Making gas cans great again

[Hay Dude]

Government regulators do not use the products they regulate.

That’s right. I have seen more than 1 Gubmit post emissions diesel pickup with NO DPF or DEF.

They know it’s BS.

 

[gsganzer]

An acquaintance of mine owns a large trucking company in California. He said that when the DPF and DEF became mandated on his trucks, his towing costs (for repairs) at least doubled.

 

[RayIN]

I think you are in the minority. I don't usually spill with the new cans, but being older and holding up a 5 gallon can that takes way longer to pour than the old vented ones sucks. I'm in good shape now, but I can see a day in the future where I won't be able to. I'm also starting to get pissed off every time I fill something and have to wait so long to finish as the air bubbles into the can. So what do I do? Get smaller cans and spend even more time filling up? I am sure I probably spilled a little with the old cans, but the spring loaded nozzles that fell apart spilled way more than anything else I ever used. I do not have any of those now. I do agree that you need a tight seal for the ethanol to keep from getting water in it longer, but what I remember in the old days had a vent that closed and a cover on the spout that screwed on. Maybe they didn't have those in Canada?

Remember your puck will sink when the ice melts... and I'm just kidding on that one so don't take it wrong. We are hockey fans in Texas and there is no ice here.

I have 2, 5G Eagle safety cans. I used to really like to use them, but at 82 I can no longer squeeze hard enough to keep the vent cap open.

 

[Grumpycat]

Government regulators do not use the products they regulate.

That’s right. I have seen more than 1 Gubmit post emissions diesel pickup with NO DPF or DEF.

They know it’s BS.

Yes, many trucks in government service are not subject to the government's regulations for us little folk. But I was referring how government regulators writing regs for gas cans do not use gas cans themselves. Don't mow lawns. But feel their superior intellectual powers, having contemplated the situation, have rightly determined Things Must Change, and so dictate that we obey.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yes, many trucks in government service are not subject to the government's regulations for us little folk. But I was referring how government regulators writing regs for gas cans do not use gas cans themselves. Don't mow lawns. But feel their superior intellectual powers, having contemplated the situation, have rightly determined Things Must Change, and so dictate that we obey.

I think you’ll find the next few years may show some changes in the typical bureaucrat/faculty lounge thinking we have seen for many years.

 

[ArlyA]

I have 2, 5G Eagle safety cans. I used to really like to use them, but at 82 I can no longer squeeze hard enough to keep the vent cap open.

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These are GREAT cans which we have a few of. For easier pouring, try putting a small screwdriver under the fill cap so as to let air in and you aren't doing it yourself. Seems that would lessen the force to keep them both open while pouring? Another idea is to get a velcro strap made for cords, put in on where you are normally holding the can, while pouring. If installed and tight, this would hold both lids open for you.

 

[bigtiller]

I have 2, 5G Eagle safety cans. I used to really like to use them, but at 82 I can no longer squeeze hard enough to keep the vent cap open.

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Holly tariff Batman.
$185 for a gas can?!

 

[ArlyA]

Holly tariff Batman.
$185 for a gas can?!

All the ones I got were made in American but cost $125.

 

[dodge man]

I’ll beat a dead horse a little more. I bought on of those nozzle and vent kits from Amazon and installed them on my diesel cans. With stuff down lower they work well. My tractor fuel tank is about waist level and the fast pouring cans are a problem. Trying to hoist a can up, get the nozzle in the filler and not dump all over is and issue. I got one of those cheap battery pumps and once a couple of gallons is out of a 5 gallon can you can tilt it into the filler and just dump.

 

[brkdrvr]

Almost makes me hope that they will get rid of DEF next!!!!

100% - I got rid of all my crappy plastic cans with the EPA restrictive spouts and broke down and paid $$$ for Justrite ( painted galvanized) gas and diesel cans that my kids will inherit. they are safer and pour fantastic, in the long rum they will be cheaper.