Apparatus for dispensing small quantities of heating oil

Apparatus for dispensing heating oil in combination with a truck, the apparatus having a length, a front end, a rear end, and a lengthwise center point, the truck having a cab portion and a bed extending rearward direction therefrom;

• wherein the apparatus is carried and secured within said bed as removable cargo, and wherein the rear end of the apparatus is positioned within the bed at a location which is closer to said cab portion than is the front end of the apparatus;
• the apparatus comprising:
• a skid;
• a tank proximate the rear end, having a top, a port at the top, and a cap attached to the port;
• a pump in oil flow communication with the tank;
• a meter subsystem in oil flow communication with the pump;
• an electric motor mechanically connected to the pump, for powering the pump;
• at least one battery, electrically connected to electric motor;
• one or more stanchions, each stanchion extending upwardly from the skid between the front end and said center point;
• a hose reel, mounted on the one or more stanchions and configured to unreel hose from the front end while rotating in a vertical plane;
• and,
• a length of hose in oil flow communication with the meter subsystem, extendably mounted on the hose reel;
• wherein the tank, pump, meter subsystem, at least one battery, and hose reel are mounted directly or indirectly on the skid, and the meter subsystem is positioned near the front end of the apparatus;
• and wherein the tank has a volume capacity of up to about 119 gallons of heating oil and no more;
• wherein when the tank contains about 119 gallons of heating oil the apparatus weighs no more than 1,500 pounds.