A farm fuel distribution company called Rural Fuel Ltd identified a need for a completely different kind of farm fuel tank to overcome some historical inherent issues regarding safety, fuel contamination, and durability of farm fuel tanks.

Farm fuel distributor drivers have had a number of accidents climbing tripod tanks, with injuries ranging from broken arms and legs to back injuries. Both drivers and farmers felt there needed to be a better ladder system for farm fuel tanks.

Farmers have had problems regarding contamination of fuel, caused by internal rust, leading to diesel bug contamination.

The fuel company had sold a number of mild steel tanks to coastal farmers and within a short time -from three years- these tanks were rusty on the outside. The mild steel tanks were not lasting the test of time.

The fuel distribution company had asked a number of engineering firms to make a tank that met the drivers safety concerns and environmental issues,that did not rust from either inside or out, that could be used for both petrol and diesel, and was able to obtain ERMA approval. The response was that 'it was too hard, too expensive, and no NZ regulations for tanks beside mild steel have been approved'. The solution was to start up an engineering company to find a answer for these issues. This company was called Ensol (Engineering Solutions).

Ensol was created - that was the easy part - and the next year was spent designing, building prototypes and obtaining ERMA approval for a product that was revolutionary in that sector of the market. We are proud to manufacture what we consider to be the best designed aluminium fuel tank in New Zealand, and to have provided hundreds tanks to satisfied customers since we began production in 2006.