Posted: 1/16/2010 7:49:45 PM EDT
| A goal for me is to have 100 gallons on hand at all times. I live in a climate that can be extremely cold in winter and quite hot during the summer. I would prefer to store the fuel outside but I don't want to loose it to evaporation in winter. I can rotate it between the three cars I have to keep it as fresh as possible but what would you reccomend I store the jerry cans in, outside shed, locker ? if so what kind. I have 5 Scepter and 5 NATO Cans. I plan on getting 5 more of each to round out the 100 gallons. The three cars I own can hold a total of 78 gallons which I try and keep topped off as much as possible giving me at any one time between 125 and 178 gallons total fuel on hand. |
| I store only 20 gallons and use Swiss Military cans. They are non-venting and I installed new rubber seals. You don't want any vapors escaping. I also use Stabil to stabilize the gas for storage. I just rotated 10 gallons into my truck that was two years old and it runs fine. 100 gallons in cans is alot and rotating it would be some work but possible. I have stored the cans in my gargage and it is fine but the key is a 100% sealed and non venting can. I recommend a seperate shed for storage away from the house if at all possible with 100 gallons. Be safe |
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The cans you have are not vented so you don't have to worry about evaporation. Put some PRI-G in them and rotate every year or two. If you can store them away from the house it would be ideal but I personally wouldn't let not having a shed keep me from storing generator fuel. You can look at the small cheap plastic sheds at the big box stores, you could buy a wood frame shed, or build one. I'm sure someone will be along to tell you that your insurance company won't allow you to have that much gas so keep that in mind.
Grove |
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I'm sure someone will be along to tell you that your insurance company won't allow you to have that much gas so keep that in mind. Its not so much about your insurance company. Its just not an especially safe thing to do. The fact that people have done it and not killed themselves is no indicator that the practice is safe. You are adding substantial risk that is not necessary. If you live in town and your garage is close to your neighbors house you are adding extra risk to your neighbor. How would you like it if your neighbor decided to store dynamite in a garage 20 feet from your house? In many ways dynamite is safer to store than gasoline. Most municipalities have rules about how much gas you can store in a residential garage. Among other people these rules protect firemen that might have to respond to a fire on your property and they also reduce your risk and people who might live near you, if you follow them. |
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I'm sure someone will be along to tell you that your insurance company won't allow you to have that much gas so keep that in mind. Its not so much about your insurance company. Its just not an especially safe thing to do. The fact that people have done it and not killed themselves is no indicator that the practice is safe. You are adding substantial risk that is not necessary. If you live in town and your garage is close to your neighbors house you are adding extra risk to your neighbor. How would you like it if your neighbor decided to store dynamite in a garage 20 feet from your house? In many ways dynamite is safer to store than gasoline. Most municipalities have rules about how much gas you can store in a residential garage. Among other people these rules protect firemen that might have to respond to a fire on your property and they also reduce your risk and people who might live near you, if you follow them. What quantity of MFCs is "safe" to be stored in an attached garage. I was under the impression that since MFCs do not explode in a fire and they are vent free I would assume they are much safer than the POS Blitz cans that Johnny Homeowner is using. Grove |
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Store Your Gas Outside.
You are retarded if you store your gas anywhere near your home. Um, I will go with that unless you have a professional grade tank (like farms will have) don't store too much gasoline. 20 gallons is probably about right. If you are planning on lots of fuel for SHTF, get a steel farm tank. |
| Look around and you can find 55-gal drums, sometimes for free. Some oil terminals or smaller fuel distributors might part with some, or even some shops that buy liots of hydraulic fluid. MIne had some type of antifreeze in them at one time. You can get the barrel hand pumps from Northern Tool. |
| i bought three 18 wheeler fuel tanks. 2, 150 gallon, and 1, 100 gallon. i used the original mounts, and welded a frame to hold the tanks. i have 80 gallons stored right now, working on getting them filled. i am using stabil in them. 150 gallon for gas, 100 gallon for kerosene. |
| Storing gasoline is dangerous but its also a must. In industrial facilities flammables are often stored in cabinets like this one cabinet too expensive new but you might be able to find one second hand if you look around. |
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Store Your Gas Outside. You are retarded if you store your gas anywhere near your home. Um, I will go with that unless you have a professional grade tank (like farms will have) don't store too much gasoline. 20 gallons is probably about right. If you are planning on lots of fuel for SHTF, get a steel farm tank. Actually it would be retarded to think a thin single walled farm tank is a superior alternative to a few MFCs. I have both and would much rather have an MFC melt and burn the fuel than to have a thin walled tank build pressure and explode in a metal throwing fireball. Maybe it wouldn't sound quite as retarded if you referred to a double-walled diked industrial tank. Thanks for calling me retarded when you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Grove ps Another thing to consider is that in my garage I have over a 100 gallons of fuel in vehicles alone! I guess everybody in America should park their cars away from their garages. |
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What quantity of MFCs is "safe" to be stored in an attached garage. I was under the impression that since MFCs do not explode in a fire and they are vent free I would assume they are much safer than the POS Blitz cans that Johnny Homeowner is using. I am not sure there is a "safe" amount. I am sure that the more gasoline you store, the more chances you have to have a problem. The thing is that while MFCs may have some kind of pressure relief system, they are not immune to failing in a fire. I suggest an experiment. Build a small camp fire well away from anything that might catch on fire. Set an MFC full of gasoline on the fire and get away quickly. Think what will happen in your garage if a fire starts and you have 20 of these things stored in there. |