We use a Chieftain bowser with fuel delivered by CYMA. They, and Warter, will also supply or fill 200 litre drums. Driver needs an ADR ticket on a public road unless in a tractor. The Chieftain bowser has a mickey-mouse lock, so we modified it, but there are not many AVGAS thieves in this part of the UK.
Are you really sure? http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/double-digit-increase-in-crime-in-isle-of-man-1-6651627
That’s really related to an incident that happened in Jan/Feb, and was house burglars in towns who are not noted to going to airfields looking for drums of avgas (or even knowing that they have any value at all)
Peter wrote:
And a 200 litre drum needs a forklift
They are round!!! Just roll them.
Islands tend to have less crime, because getting off them isn’t so easy 
However GA – at least in the UK – remains relatively (not entirely!) undiscovered by vandals, and I wonder how long this will continue.
Overflight agents who arrange for avgas drums to be pre-positioned (for e.g. flights UK to South Africa) do say they can be stolen before you use them… but then we are talking about Africa! The entry level for security is going to be an AK47, I guess.
…the fuel still will be there the next day.
Are you really sure? http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/double-digit-increase-in-crime-in-isle-of-man-1-6651627
The problem with fuel at farm strips is the question of whether it will still be there when you return the next day
This is why I love the Isle of Man. This question doesn’t arise, the fuel still will be there the next day.
The problem with fuel at farm strips is the question of whether it will still be there when you return the next day
OK; a good point. You can move 200L drums with a “trolley”.
However, that will work only on a smooth surface like a concrete warehouse floor.
Isn’t avgas expensive in drums? One does find it in drums in Greece (LGST especially comes to mind) and it is around €3.50/L.
Peter
we move 200ltr drums al lthe time
similar type
we also get the fuel supplied with 200ltr drums on pallets all over europe (different application not for airplanes)
http://www.directindustry.de/prod/sall-srl/product-20817-59389.html
If you’re looking for an improved jerry can method, a large Turtle Pac can help. I have a 400l TurtlePac and it is extremely handy because it takes no space and weight when it is empty. It’s got a safe pump connected. You can put it in the plane (it will take the shape of the available space), fill it from the filler hose that goes out of the plane or you can put it in a car and fill somewhere else.
Many (most?) German GA airfields will tolerate filling jerry cans. Filling a turtle pack with a filler hose is usually not a problem. Should there be a problem, then I can fill the wing tanks, pump the content into the turtle pack and have them fill the wing tanks again. That is the last resort.
