fuel cans

[Bubbles Up]

Its silly that you just cant go buy a simple gas can at any store on the corner. I have one of these junky carb gas cans to. If I put mine in my trucks toolbox the lid gets knocked off everytime. If anybody knows where to buy a good 1 gal and 5 gal can Id like to hear it. I just would like something with a tough spout and a lid that stays on.

Canadian Tire $6 that what we Canadians pay for the old scholo 1 gallon cans.
See my earlier post.
If I get a few people wanting then I can buy them and ship them:

$6+shipping?

 

[whitedogone]

Get the no-spill can from Baileys.

I've been using one all year and really like it.

Fair warning that it is air-tight. Combine that with ethanol and you get extreme expansion/contraction with temperature changes.

I've saving up for the companion no-spill oil jug.

This is what I use. It's pretty good. And you need the heads up on the expansion thing.

 

[BlacknTan]

Thanks for all the replies..

I think I'll give the Bailey's can a try.

 

[oneoldbanjo]

I have a couple of the new 1 and 2 gallon cans with the vent built into the spout....and every time I spill gasoline all over my saw and it runs onto the ground I am wondering how this is better for the environment than the cans with the vent plug. I almost never spilled fuel prior to getting these new cans. Prior to buying these cans I was using the Blue plastic 1 gallon oil bottles that I got when I bought oil for my diesel tractor - they have the caps offset to one side and they are very nice for pouring. I stopped using them as they are not very thick plastic and sometimes get pretty balloon shaped when I am using them in hot weather.

I do have a few of the 5 gallon cans that you can get at race car and motorcycle stores and they have nice pour spouts and vents and work great for putting diesel fuel in my tractor or gasoline in my lawnmower - but I don't mix 5 gallons of fuel at a time for my chainsaw and they would not be easy to pour into the small tank, and they are expensive. Here is a link to one of the suppliers for these 5 gallon cans.

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.co...cribner-Plastics-Spacesaver-Utility-Jugs.aspx

If you look at the above page you can see that you can buy the vents that they use on these jugs.....I am going to buy a few an install them on my new fuel jugs.

 

[Freehand]

These are old school tried and true:

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200149874_200149874

 

[mikefunaro]

Someone needs to drag those carb ^&%holes out to the parking lot outside their office building and show them just how impossible it is to use those cans. It's practically impossible not to spill.

I think part of the problem is that the spout is pretty complex for a $6 item. I wouldn't mind paying $15 for one that wasn't the biggest piece of trash on earth.

I've heard those no-spill ones can have o-ring problems?

MGF

 

[jburlingham]

Someone needs to drag those carb ^&%holes out to the parking lot outside their office building and show them just how impossible it is to use those cans. It's practically impossible not to spill.

I think part of the problem is that the spout is pretty complex for a $6 item. I wouldn't mind paying $15 for one that wasn't the biggest piece of trash on earth.

I've heard those no-spill ones can have o-ring problems?

MGF

The problem is they don't use them so they don't care. They are a group of people who have so much kool-aid in the system they only believe what they are told.

I Just fixed a carb can, I cut the crap out of the spout and added some gasoline friendly plastic tubing and a hose clamp, now I dont have to try and catch something with that silly little hook to slide the thing open.

 

[Chaz1]

I use a differential oil bottle(the type with a nozzle spout) for my bar oil. It's a great container for bar oil. Never spill a drop. As for a gas can I use 1 gallon plastic can that has a spout that retracts back inside the can when done. The spout is flexible and works real good. Pretty tough to spill any fuel.

 

[oneoldbanjo]

The problem is they don't use them so they don't care. They are a group of people who have so much kool-aid in the system they only believe what they are told..

I feel the same thing is true of the people trying to get the alcohol content in our fuel increased from 10% to 15%. They are told that it will work fine and help to reduce global warming. I suppose it works fine in modern fuel injected cars - but no one has taken the time to talk to farmers who use the fuel in 40 year old tractors or the repairs shops that work on small engines, or the people that work on motorcycles or chainsaws.

 

[jburlingham]

I feel the same thing is true of the people trying to get the alcohol content in our fuel increased from 10% to 15%. They are told that it will work fine and help to reduce global warming. I suppose it works fine in modern fuel injected cars - but no one has taken the time to talk to farmers who use the fuel in 40 year old tractors or the repairs shops that work on small engines, or the people that work on motorcycles or chainsaws.

Couldn't agree with you more, the problem is these idiots have a car (if that) that burns gasoline, they don't see the down side of Ethanol, destroying older equipment and small gas powered engines, they get their info on being better for the environment from the ethanol growers that are lobbying to push for more of it in the fuel, and they believe in global warming, which is debatable, as there are plenty of scientists who say that it isn't true.

 

[ale]

This is what I use: 5 gal fuel container from Jegs $19.99

 

[mtngun]

I've heard those no-spill ones can have o-ring problems?

The nozzle is complicated -- its the nozzle that makes the no spill jug different from all the rest -- but if it fails, you can buy a replacement nozzle for $9. Not cheap, but it does work better than any other chainsaw jug I've tried. No problems so far with my 1 year old nozzle.

The nozzle itself has an automatic vent that kicks in when you push the pour button. The vent problem I was referring to is extreme expansion/contraction with temperature change. Sitting in the sun on a hot summer day, the jug blows up like a balloon (when using ethanol) -- I release the pressure by pushing the button with the nozzle pointed slightly upward, or else fuel will discharge under pressure like a fire hose. Then on a cool night, the jug implodes (again with ethanol). So far this has not damaged the jug, it's just very annoying.

As I mentioned before, it could be fixed by drilling a tiny hole, but then the ethanol would be exposed to moisture in the air. The problem is not the jug, it's ethanol. Ethanol causes the extreme expansion/contraction.

 

[Bubbles Up]

Bodog65
Check your PM`s.

 

[GrantC]

I'm just mad that we can't get those cool Husqvarna and Stihl Combi Cans in this country.

:censored:

 

[cowtipper]

I'm just mad that we can't get those cool Husqvarna and Stihl Combi Cans in this country.

:censored:

Check out baileys web site...

http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=85310&catID=

also noticed you are in Oregon, if you can make it up to Longview wa, there's wood's and another place... can't think of there name. I bet they would have the pre CARB cans.

 

[GrantC]

Got one (pre-CARB) - they aren't nearly as neat as the Husky can!

-=[ Grant ]=-