs down on everything no matter what it is.....

[@gerardshort6149]

Where i live they built a Aldi store over a old petrol station . When they got the tanks out they weren't allowed to build on it for over 2 years . I really enjoyed that as in the UK red diesel is for tractors and farm vechiles if anybody else found using it there is a big fine .

[@krisraps]

Ouu! Just Learned a lot of stuff from this video, Thanks

[@jobellecollie7139]

As strange as this may seem, I was thinking about the land I'm building a home on. It has a well for water and small pond. But I was thinking how could I put in an in-ground cistern to collect rain water? Water is the one item you can't get if it's gone.

[@post.10]

There's a lot of places you can order underground water tanks from and I know most eastern states will allow you to collect rainwater to fill them.

[@rupe53]

Jobelle .... look around for a gas station that's replacing their tanks and ask about it. (it will be 10 - 20,000 gallon fiberglass) You might get a tank for the cost of trucking it across town. The tanks need to be cleaned by the contractor before disposal so you can use it for anything EXCEPT a potable water supply. Our local fire department has done this several times to aid in having water available in areas without hydrants or ponds.

[@katheryn6748]

@@post.10 wait, in USA some governments can forbid collecting rain? wtf is this

[@post.10]

@@katheryn6748 yes and most western states they have a law that you need a permit to collect rainwater, it's illegal to collect rainwater in Western States because it takes away at from the water aquifer underground that the rainwater would eventually hit.

[@post.10]

But then again unless you have City sewers you're basically putting it back so I don't see what the issue is if you're using it for household water and dumping it back in your leach field

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I didn't understand the picture of the flower at first, but then it hit me. You're covering the company name on the backhoe.

[@STOG01]

A nice storage tank for fuel is a great thing. Properly set up and checked regularly though. Even a hurricane or tornado wouldn't trouble it.

[@buttonsjr]

I do phase 1 and phase 2 environmental site assessments on the side for banks and LUSTs Leaking Undergrounds Storage Tanks are the biggest concern followed by Dry Cleaners.

[@pirigonzalez5329]

You always amaze me.

[@themechanic9226]

Tanks for another great video. 😆

[@timwalton57]

Very interesting 👌 Thanks !

[@robertschemonia5617]

I live in southern illinois. We don't have oil fired heat around here. Or at least I've never seen any. LOTS of propane, natural gas, electric (expensive AF), and of course, wood. I personally prefer to heat with wood. That being said, I have 220 acres behind my house that floods semi regularly and brings in a ton of logs that are great for firewood. And I collect antique chainsaws, so that just gives me an excuse to use them.

[@post.10]

I don't know how your weather is there but around here in maine sometimes they can dip as low as -40 or -50 Fahrenheit and Diesel is the most efficient as far as BTU output so that's why we use it

[@robertschemonia5617]

@@post.10 I have been to Maine once. Drove to Agusta to pick up an industrial guillotine paper cutter for the print shop my dad worked at. Absolutely LOVED it up there. I have told my wife more than once that if it were up to me, we would already be living there. And as far as the weather goes, winter can dip to just a few degrees, with wind chill into the negatives. Summer is hot, usually humid, and prone to random torrential downpours and thunderstorms. I personally like the thunderstorms, and the sporadic tornado. I would also rather be in a cooler climate, because when it is cold, I can always add more layers. When its hot, I can only take so many off before I get arrested. And, Henry Ford once said, "the man who cuts his own firewood will be warm twice."

[@viperstrike3827]

Here in Mississippi I live with my grandparents and they keep it HOT!! in the house. We went through 400 gallons of propane last year. I have never seen it get to 0 here. Some winters will only give us a thin layer of ice on the bird bath a couple times. Alot of people use propane and wood, but the vast majority use electric.

[@AiMR]

Over here we had a Texaco station's fuel tanks leak over many years. It contaminated the well water for over half a mile around it. The station is now abandoned and it cost them million$ in cleanup and re-digging people's wells deeper.

[@deborahrobertson323]

Luv you, Post, and all these great videos.

[@PamelasEngel]

Great info! Thanks for sharing :)

[@deephorizon1365]

Thought I was on the Tankmasters Environmental channel that you recommended 😂

[@raventhomas9232]

Very good information post 10 ❤️ awesome!!

[@raventhomas9232]

Thank you for the ❤️ post 10 love ya big guy

[@OOOHBILLY]

I didn’t skip a home inspection. Glad I didn’t. Got about $25k off asking back when the market was super hot in my area.

[@son-my8rb]

Lov your content learning things and is positive 👌

[@Sharkkbbite]

Thanks for the info on that

[@Doormanswift]

Was it just me or did anyone else feel a little awkward looking at that hole in the ground?

[@beatfarmerfan]

Yeah, it was a little hard on the eyes..🤣

[@nmcgunagle]

Yes, very hard

[@lordjaashin]

what do you mean?

