Vevor Products

[MapleLeafFarmer]

whats your experience like when ordering stuff from Vevor?

reason I ask as I have had some bad experiences with plastic stuff from off shore suppliers in the past. Short life spans, brittle, crack, leak etc... way to quickly. A tire shop once explained that Overseas suppliers often use more recycled plastic versus those who manufacture here are using more virgin plastics.

So I see on the Vevor website their customer reviews are like 4+ or 5 stars consistently.

Go to independent websites like google, reddit, or trust pilot and a whole different picture gets painted. They get pretty bad reviews.

I am looking at buying some larger fuel caddys and if plastic gets brittle / leaks after short outdoor use I would be pissed. My radar says go with more legacy type places like U-Line / Grainger? My gut also tells me to go metal over plastic too.

thoughts or recommendations?

 

[jyoutz]

whats your experience like when ordering stuff from Vevor?

reason I ask as I have had some bad experiences with plastic stuff from off shore suppliers in the past. Short life spans, brittle, crack, leak etc... way to quickly. A tire shop once explained that Overseas suppliers often use more recycled plastic versus those who manufacture here are using more virgin plastics.

So I see on the Vevor website their customer reviews are like 4+ or 5 stars consistently.

Go to independent websites like google, reddit, or trust pilot and a whole different picture gets painted. They get pretty bad reviews.

I am looking at buying some larger fuel caddys and if plastic gets brittle / leaks after short outdoor use I would be pissed. My radar says go with more legacy type places like U-Line / Grainger? My gut also tells me to go metal over plastic too.

thoughts or recommendations?

This is what I built. I also decided to go with metal. I’m fine with the hand pump, but some folks would prefer electric.

 

[McMXi]

whats your experience like when ordering stuff from Vevor?

reason I ask as I have had some bad experiences with plastic stuff from off shore suppliers in the past. Short life spans, brittle, crack, leak etc... way to quickly. A tire shop once explained that Overseas suppliers often use more recycled plastic versus those who manufacture here are using more virgin plastics.

So I see on the Vevor website their customer reviews are like 4+ or 5 stars consistently.

Go to independent websites like google, reddit, or trust pilot and a whole different picture gets painted. They get pretty bad reviews.

I am looking at buying some larger fuel caddys and if plastic gets brittle / leaks after short outdoor use I would be pissed. My radar says go with more legacy type places like U-Line / Grainger? My gut also tells me to go metal over plastic too.

thoughts or recommendations?

I'd only want plastic or aluminum for fuel storage tanks but that's just my opinion. Plastic avoids a lot of potential issues with the big one being corrosion of course, but plastic can also create some problems.

As for companies like VEVOR and MechMaxx. China is capable of making some good products, no doubt about it, but the problem is that many of these Chinese companies are merely selling knock-offs or cheap clones that are not of equivalent quality to the products they're copying. VEVOR and MechMaxx are known for fake reviews and also a lack of customer support. It's easy enough to compare the quality of the components in the VEVOR fuel storage systems to more professional grade stuff, and that's the stuff you can see. What about stuff that's not as easy to see such as the grade of polymer used for the tank, or the thickness of the material for example. Considering what it costs to fill up a 106 gallon fuel storage tank with diesel, and the fact that you'll spend way more on fuel over the life of the storage system than you ever pay for the storage system, I prefer to choose well-proven quality manufacturers over Chinese immitators.

 

[McMXi]

This is what I built. I also decided to go with metal. I’m fine with the hand pump, but some folks would prefer electric.

That is a nice pallet by the way.

 

[McMXi]

I find it interesting the VEVOR puts a fuel filter in their system, and I see people on this forum making their own fuel storage systems and they add filters too. When I put diesel in my trucks at a gas station I'm not passing the fuel through an additional filtration system. My trucks have fuel filters and water separators built into them, as do both my tractors and my boat. So why the additional filtration?

