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now i know why my truck don't get the fuel mileage it used too

I used one to fill my garden tractor. It didn't spill a drop either. Of course, it's been propped up on the tractor since the 4th while it trickles in.

It's all California's fault.

Did the same thing with mine. All three of them

Ten days of hunting shuttling guys in and out of trail heads you tend to burn through some gas. We have four of the new *safety* fuel cans and they suck swamp S! We always end up pouring from the new ones into one of our old ones then into whomevers truck we are using. Major pain in the A, but we know we can never go back to the old cans unless you can find them at yard sales.

Yep, sure is !!
Now, pray tell - what's the easiest way to refuel when you abide 60 miles from the gasser and the tank is low - and then there is the tractor, and the ATV, and the generator (when the power lines are down), etc.

I don't have a gas station on my small farm, and we often hunt areas where the nearest gas station is a 75-100 mile trip on dirt roads...

I'm curious here,......WTF is the U.S. Military using ?

I mean,...if they're stuck with this same nonsense,....than what.

Oh ,...seek out and find old GERMAN "Jerry Cans" from the '60s and 70s,....again, garage sales and flea markets,......the small ones that hold about 2 gallons are FINE !

GTC

GI cans run $40 at the army navy store here, then another $8 for the old donkey D--k . I have two from when I served and would get a few more if I found them cheap

Damn !

I'd KILL (well almost) to get hold of 1/2 dozen of those 8.00 items,.....

GTC

BINGO!

You can't put gas in blue cans around here - the Kan Kolor Gestapo won't let you put gas in a blue can, or kerosene in a red can, have to use yellow for diesel, etc. They keep spouting "it is the law" and company regulations, but I have not found the source of any such supposed law.
Does anyone know of any such "law" or regulation that dictates this can color nonsense? I have searched but can't find it.
Probably a regulation of some kind foisted on us by the C.A.R.B. people just like the new spouts. I don't know why the rest of the country has to suffer for the idiocy in Kaliforia.

Myron

I think the federal law is that you can't put any kind of fuel in any can from which it can be dispensed into a tank mounted on any motorized tool or vehicle.

I assume your comment was sarcasm?!
That is the way it is working, for sure!

Myron

For the ventless gas cans I melted a hole in the top most spot (not the handle) & when the plastic was still soft, I threaded in a drain cock from an old radiator. One that I did needed to have a couple wraps of teflon tape to tighten it up.
To melt the hole I used a cheap electric solder gun that has a round tip on it.
New drain cocks sell for $1.99.
Works great ... no spills.

Blitz made some red plastic 5 gallon cans in the mid 1990s that had a relatively small cap (compared to their earlier 6 gallon cans) and a nice yellow vent. I've had two for about 15 years and they are great. I just found another one at an estate sale for $1 about a month ago. Just 3 more to go.

Tech Tip from Crossfire.

Those Black 5 gallon GI Water Cans are just about BOMBPROOF, there one glaring drawback being a special thread pattern on the spout,...looks like garden hose, but AIN'T.

"Panel" paint em' (just the sides) with that Krylon special for plastic,....white first, than OSHA Red over that.

You'll be cruising,....

GTC

Late last year I found a feed store that still had a pallet of the old style plastic 5 gallon jugs with a spout that stored inside and turned around with nothing on the end but a cap and a small vent cap on the other end from the spout. I bought 5 of them.

I still prefer the old metal cans with a metal spout. I've got 2 of those I inherited.

Looks like this...(by the way the place I stole the pic is selling this one for $55). Jesus Christ $55 gas can and talking about inheriting a gas can. What the hell is the world coming to.

Nailed it. I want that on my gravestone!

I had a few of those new CARBhole approved gas can spouts, and their name got used in vain by me everytime I gased up the tractor....until I decided to [bleep] the spout and just pour it in.

I must be outta the loop on this one.. Is this a recent development or something? I haven't even bothered to notice gas cans at any of the stores.. Is this a federal thing or just a state issue?