Making gas cans great again

[sixdogs]

My vent hole needed to be an odd size that I didn't have a drill for so I drilled undersize and used a hand reamer to get exact fit. Worked better.

 

[Blue Mule]

I discovered that Buc-ee's sells 5 gallon "liquid" containers (since they can't market them as gas jugs) with traditional nozzels and vents on them. So I bought one of those. It's nice, but I wish it wasn't so tall. I can't fit it in my pickup with the bed cover closed.

 

[CalG]

I vent my plastic cans with a schrader valve like you you use for air etc. Drill the hole a little smaller and screw it into the can with a little silicon. Remove the valve core and put the cap on it. No leaks. Remove the cap when you need to vent. My main problem is misplacing the cap so I keep extras on hand.

I fitted schrader valves to a couple of 5 gal fuel jugs. Both broke off in less than a month. The rubber "groove" broke at the base. I did not expect that, I guess I'm hard on them.

So I wittled a couple of wooden plugs, and tye the pegs to the jug handle with string so they don't get lost.

With temperature change, I have had the wooden plugs loosen, but it's easy enough to check them before handling the jug.

 

[RayIN]

I fitted schrader valves to a couple of 5 gal fuel jugs. Both broke off in less than a month. The rubber "groove" broke at the base. I did not expect that, I guess I'm hard on them.

So I wittled a couple of wooden plugs, and tye the pegs to the jug handle with string so they don't get lost.

With temperature change, I have had the wooden plugs loosen, but it's easy enough to check them before handling the jug.

This made me recall using a potato for a stopper on kerosene or coal oil cans when I was a kid. Seems the metal screw-on cap got lost soon after purchasing a can.

 

[John Fitzgerald]

I avoid the new gas can spouts by taking the entire lid off, and using an 8 inch wide funnel.

 

[RayIN]

See post #125 in this thread, where they said they dislike lifting 5 gallon cans.

It's not so much the total weight (5 gal diesel = 35.5 lbs). It's the awkward position they have to be in to fill some of my equipment - combine that with the slow pour from crappy modern nozzles which means staying in that awkward position for more time and I can see why some are looking for other solutions. between a nagging upper back injury and a left shoulder that occasionally has problems, I suspect it won't be that many more years before I'm partially filling my 5 gallon cans.

Also, where does it say a 5G can must be filled with 5G, I put 4 in mine, makes pouring into small tanks much easier. I simply bought a few more fuel cans, right now I have 15 fuel cans; 1 kerosene, 3 diesel, and 4 gasoline, with 7 unused in reserve. Oh, 3 of those in reserve are safety flame proof cans; I dislike them but got a great buy about 30 yrs ago. When we camped in a trailer and carried a portable genset I did carry them in the truckbed.

 

[steve tym]

I bought 4 of the new environmentally friendly cans. They leak raw gas all over the place. I would think a few fumes in the atmosphere would be better than gas on the ground. Stupid idea.

 

[bsekf]

Steve, that's what happens when you have morons making the rules.

 

[steve tym]

Steve, that's what happens when you have morons making the rules.

They make a rule, then just let industry figure out how to abide by it. How long have they been trying to figure out how to make a gas can? 20 years?