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Down under farmer · May 11, 2017

How many of you have one of these

Gene Dotson · May 11, 2017

Used to keep one in the toolbox of each tractor. saved hunting for one each time. Then went to automatic shutoff and worked much better.

SDE · May 11, 2017

At work, I use a plastic tube to hold it open.

farmerwithmutt · May 11, 2017

I know one guy that used it to transfer from an overhead barrel into a truck transfer tank .Problem was he didn't want to stay around as it was filling a very expensive mistake.

Steve@Advance · May 11, 2017

For a while some gas stations were taking the auto lock off.

Found the gas cap worked well for holding it open.

Guess they figured out others, like myself, went elsewhere for gas. Don't see any removed now.

David from Kansas · May 11, 2017

One my bale bed pickup, the fuel opening won't take fuel at even the first notch on the nozzle so I carry a little tapered piece of wood to keep it running without having to stand there and hold it as it usually takes about 5 minutes to fill. Found that it helps if there is a little slope by the pump so I can fill with the tank opening on the high side.

Mike(NEOhio) · May 11, 2017

FIL used to keep a wood wedge at the tank. OK as long as you don't walk away and forget it. Always used my gas cap from my truck, just cut the tether off.

farmboy48 · May 11, 2017

my pocket knife works for me.

cuby · May 11, 2017

Was filling my rental car once in Ariz.at a conv. store and washing windows at the same time,had the nozzel on automatic,got done with window washing ,came back to fuel tank and gas was running on the ground. Shut off was not working. Store clerk says "tough s--t, should have been standing there".Had to pay pump price. I was not happy.

gab · May 11, 2017

Didn't have rocks, a pocket knife had to do.

rrlund · May 11, 2017

I use a willow stick.

notjustair · May 11, 2017

I use a piece of copper pipe mashed to just fit and keep it going full blast. With machines that have 150 gallon tanks I would stand there forever with the trigger pulled. I used to use just the perfect rock but keeping it on top of the barrels in the Kansas wind is a little challenging.

NCWayne · May 11, 2017

I carry a 12 foot tape measure in my pocket all the time. I've found it's just the right height to keep a fuel nozzle wide open without me holding it.

On another note, I once worked for a concrete company. They had a wash out pond that was used by the drivers to clean the drums out. Essentially they could back under an overhead water pipe and use it to fill the truck by cutting on a pump.

When I initially wired it all up, I used a regular on/off switch. This resulted in one of the guys leaving it on over a weekend and burning up the pump. So, my boss told me to try something that required them to hold to keep the pump on.

So, that switch was replaced with a push button. It didn't take but a day or two before the guys figured out they could push it in and wedge a small piece of wood to keep it on.

So, I got a different button, with a solid, rubber cover. Their next thing was finding a board to lean against it to keep it depressed.

I can't remember everything I did in attempt to idiot proof the setup and protect the pump, but my boss finally told me to just give it up.........LOL

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