A generator on a long run needs more fuel than its own tank holds, and diesel on site has to be stored properly, which in practice means bunded, so a split or an overfill is caught rather than soaking into the ground.
Our MaxiBund tanks are self-bunded: a tank inside a tank, where the outer wall is the bund. No separate bunding to build, no earthworks, no permanent installation. It gets dropped where you need it and taken away when you're done.
We don't resell these. We build them.
Almost everyone hiring out bunded tanks in Australia is a distributor. They import a tank, put a pump on it and hire it out.
MaxiBund is ours - our design, our manufacture, backed by the same workshop that builds and tests our generators. So when you hire a tank and a generator from us, they're specified to work together by the people who made both. If something's wrong with either, it's one phone call and one company's problem.
- Self-bunded: tank within a tank, outer wall is the bund
- Sized to the generator, because we know the generator
- Delivered, positioned and removed
- Hire alongside the set, or on its own
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Why hire from Macfarlane
Powering Australia since 1949
Founded in Melbourne, still 100% Australian owned and operated.
Every unit PDI-tested
Fuelled, oiled, run and load-tested before dispatch. Most competitors just send the box.
We hire and install
Licensed electricians connect, load-test and commission on site. Not a delivery driver.
4 branches, 1 supplier
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth. National delivery, in-house servicing and genuine parts.
What size tank do I need?
It comes down to the generator's fuel burn and how long you want between refuels. A set running at load will get through a lot more than the same set on standby, and the whole point of a bunded tank is not sending someone out with jerry cans every second day.
Tell us the generator, the load and how often you're happy to refuel, and we'll size the tank to it. If you're hiring the set from us too, we already know its burn rate.
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Bunded fuel tank hire FAQs
A tank within a tank. The inner tank holds the fuel; the outer tank is the bund, so if the inner one leaks or overfills, the fuel is contained rather than going into the ground. It means you don't have to build a bund on site - the tank brings its own.
Yes. Tanks hire on their own, or alongside a set.
We do. Delivered, positioned and collected.
Yes. MaxiBund tanks are available to buy as well as hire. Tell us the application and we'll quote both ways.
Every hire is quoted per job, because size, duration, delivery, installation and fuel all vary. Longer hires reduce the daily rate. Send an enquiry for a free, no-obligation quote.
Short-term through to the length of the project.
We hire and deliver from our Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth branches. Call 1300 MAC GEN and we'll connect you to your nearest team.