Where can I get an old style non CARB 5-gal gasoline can?
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From: aemeijers on 12 Jun 2010 16:13 Steve W. wrote: > Brent wrote: >> Where can I get an old style non CARB compliant 5-gal gasoline can? >> >> I pine for the days when 5-gallong gas jugs had a pour spout and a vent. >> All the gasoline cans I can find in the stores are something called "CARB >> compliant". They are miserable abominations. >> >> I've never spilled so much gasoline in my life! >> >> One model has an on/off lever, but you have to use two hands at all times, >> one to hold the can, the other to keep pressed down on the lever, and the >> third hand to hold the funnel. The moment you let up on the lever, the >> handle locks shut, necessitating a manual reset. >> >> The other type has only a push-to-open tab which you supposedly press >> against the lip of the tool you're filling. Forget using funnels with this >> method. And, since the spout fills the opening of the tool you're filling, >> you can't see when it's full until you spill it all over the outside of the >> tool. >> >> There must be somewhere I can get the old-style gas cans. >> What is the reason for these CARB abominations anyway? >> >> Any idea where to get the old style 5-gallon gas cans? > > Take a look at Kerosene and diesel jugs. Most of the ones sold around > here are still the older non-CARB types. > If you do that, don't forget to hit the tops with a spray can of red paint before you fill them the first time, lest some busybody at the gas station get on you for using the wrong can. (When did red become 'required', anyway? Back in stone age, we had several pretty navy blue Belknap 5-gallon cans, with a seperate tiny lid for venting. No keeper chains, though, so you always had to be careful where you set it down.) -- aem sends...
From: hallerb on 12 Jun 2010 16:50 On Jun 12, 4:13�pm, aemeijers <aemeij...(a)att.net> wrote: > Steve W. wrote: > > Brent wrote: > >> Where can I get an old style non CARB compliant 5-gal gasoline can? > > >> I pine for the days when 5-gallong gas jugs had a pour spout and a vent. > >> All the gasoline cans I can find in the stores are something called "CARB > >> compliant". They are miserable abominations. > > >> I've never spilled so much gasoline in my life! > > >> One model has an on/off lever, but you have to use two hands at all times, > >> one to hold the can, the other to keep pressed down on the lever, and the > >> third hand to hold the funnel. The moment you let up on the lever, the > >> handle locks shut, necessitating a manual reset. > > >> The other type has only a push-to-open tab which you supposedly press > >> against the lip of the tool you're filling. Forget using funnels with this > >> method. And, since the spout fills the opening of the tool you're filling, > >> you can't see when it's full until you spill it all over the outside of the > >> tool. > > >> There must be somewhere I can get the old-style gas cans. > >> What is the reason for these CARB abominations anyway? > > >> Any idea where to get the old style 5-gallon gas cans? > > > Take a look at Kerosene and diesel jugs. Most of the ones sold around > > here are still the older non-CARB types. > > If you do that, don't forget to hit the tops with a spray can of red > paint before you fill them the first time, lest some busybody at the gas > station get on you for using the wrong can. > > (When did red become 'required', anyway? Back in stone age, we had > several pretty navy blue Belknap 5-gallon cans, with a seperate tiny lid > for venting. No keeper chains, though, so you always had to be careful > where you set it down.) > > -- > aem sends...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - the blue is a good idea, its for kerosene only. mix gasoline in a kerosene container and bam explosion when using kerosene in a kerosene heater. that happened in manufacturing somehere, kerosene got contaminated with gasolie some amish died.
From: dpb on 12 Jun 2010 17:01 hallerb(a)aol.com wrote: .... > that happened in manufacturing somehere, kerosene got contaminated > with gasolie some amish died. And to make matters even worse, they couldn't get any insurance... :( --
From: cuhulin on 12 Jun 2010 17:52 A few years ago in New Zealand a guy was walking real close by a heater mounted in a wall.He broke wind and a flame shot up his rear end.That gas is tough! cuhulin
From: hallerb on 12 Jun 2010 19:04
On Jun 12, 5:01�pm, dpb <n...(a)non.net> wrote: > hall...(a)aol.com wrote: > > ... > > > that happened in manufacturing somehere, kerosene got contaminated > > with gasolie some amish died. > > And to make matters even worse, they couldn't get any insurance... :( > > -- i think the supplier paid some compensation. certinally hope so the kerosene was all recalled. i guess it was re refined. interestingly the supplier faxed the amish who are allowed phones and electric in their barns but not their homes for business purposes |