Gas cans - really

[newbury]

That would be great if they are coated. I know their brochures say they are galvanized and show pictures of the shiny silver inside too, but maybe they have a clear coating. When I said there are complaints of them leaking, I should have clarified it was the flex spout that leaks when pouring sometimes, not the cans.<snip>

My Just-Rites leaked a little but it just took a little tightening on the gaskets to fix.

 

[Catman8]

My Just-Rites leaked a little but it just took a little tightening on the gaskets to fix.

When I assembled mine they came with a cork gasket that can be replaced very easy if it ever did start leaking, if they start leaking on the metal seams thats a whole different kind of leaking.

 

[Musdalen]

I've got two "just rites" that spend many years being knocked around the department with 95% ethanol (allegedly very corrosive), and now maybe a decade in my garage holding straight gas. There is no corrosion on them at all, and they do not leak. They do not have the fancy flexhose system, but just straight pour spouts. They are excellent cans.

 

[Catman8]

I'm on my 16th year with my three 6 gallon plastic cans used for gasoline. :thumbsup:

The plastic container if stored indoors out of the sun might last 16 and 20 years, but are you saying that the junky plastic spout lasted that long, how many times did you replace the spout. Do all states have that non spill spout or is it only California, do you have a quality spout. All the plastic spouts on my plastic cans never make it over a year, they always crack.

 

[Catman8]

I've got two "just rites" that spend many years being knocked around the department with 95% ethanol (allegedly very corrosive), and now maybe a decade in my garage holding straight gas. There is no corrosion on them at all, and they do not leak. They do not have the fancy flexhose system, but just straight pour spouts. They are excellent cans.

I would find it very odd that a company who makes industrial fuel containers would make a can that would not be safe for fuel and your equipment. But anything is possible.

 

[Musdalen]

I know for certain, those cans are good for gasoline and ethanol or both. That's an empirical fact. Even in a garage which gets 6+months of road salt dragged in every year. They are also very stable in the back of my pick up. But they can be hard to pour with the standard spout.

 

[Ford850]

I'm not sure how risky it is to use galvanized cans, but there is a lot of discussion around it because of truck and tractor manufacturers now warning against it. When I read about this awhile back, there were calls made to the can companies. I remember some being told by the can manufacturer that if the tractor/truck owners manual said not to store fuel in galvanized cans, then they recommended not using their galvanized cans. After reading above and wondering if the cans are coated on the inside I called Justrite. They said their cans are galvanized on the inside and powder coated on the outside. I asked if the galvanized inside also had a protective coating for fuel, and they said no, just galvanized. Makes you wonder if the warnings are based on the wide variety of galvanized cans that could be used, so they warn against all to be safe.

 

[newbury]

When I assembled mine they came with a cork gasket that can be replaced very easy if it ever did start leaking, if they start leaking on the metal seams thats a whole different kind of leaking.

Mine came assembled, and it was just a little tightening where the cork gasket was that fixed it.

 

[Catman8]

I'm not sure how risky it is to use galvanized cans, but there is a lot of discussion around it because of truck and tractor manufacturers now warning against it. When I read about this awhile back, there were calls made to the can companies. I remember some being told by the can manufacturer that if the tractor/truck owners manual said not to store fuel in galvanized cans, then they recommended not using their galvanized cans. After reading above and wondering if the cans are coated on the inside I called Justrite. They said their cans are galvanized on the inside and powder coated on the outside. I asked if the galvanized inside also had a protective coating for fuel, and they said no, just galvanized. Makes you wonder if the warnings are based on the wide variety of galvanized cans that could be used, so they warn against all to be safe.

I do notice that a lot of animal watering containers are galvanized and the ones I own have the galvanization coming off and they are rusting, so maybe there is something to be concerned about, maybe they should use stainless steel.

 

[MossRoad]

The plastic container if stored indoors out of the sun might last 16 and 20 years, but are you saying that the junky plastic spout lasted that long, how many times did you replace the spout. Do all states have that non spill spout or is it only California, do you have a quality spout. All the plastic spouts on my plastic cans never make it over a year, they always crack.

Looking back on it, my plastic cans are not 16 years old. They are 27 years old. And I have a couple that are older than that, because they belonged to my father, who passed away on 1995.

We bought our three 6 gallon Blitz cans around 1990, the same year we bought our IH2500b tractor loader. It was a 50hp machine with a thirsty 4 cylinder gas engine and I needed these cans to keep it fed at our remote property. Besides the three Blitz cans, I also have two 2 gallon plastic cans and one 1 gallon plastic can that belonged to my father. I use the 2 gallon cans for the lawn mower and chainsaws. I use the 1 gallon can to mix 2 stroke oil.

Every single metal can that I or my father ever owned eventually failed. Either they'd rust at the seams or the metal spouts would fail. None of my plastic cans have ever failed and all still have the original plastic spouts and caps. The only thing that has failed is on the smaller cans, the little plastic strip that holds the cap to the spout has cracked.

Here's a good video on the Blitz company and why it went out of business....