Where can I get an old style non CARB 5-gal gasoline can?
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From: Smitty Two on 16 Jun 2010 12:29 In article <Xns9D98BB19AD19Ategger(a)208.90.168.18>, Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote: > > And right next to them on the shelf are the old-style corrugated yellow > nozzles for about $4 each. > From the sound of things here, I'd say you could be buying those things by the hundreds and selling them on ebay for a tidy profit. Not for use with gasoline, of course.
From: Steve Barker on 16 Jun 2010 17:11 On 6/12/2010 1:17 AM, 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? consignment and farm auctions -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email
From: Tegger on 16 Jun 2010 19:25 Smitty Two <prestwhich(a)earthlink.net> wrote in news:prestwhich-F609DD.09293816062010(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com: > In article <Xns9D98BB19AD19Ategger(a)208.90.168.18>, > Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote: > > >> >> And right next to them on the shelf are the old-style corrugated yellow >> nozzles for about $4 each. >> > > > From the sound of things here, I'd say you could be buying those things > by the hundreds and selling them on ebay for a tidy profit. Not for use > with gasoline, of course. Somebody's already doing that! <http://cgi.ebay.ca/Scepter-JERRY-GAS-CAN-SPOUT-3629-08562-yellow-parts-NEW_W0QQitemZ350362348284QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20100604?IMSfp=TL100604149001r11165> The product and package shown is the very same one I see for $4 (full-retail) pretty much everywhere up here. Go to it, guys! -- Tegger
From: Brent on 20 Jun 2010 19:07
On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:17:36 +0000 (UTC), Brent wrote: > Any idea where to get the old style 5-gallon gas cans? Looks like nobody can sell 5-gallon non CARB gasoline jerry jugs anymore: http://www.boatus.com/foundation/Findings/FoundationFindings43/FF43Web.pdf But, get this, if the can is SIX gallons, it's exempt from the onerous regulations! So the question isn't where can we get non-CARB gasoline cans ... but where can we get decent six-gallon gasoline cans! |