Fluid storage container and method

A fluid storage tank trailer comprising:

• a base having a set of wheels attached thereto;
• a tank attached to said base, said tank having an integral elevated working surface at an end of said tank that is higher than said base and lower than a top of said tank wherein a storage portion of said tank is located beneath an underside of the elevated working surface, the elevated working surface extending across a width of said tank such that when a second fluid storage tank trailer is parked on a first side of said fluid storage tank trailer and a third fluid storage tank trailer is parked on a second side of said fluid storage tank trailer, a user can utilize said integral elevated working surface to move between said fluid storage tank trailer and said second and third fluid storage tank trailers without first descending to a ground level;
• a stairway attached to said integral elevated working surface for allowing a user to climb onto said integral elevated working surface from said ground level;
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• a plurality of movable rails configured for attachment to said integral elevated working surface in a plurality of locations, said locations comprising a first location generally aligned with a hand rail attached to said stairway and a second location adjacent a front edge of and generally parallel to said integral elevated working surface.

A fluid storage container comprising:

• a tank having a storage volume for holding fluids;
• an internal manifold for use during below freezing temperatures, said internal manifold comprising a feeder pipe section having a plurality of flanges connected to a plurality of feeder pipes, said feeder pipe section extending through the wall of the tank, and said plurality of flanges positioned outside said wall of said tank, said internal manifold comprising a central pipe in fluid communication with said plurality of feeder pipes;
• an external manifold positioned outside said wall for use during above freezing temperatures said external manifold connected through said wall to said central pipe;
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• an elevated working surface at an end of said tank, the working surface lower than a top of said tank, a portion of the storage volume of said tank extending to a location vertically beneath an underside of the elevated working surface, the elevated working surface extending across a width of said tank such that when a second fluid storage container is parked on a first side of said fluid storage container and a third fluid storage container is parked on a second side of said fluid storage container, a user can utilize said integral elevated working surface to move between said fluid storage container and said second and third fluid storage containers without first descending to a ground level;
• a stairway attached to said integral elevated working surface for allowing a user to climb onto said integral elevated working surface from said ground level;
• and
• a plurality of movable rails configured for attachment to said integral elevated working surface in a plurality of locations, said locations comprising a first location generally aligned with a hand rail attached to said stairway and a second location adjacent a front edge of said integral elevated working surface.