I think it's fluff when VEVOR does it, and possibly a carry over from decades ago that makes people do it today. Doesn't make much sense to me. In the "old days" when fuel was stored for months in steel tanks, and fuel was delivered by trucks with steel tanks, and corrosion was a problem I can see how additional filters made sense. But on a plastic storage tank that's being filled at fuel stations that have much better filtration systems, the same stations where fuel is pumped directly into vehicles costing $$$. Like I said, fluff from a company who doesn't really understand what they're doing or why.

 

[TheOldHokie]

I find it interesting the VEVOR puts a fuel filter in their system, and I see people on this forum making their own fuel storage systems and they add filters too. When I put diesel in my trucks at a gas station I'm not passing the fuel through an additional filtration system. My trucks have fuel filters and water separators built into them, as do both my tractors and my boat. So why the additional filtration?

I think it's fluff when VEVOR does it, and possibly a carry over from decades ago that makes people do it today. Doesn't make much sense to me. In the "old days" when fuel was stored for months in steel tanks, and fuel was delivered by trucks with steel tanks, and corrosion was a problem I can see how additional filters made sense. But on a plastic storage tank that's being filled at fuel stations that have much better filtration systems, the same stations where fuel is pumped directly into vehicles costing $$$. Like I said, fluff from a company who doesn't really understand what they're doing or why.

Commercial stations have filters on their pumps.

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Dan

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

thanks for the Vevor comments..... I'm not surfing for cheap I want good so I think I may steer clear.

objective is for a new shuttle tank from yard to field. Ideally a fuel trailer but not in this years budget so a new 100 gallon slip tank will get the job done. But nothing wrong with a little dreaming.

In the ideal world when I win the lottery (or when live cattle hit $3.00 and lean hogs hit $1.25) I would love one of these fuel trailers. That would make life easyier for sure.

 

[jyoutz]

I'd only want plastic or aluminum for fuel storage tanks but that's just my opinion. Plastic avoids a lot of potential issues with the big one being corrosion of course, but plastic can also create some problems.

As for companies like VEVOR and MechMaxx. China is capable of making some good products, no doubt about it, but the problem is that many of these Chinese companies are merely selling knock-offs or cheap clones that are not of equivalent quality to the products they're copying. VEVOR and MechMaxx are known for fake reviews and also a lack of customer support. It's easy enough to compare the quality of the components in the VEVOR fuel storage systems to more professional grade stuff, and that's the stuff you can see. What about stuff that's not as easy to see such as the grade of polymer used for the tank, or the thickness of the material for example. Considering what it costs to fill up a 106 gallon fuel storage tank with diesel, and the fact that you'll spend way more on fuel over the life of the storage system than you ever pay for the storage system, I prefer to choose well-proven quality manufacturers over Chinese immitators.

I have no trouble with steel tanks. It’s stored inside a dry barn and I treat and water filter the fuel, so rust isn’t a concern of mine.

 

[jyoutz]

I find it interesting the VEVOR puts a fuel filter in their system, and I see people on this forum making their own fuel storage systems and they add filters too. When I put diesel in my trucks at a gas station I'm not passing the fuel through an additional filtration system. My trucks have fuel filters and water separators built into them, as do both my tractors and my boat. So why the additional filtration?

I think it's fluff when VEVOR does it, and possibly a carry over from decades ago that makes people do it today. Doesn't make much sense to me. In the "old days" when fuel was stored for months in steel tanks, and fuel was delivered by trucks with steel tanks, and corrosion was a problem I can see how additional filters made sense. But on a plastic storage tank that's being filled at fuel stations that have much better filtration systems, the same stations where fuel is pumped directly into vehicles costing $$$. Like I said, fluff from a company who doesn't really understand what they're doing or why.

I think fueling a vehicle from a fueling station pump with fresh filtered fuel is different than fueling equipment from a tank that might have six months or older fuel is a big difference. It’s cheap insurance to have a filter on a storage tank before it’s pumped into your equipment.