Finally found a good gas can

/ Finally found a good gas can #21  
if i got caught spending $21 on a fuel can i'd be sleeping with the tractors and the atv's in the barn. but that does look like it would work better than what i've got now.
 
/ Finally found a good gas can
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#22  
if i got caught spending $21 on a fuel can i'd be sleeping with the tractors and the atv's in the barn. but that does look like it would work better than what i've got now.

I hear you, I had to think about it awhile before I coughed up the money too:laughing: Paying over $20 for a gas can does leave you feeling violated.:eek:
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #23  
I hear you, I had to think about it awhile before I coughed up the money too:laughing: Paying over $20 for a gas can does leave you feeling violated.:eek:

I may just go back to storing gas in the old plastic milk jugs. It would be better than new cans out now.

IFew years ago I bought a new metal 'jerry can' at Northern Tool and it had the good nozzle which pushes back and lets fuel flow until you release pressure on the can/pull it out of the tank.

Really messed up when I didn't buy a handful of the replacements they had there for sale at the time. :mad::(:mad::(
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #24  
I have 4 of the no spill containers. One is yellow for diesel. I wish they had blue for kerosene, they work great for filling my kerosene heater in the shop. -Keith
 
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/ Finally found a good gas can #27  
Like everyone else, I grew weary of using the newly designed fuel cans.... climbing up on the tractor and balancing five gallons of diesel is no job for a one-legged fat man... at first, I drilled and tapped threads in my cans and installed a thumb-screw in the hole... remove the thumb screw and vent the can... works much better.
Recently I'v begun buying off-road diesel ( much less expensive) and putting it in a 55 gallon barrel.. equipped this with a 12-volt pump and can fill my fuel tank in less than 2 minutes.... I never knew life could be so good. lol
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #28  
Recently I'v begun buying off-road diesel ( much less expensive) and putting it in a 55 gallon barrel.. equipped this with a 12-volt pump and can fill my fuel tank in less than 2 minutes.... *I never knew life could be so good. lol
I heard that::thumbsup:
Folks that don't have it don't know what they are missing till then get it?;)
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #29  
I may just go back to storing gas in the old plastic milk jugs. It would be better than new cans out now.

A few years ago I bought a new metal 'jerry can' at Northern Tool and it had the good nozzle which pushes back and lets fuel flow until you release pressure on the can/pull it out of the tank.

Really messed up when I didn't buy a handful of the replacements they had there for sale at the time. :mad::(:mad::(
These don't work well when trying to pour into a funnel .
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #30  
... Recently I'v begun buying off-road diesel ( much less expensive) and putting it in a 55 gallon barrel.. equipped this with a 12-volt pump and can fill my fuel tank in less than 2 minutes...

I wanna do this too!

Where can I get a 55 gallon barrel?

Are you using an car/ truck fuel pump?

Do you take the barrel to the station to fill it?

I guess you could keep the barrel on a pallet & fork lift it on & off the bed of a truck?
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #31  
Bepp.... I got a blue plastic barrel off Craig's list for $20 American... Plumbed the bung with a 3/4" nipple and used pvc for a tail pipe... the 3/4-inch nipple threads into the 12-volt pump... The pump was given to me by a friend (I've got some nice friends.
I transport the barrel to a dealer that sells off-road diesel and use the front loader on my tractor to lift it off the truck for storage.... Best thing I ever did for myself.
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #32  
I may have gotten the deal of the week x2. I needed a couple yellow cans for the Kubota, happened across a listing for the old style ones at Grainger, on close out no less. 2x5gal non-enviro cans shipped to my door for $18 total. Was at an auction this week, and ended up with 2x52gal fuel transfer tanks for $90 total. I only have one pump, so may just plug the pump hole on one and swap the pump back and forth as needed, but I figure I'm set.
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #34  
Last time I ran a load up to the Great White North, I stopped in a Canadian Tire store and they still had the old style spouts available (non no-spill) ..... not sure if they had the complete cans and spouts or not ....... but if they do, I'll be stocking up on my next trip up.

If I had been paying attention and known this was coming before it got here I would have acquired a lifetime supply ....

The retards that dream this crap up ought to be tarred and feathered .....
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #35  
I've bought up all of the spouts that the ma and pa hardware stores around me have. Will be looking for more as I travel around
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #36  
1*Do you take the barrel to the station to fill it?
2*I guess you could keep the barrel on a pallet & fork lift it on & off the bed of a truck?
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1*I just took this drum to a station and got 33 gallon of red off road fuel for 2.50 per gallon.
(Didn't make sense for me to pull up to one of their other pumps and pay 50 cents more a gallon for the same stuff. )
Hauled it home
and unload it with this.

3*Yeah they do. You just take the spout off and pour out of the opening. :D
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3*So why mandate a can that can be so easly defeated by simply not using the spout ?:confused:

4*... I got a blue plastic barrel off Craig's list for $20 American... Plumbed the bung with a 3/4" nipple and used pvc for a tail pipe... the 3/4-inch nipple threads into the 12-volt pump... The pump was given to me by a friend (I've got some nice friends.
5*I transport the barrel to a dealer that sells off-road diesel and use the front loader on my tractor to lift it off the truck for storage....
6*Best thing I ever did for myself.
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4*I got lucky and found some drums for 3 bucks each.
I sold the extra ones i didn't need for $13 each.
I made money on that deal .
5*You ought to plumb your pump so you can use it to unload.
I love that feature of my rig/no fussen with pallets, forks
or digging out and starting the tractor.
6*You got that right.

7*Was at an auction this week, and ended up with 2x52gal fuel transfer tanks for $90 total.
8*I only have one pump, so may just plug the pump hole on one and swap the pump back and forth as needed,
9*but I figure I'm set.
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7*Not bad .
8*Just put a tee and 2 ball valves in the line and you can pump from either tank .
No need to keep switching the pump back and forth and You can also unload the fuel off your truck with it.
9*Then you will be all set.
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #37  
I bought one of the cans that has the detent that is supposed to go against the lip of your filler neck (hole) of your tank. The detent broke off the third time I filled my tractor. Now you have to pull it back with your hand and try to hold the can up with one hand. These new cans suck.
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #38  
give one of these a shot you won't be disappointed.

Thanks for the info. I'm getting tired of gas spilling all over my mowers using a funnel. Going to try one of these and see what happens.
 
/ Finally found a good gas can
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#39  
Thanks for the info. I'm getting tired of gas spilling all over my mowers using a funnel. Going to try one of these and see what happens.

When you give one a try, stick the nozzle right in the tank. You don't want to watch it for when it's full, that's when the leaks start if you stick the nozzle in the tank it can't over fill, it shuts off the air vent and it doesn't flow anymore.:thumbsup:
 
/ Finally found a good gas can #40  
When you give one a try, stick the nozzle right in the tank. You don't want to watch it for when it's full, that's when the leaks start if you stick the nozzle in the tank it can't over fill, it shuts off the air vent and it doesn't flow anymore.:thumbsup:

Or switch tractors to a Kubota Grand L series. Turn the ignition to accessory, & they start beeping when the fuel gets close to the top as you're filling up, beeps faster & faster as the fuel gets higher & higher. Quite nice.
 

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