susanm56•2d agoOG Member

Finally swapped a hand pump for an electric transfer pump on my fuel truck

Spent 2 hours last Thursday pumping diesel by hand on a farm job in Bakersfield and my arm was killing me, so I went and got a 12V pump for $60. That thing moved 50 gallons in like 5 minutes and I felt like an idiot for not doing it sooner. Anyone else put off a simple upgrade and regret it?

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wendyk562d ago

Wait till you start noticing this pattern everywhere. People stick with hard workarounds for years because the initial setup cost or time feels like too much. I've seen guys at the shop spend 20 minutes wrestling with a frozen bolt when a $35 torch would have it loose in 30 seconds. Or people who hand tighten everything because they don't want to spend $15 on a decent torque wrench. It's like we treat our own time and energy as free when it's really the most expensive thing we've got.

the_eric2d ago

Even the cheap Harbor Freight torch pays for itself after one use...