[@lesleyvick5164]

Majority of the housing in the UK have mains water, electricity, gas and sewage drains. As soon as you move out of the city/towns, etc, is where you get septic tanks and oil tanks, etc. The owners of the septic tanks pay a company to empty them every so often. Also it depends on when the house was built

[@thetezz0001]

Great footage as always bro

[@Seat1AJoe]

Post10 never stops being busy.

[@Ackerman-ti1fc]

Another great video Post 10

[@jeffc6317]

Whoa, this video smells so new.

[@bottomup12]

The guys at Tank Masters do these every day. Brian has given Post 10 a shoutout on some videos.

[@mrmatt2525able]

Great video

[@alberteinstein9176]

Owning a property that has a hazardous UST isn't a wise idea especially if you or your neighbors have well water. You as the tank owner are 100% responsible for ANY leaking and damage to near by wells or water shed areas or resurvors. Upon selling the property you also need to provide a "Bill of Health" to the new buyer from the Fire Marshal and the DEP attesting to the property is free from all contamination. I've installed and removed USTs as large as 10,000 gallons. If you choose to buy a property with a UST. Make the seller not you to remove the tank and any contamination. If that tank has leaked, the tank owner will be paying huge bucks for clean up. If the tank had gasoline, benzine is a known cancer causing agent contained in gasoline. Thomas Dutkiewicz Hazardous Material Specialist

[@post.10]

In the state that this tank was removed from it is not the homeowner's responsibility it's the state's responsibility to clean it up because they understand that people cannot afford to do it themselves. Also read the description nothing actually happened

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Until I saw an underground home heating oil tank on an episode of Homes with Holmes a few years ago, I thought they were always in the basement of the house like it was in every oil-heated house I lived in.

[@cathiwim]

They generally put them in the basement in the older cities up north, (my husbands childhood home in Petersburg VA had an oil tank in the basement), i guess for aesthetic reasons.

[@ryanlocke1875]

Love the videos man keep it up!

[@amandagirl8042]

now there is a rookie operator and wow that machine needs some bushings lol

[@dougackerman4182]

Interesting video

[@kevinpoore5626]

Well I'm not sure about here in South Carolina but I have been an excavator operator on a few clean up jobs and usually the homeowners insurance only pay up to x amount but I actually removed three backyards one time couldn't tell you how many hundreds of cubic yards that was all contaminated by above ground either way good video some places people are lucky

[@post.10]

No this is a state program I'm talking about after you show proof your insurance will not cover it

[@kevinpoore5626]

@@post.10 well at least you're state has a program like that I'm not home since you're here I was just a hired operator who had hazmat training

[@Paul-hy6rp]

What on earth will you get involved with next, such a spread of subjects you cover, very interesting.

[@sandybarnes887]

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a new video from letsdig18 😄

[@scottl8137]

Usually the town or city fire Marshall want to be onsite when the tank is actually removed from the ground. I've pulled anywhere from 500 to 10,000 gallon tanks in western mass and Hartford area of CT. And was always told to call when ready to pull. They also want the bottom and side samples taken at that time too and put in clean glass jars. Was the fire Marshall there when tank was pulled?

[@post.10]

No somebody from the state was there and they were taking small samples from each corner of the tank and under the tank in baggies and using a machine to detect oil

[@petre883]

A new fire tornado ????🌪 🔥 😍

[@petre883]

Rip fire tornado idea (cuts the tank 😢

[@wandamorales421]

Very interesting 🧐

[@carlamccollough897]

Thank u Post 10 that was interesting 💖

[@smtpgirl]

Luckily our underground oil tank was removed for an above ground tank. It wasn't leaking but we were concerned about the tank. The tank was close to empty and our local energy service removed the tank, the vent pipe and installed a new above ground tank. The oil tank is smaller but I am not one to blast heat in the winter and our wood stove could get us through if this happened. We still have well water, but the county installed a sewage grinder and removed the septic system and put us on the water and sewer system.

[@post.10]

Oil tanks were only huge back in the 1970s and 80s because fuel was uncertain and you would fill up for a few years when you could because of ongoing Wars prioritizing

[@Patchogs]

That looks a little too heavy for the rake...

[@TankMastersEnvironmental]

Nice Job Post

[@desert-walker]

Cool😊

[@mikekatras772]

Very educational and entertaining thanks for the information.🇺🇸👮🏻‍♂️

[@samburke8595]

What's with the pink flower at 11.47...

[@KonaSquid]

probably censoring sensitive information and/or the worker.

[@answeranyone]

Milled lumber needs to be inspected and stamped for structural use which could make it cost prohibitive.

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Wow what's next 😮

[@cathiwim]

This is the second time ive watched this, to see what i missed the first time

[@dannyrivera9805]

Seems like old technology is much better, for example that gauge. Nice souvenir.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Interesting...