Pouring fuel from cans

[ArlyA]

I can't speak for the OPer but we can't haul a rolling can of fuel and I don't like to rely on a battery power something either. Every time I need it, the battery's are low or dead. The machine pictured here lives at a trail head (mostly anyway) and needs fuel every time it goes out. You can see a class II fuel can in its box.

 

[Shenandoah MF1760]

How Government Wrecked the Gas Can | Jeffrey A. Tucker

I’m pretty alert to such problems these days. Soap doesn’t work. Toilets don’t flush. Clothes washers don’t clean. Light bulbs don’t illuminate. Refrigerators break too soon. Paint discolors. Lawnmowers have to be hacked. It’s all caused by idiotic government regulations that are wrecking our...

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This is an amusing take on the history of the solution that caused so may problems.

 

[ArlyA]

Class II cans cost $$$ but they hold fuel without leaking, pour out fast, won't blow out in heat and last a long, long time. What service are you getting with that $7 can from Wally world?

 

[fidowanttobe]

I can't speak for the OPer but we can't haul a rolling can of fuel and I don't like to rely on a battery power something either. Every time I need it, the battery's are low or dead. The machine pictured here lives at a trail head (mostly anyway) and needs fuel every time it goes out. You can see a class II fuel can in its box. View attachment 750988

DAMN!! Please warn us when you're gonna display a terrifyingly graphic picture in JUNE!!

 

[lman]

I'm so stingy that I use recycled 2.5 gallon herbicide jugs along with purchased gas cans. I guess I have to blame it on my dad.
Please don't report it to the gas police.

 

[fidowanttobe]

I too like the "race jugs" for transport. Larger footprint and strap-able.
Harbor freight battery pump for pumping into 55 gallon barrel with auto shut off hand crank pump. Battery pump works but not long enough and is wimpy. May need an eBay pump.
Crank pump and auto shut off is EXCELLENT.
I'm so done with lifting and holding while pouring.

 

[number two]

DAMN!! Please warn us when you're gonna display a terrifyingly graphic picture in JUNE!!

With the current hot weather everywhere,that graphic picture is very comforting to me-really!

 

[Aquamoose]

I found this in the toss pile at work with a non-working swiwel pump. Took it home and bought a Harbor Freight pump. Voila - 30 gallon fuel cart made in USA for $42.00



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Interesting! I bought this setup online but soon, the hand pump turned to crap and just left me with just the can. Does the HF hand pump work well? Thinking I might revive mine.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Interesting! I bought this setup online but soon, the hand pump turned to crap and just left me with just the can. Does the HF hand pump work well? Thinking I might revive mine.

Works like a charm.

 

[tradosaurus]

5 Gal metal gas can

I use this metal gas can and filling and pouring is easy. I also use a battery powered pump to fill my tractor.

 

[RobertEH]

Leave it to the Government to mess up something as simple as a fuel can....

I am moving to these cans. love them.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CF0YHUW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use these spouts with them

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C76D3PB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[RjCorazza]

For 2 cycle fuel I use a NoSpill can:

They work very well.
For straight gas in my walk behind mower I use standard Jerry cans with a 1" diameter spout.
Diesel is handled with a truck mounted transfer tank and electric pump.

 

[mapper]

I took my brand new yellow fuel cans to the fuel station and failed to take the damn "guaranteed not to work" flashback protector or cheesy filter ( whatever it is) out. I was wearing a gallon of the stuff in less than a twentieth of a second.

I had the same problem, the thing was impossible to pull out by hand at the pump. Had to take it home and rip it out with pliers, it was in no condition for anything but the trashcan after that.
I really don't know how one of those cans can be filled at the pump, the pump nozzles are so sensitive to the slightest bit of backup that you end up starting the flow dozens of times, even when trying to just dribble it in.
I also vent all of my 5 gal fuel cans. I have a 1 gal that I use for small stuff such as pressure washer and roto tiller where a slow fill is ok for a small tank.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Do people in Oregon and New Jersey have to have a gas station attendant come to their house to fill their tractors and mowers?

 

[grsthegreat]

Do people in Oregon and New Jersey have to have a gas station attendant come to their house to fill their tractors and mowers?

Yes

 

[bcp]

Do people in Oregon and New Jersey have to have a gas station attendant come to their house to fill their tractors and mowers?

The OR law is that station owners, etc, must not allow customers to do it.

For example:
(1) Owners or operators of facilities located in high population counties where Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed at retail may not allow any individual other than owners, operators, and their employees, when acting in their employment capacity to use or manipulate any pump, hose, pipe or other device used at the facility to dispense Class 1 flammable liquids into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle or container.

etc...

Oregon Secretary of State Administrative Rules

secure.sos.state.or.us

Bruce

 

[grsthegreat]

The OR law is that station owners, etc, must not allow customers to do it.

For example:
(1) Owners or operators of facilities located in high population counties where Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed at retail may not allow any individual other than owners, operators, and their employees, when acting in their employment capacity to use or manipulate any pump, hose, pipe or other device used at the facility to dispense Class 1 flammable liquids into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle or container.

etc...

Oregon Secretary of State Administrative Rules

secure.sos.state.or.us

Bruce

Yup. Oregonian's cant figure out a fuel pump….which end goes into tank….

 

[goeduck]

For 2 cycle fuel I use a NoSpill can:
View attachment 751272
They work very well.
For straight gas in my walk behind mower I use standard Jerry cans with a 1" diameter spout.
Diesel is handled with a truck mounted transfer tank and electric pump.

I also use the 2-1/2 gallon no spill for 2-stroke gas but I also use the 5 gallon models for e-free gas and diesel. I drilled a hole in the tabs on each side of the green button so I can stick a nail through to hold the button in. As long as I am not holding the button in, it "seems to me" to drain faster.

 

[SF82]

I use the one from Rural King. Has a flexible clear hose with screw on cap and bleeder valve. Simplistic design and no safety feature really, more like and older can but instead of a pop on cap on nozzle it screws on

Yellow Polyethylene Fluid Container, 5 Gallon - 4063

Made with the highest quality virgin high-density polyethylene, including 30% more material than standard containers to withstand the roughest treatment. The containers are subjected to a 15-point quality test. They feature an ergonomically contoured hand

www.ruralking.com

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The OR law is that station owners, etc, must not allow customers to do it.

For example:
(1) Owners or operators of facilities located in high population counties where Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed at retail may not allow any individual other than owners, operators, and their employees, when acting in their employment capacity to use or manipulate any pump, hose, pipe or other device used at the facility to dispense Class 1 flammable liquids into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle or container.

etc...

Oregon Secretary of State Administrative Rules

secure.sos.state.or.us

Bruce

Yes, “it’s for the children”

Although, every now and then I get behind someone at a gas station, who look like they have never seen a gas pump before and have no idea how to use it.