tag for oil tank

[Ken Meyer]

First time I've seen one of these. It was nailed to the lowest siding course near the oil tank vent and filler pipe. It has many coats of paint on it, and is barely legible. I enhanced it to make it more readable, it seems to say for tank size 620 (gallons), and tank location ' 6 8". Does the location mean 6' 8" from the foundation, or something else?

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[waynesoper]

never seen that but sure wold be nice if all buried tanks were labeled in that way. If the house was old enough for one i would note it in the report.

[MTL_Inspet_Man]

Hi

The 6' 8'' probably indicated the linear distance of the filler pipe to the tank inlet.

d'ont know why. But there must have been a reason when they installed it.

[Kyle Kubs]

Hi

The 6' 8'' probably indicated the linear distance of the filler pipe to the tank inlet.

d'ont know why. But there must have been a reason when they installed it.

So you know how far it is to the top of the tank when you stick the tank to see how much oil you have.