Posted: 4/24/2010 1:08:59 PM EDT
| What fuel cans are best for unleaded fuel? I am looking for the tan military sceptor fuel cans but I heard they are made to only hold diesel. Can someone tell me what to I should get to hold extra fuel in and where I can buy the best fuel containers for the best price? Thanks |
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I picked up a run of the mill 6 gal can today with a rubber gasket and screw on cap. It seems like it would seal up pretty well. I added some Stabil and put it in the corner with the plan of dumping it in the truck tank and filling it up again next year, thus keeping it fresh. I'm planning to get a few more.
These will be in addition to the normal yard mowing gas, spares meant fot the generator. What's wrong with this idea? Why do I need a $50 Mil-Spec can (or $400 miltary toilet seat)?. Maybe I need them, and just dont know why yet..... |
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Quoted: I picked up a run of the mill 6 gal can today with a rubber gasket and screw on cap. It seems like it would seal up pretty well. I added some Stabil and put it in the corner with the plan of dumping it in the truck tank and filling it up again next year, thus keeping it fresh. I'm planning to get a few more. These will be in addition to the normal yard mowing gas, spares meant fot the generator. What's wrong with this idea? Why do I need a $50 Mil-Spec can (or $400 miltary toilet seat)?. Maybe I need them, and just dont know why yet..... The mil spec can is built to last and the $15 blitz can is not. The mil spec can wont leak just sitting there the blitz can will. The mil spec can wont vent the lighter fractions over the month the blitz can will. |
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Thanks for the response inop, you make some good points.
This can is not a Blitz (though I do have those too). Its a http://midwestcan.com/static.asp?path=2840,3461 Model 6600. While I dont pretend that is as durable as a mil-spec can it does have some nice features over my other cans. It has a rubber gasket where the spout meets the can and a rubber gasket at the end of the spout which is held by a spring and a screw on cap. I just went out to the garage and gave it the sniff test....no gas smell (granted its the coldest part of the day so the least likely to be venting). That said, none of my cheap cans leak just sitting around. All have provided usable fuel after months of sitting through the winter and summer. They might vent some, but they sure swell up and pweeeeeeeewwwwww when I finally open them in the hot weather. They must be holding some pressure. The cheaper price allows me to store more fuel so I'll see how they perform over a year or so. If I was going to strap them to the back of a Humvee I would definately think twice, but for my use I'll test them. Again, thanks for the response. |
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I use the red plastic gas cans from walmart. (oh no!) When I stared buying them 5 years ago they were $5 each. I have 16 of them and rotate a can or two each month. I have had one leaker. I dumped it in my car with a super siphon and replaced it with a new plastic gas can. It looked like a small hole on the parting line and I think it was from setting it down heavy in my gravel driveway. They are kept in the barn and are checked at least once a month. On fill or re-fill I add stabil and carb cleaner.
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Mine are all steel, with gaskets. I stack them in the fuel storage shed to save floor space. I have 4 can carriers bolted to a purpose built skid that can be moved with a dolly I go 3 skids tall and can wheel them around at will. I rotate 1 skid every other month.(I have 2 stacks) |