Enough is enough!

frank_f15 · Jun 2, 2003

your not lazy ! just smart i have been using 2.5 gal cans since i got the b2400, gauge goes to 1/2 in goes a 2.5 gal can and fill it right up. they are much easier to lift, and control and my poor old arms thank me every day /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

CTyler · Jun 2, 2003

My reply was in reference to the plastic gas caddy not a metal container. Hope that clears things up a bit.

Anonymous Poster · Jun 3, 2003

( My reply was in reference to the plastic gas caddy not a metal container. Hope that clears things up a bit. )

Yep! You probably clicked on my post to reply to as a convenience (been there, done that), when you had another in mind. Of course, that made me interpret it as a reply to me, who has only ever used diesel in a metal drum. Sorry if I came on as a bit overbearing /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Also, just as a general comment to all, static electricity doesn't seem to be much of a problem in humid Florida. That doesn't mean I don't take precautions (I used to ground myself when working on computers), but it's been a very long time since I got shocked when touching a door knob, and the last time was in an excessively air conditioned location.

John, actually, I introduced an inadvertent typo - it was supposed to be "umpty-ump", not "umpy-ump". Makes all the difference... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

LBrown59 · May 2, 2006

( ( I can also choose to suck 30 gallons out of my truck rather then haul the gas caddy to the station to fill it up)

Don't get caught hauling the gas caddy to the station to fill it up unless you want hefty fine with the possibility of an all expense paid vacation at the local corectional facility.

What a load of crap.

I spent a couple hours trying to find out how much gasoline / diesel I am allowed to transport in the back of my truck one afternoon. The DOT has volumes to say on the subject. I am STILL not sure I understand it all, but "think" you can not transport more than 8 gallons of gasoline/diesel in any single portable container without a CDL with hazmat endorsement, placarding and the whole 9yards.

Looks like a slick unit other than that. I drooled over them myself till I got lost in the morass of government regulations regarding such items.
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LBrown59 · May 2, 2006

Wheel it right off the tailgate onto a shelf the same height as the tailgate.

LBrown59 · May 12, 2006

1*I used to run a propane dispensing facility, and I had to know the rules about transporting propane.
2*In an open vehicle, like a pickup or trailer, you can carry up to 2-100# cylinders
''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''' ''' 

1*I worked for a Company for 2 years back in 61 and 62 that delivered 100 pound propane cylinders to homes in the country. We covered the territory within a 50 miles radius of town.
2*Every morning I loaded up the one ton stake bed truck with 18 to 22 of those 100 pound tanks. None of this placards or shipping papers crap and a 2 cylinder limit just wouldn't have cut it.

My How Times Change

SteveInMD · May 12, 2006

In order for the DOT Haz. Mat. rules to apply, you must be transporting the material for commerce. If you are a business it applies to you. If you are a home owner, they do not apply to you.

There are a few exceptions. When the highway sign says no propane tank in a tunnel, that rule does apply to home owners.

_RaT_ · May 12, 2006

Good grief, heres a post from the past. For all of you here that were not here in 2003, there is a fella who used to be here named John Miller III. Talk about a guy with info. Man, you don't know what you missed. This is my old name with TBN. RaT aka JATO RaT...

SteveInMD · May 12, 2006

As far as grounding goes... You should ground containers when filling them because the liquid flowing through the hose creates static electricity. The good part is that all you need to do it keep the spout in contact with the container you are filling. You don't need to put it on the ground! There is a grounding wire connected to the spout. It runs under the hose jacket, past the pump, and connects to an earth ground. Since your car or truck has rubber tires it is not grounded directly either. The spout / hose grounding system takes care of the grounding for you.

DUMBDOG · May 12, 2006

Now we are making replies to Poster. Wonder if they are still active. They just might come back and read replies to their three year old posts that they once made. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

DocHeb · May 13, 2006

Yeah, that Poster guy was pretty prolific back then. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I guess LB really told him something three years after the fact.

SkyPup · Jun 2, 2006

You dirty rat!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, whyat did JATO stand for?

Jet Assisted Take Off?

SkyPup · Jun 2, 2006

You dirty rat!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, whyat did JATO stand for?

Jet Assisted Take Off?

_RaT_ · Jun 4, 2006

My dad worked at Aerojet as a test pilot launching planes with JATO's attached. They also did reverse fires for short field landings. You have it right.

_RaT_ · Jun 4, 2006

My dad worked at Aerojet as a test pilot launching planes with JATO's attached. They also did reverse fires for short field landings. You have it right.

mjncad · Dec 4, 2006

Like Jato Rat and others I need to do something to save my aching back when refueling my JD 4200. However, the boss (wife) is reluctant for me to store 55-gallons of diesel in the garage, although I tell her its less volatile than gasoline.

Since we live in a HOASS controlled community

, having visible outside fuel storage would get us in trouble with the house beautiful types.

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LBrown59 · Dec 5, 2006

mjncad said:
Like Jato Rat and others I need to do something to save my aching back when refueling my JD 4200. However,
1*the boss (wife) is reluctant for me to store 55-gallons of diesel in the garage, although I tell her its less volatile than gasoline.

2*Since we live in a HOASS controlled community , having visible outside fuel storage would get us in trouble with the house beautiful types.

1*I don't blame her I won't store it in my garage either, no matter what you or others say. It may be less violate than gasoline but it still makes a great catalyst for a fire.
It worked real good like that on the 5 big brush piles I burnt last summer.
2*I don't care what the neighbors think I'm not risking turning my buildings into a roaring inferno just to appease the house beautiful crowd.

mjncad · Dec 6, 2006

I might be able to come up with a solution to keep the HOASS off my neck and the diesel outside the garage where it belongs. I just need to get a few other projects out of the way first.