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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 26, 2008

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will had to go get a new one today and i would love the kill the stupid SOB that made us use them pieces of sh-- took forever to spill and dump 6 gal. this thing is good for the environment BS.just had to vent seeing the plastic jug don't have one. time to drill a hole

 

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Lanse

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• Aug 26, 2008

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I got one from yuppie supply the other day. Book said 5 gallon was $6. I payed $15.

Then filled it up. I added stabil today should i ever get far enough to put it in a tractor. I think its gonna be sitting for a while out there.

 

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NCWayne

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• Aug 26, 2008

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I hate them too. Even so they will empty just as quick as the old kind if you can tip it enough to hit the "sweet spot" where it does what it's supposed to do and vents back through the spout.....good luck on that...... My advice, for what it's worth, spend a little extra and get one of the explosion proof metal ones, you can't do much better than that for emptying ability as well as safety.

 

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GeneMO

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• Aug 26, 2008

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Man, you"re preaching to the choir here!!!

I have kinda looked around, but havent been able to find any sort of vent caps you can buy. The old ones that were yellow plastic with the little flip off top. Drill a hole and pop one of those in. But havent seen any.

I got mad at one and stabbed my pocket knife in it three times to make a triangle hole, then had to duct tape the hole shut, not to practical.

Maybe a hole the size of a .357 empty case. Stick the case in to seal, "Yeah, yeah, that"s the ticket."

I still have several of the old 5 gallon metal oil cans that they used back in the 60"s. Two screw off caps, and the small cap has another screw off cap on it. I need to get those down off the nails in the rafters and clean them up. Sure would cause me a lot less cussin.

Gene

 

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DRL

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• Aug 26, 2008

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Here is a trick that I haven't tried yet, but my neighbor has good luck with it. He has drilled a hole in the area where a vent hole should be. The hole is just big enough for a tire valve stem to pop into. He removes the valve core and uses the cap for the lid of the vent. He has done all his cans that way and has had no problems. Works pretty slick. Otherwise, like the rest of you said, you spill more on the ground than you get in the tank. A lot more harmful to the environment than a few vapors escaping. Besides, the vapors will escape anyhow, especially on a hot day. Man those cans can swell up!!

 

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Lanse

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• Aug 26, 2008

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If you guys are talking about yuppie supply plastic cans, theres a trick to them. And occassionally you have to tip the can back to let air in there

 

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Doug in Illinois

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• Aug 26, 2008

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I haven't checked, are the WWII type jerry cans being sold any more? They worked good, all mine are rusted out or came up missing. I still have 3 or 4 of the plastic 6 gallon cans I bought in 2000, they are the good ones with a vent. When I bought them, I got 15 of them, it was well worth filling all of them with gas or diesel if I had to go to Keokuk (IA)/Alexandria, MO anyhow. Some have been stolen, but most are old and brittle, crack easily now. I agree, do our crazy tree huggers really think a "spill half the fuel can" is better for the earth than a vented can that won't lose one drop being poured? DOUG

 

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Mike M

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• Aug 26, 2008

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JUNK !!! Swell up when hot,smell all the time empty or full hate to haul them in the car,tip over too easy. That's just the why I hate them short list. I guess mine are better than yours as they at least have a vent.

Brought to us by the same government idiots that did the low flow toilets,digital TV's,and tire pressure sensors.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 26, 2008

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This works for me:

1. Drill hole
2. Fish a stiff, thin wire through both holes
3. Remove valve core
4. String the valve stem on the wire and through drilled hole
5. install/tighten nut.

 

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Mathias NY

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• Aug 26, 2008

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For use with a lawn mower, I found the $12 hand pump attachment to work well. It doesn't take much longer than pouring. No mess and no funnels.

I was lucky that NY switched over before most other states. When they banned the vented style, I picked up half a dozen 6-gallon cans in Michigan. Now I have a few years before I need an alternative.

There was a company from Ohio selling "Old Ironsides" brand metal (old style) gas cans. I'm not sure if they are still in business, but I bought a new one last year for the same price as the lousy plastic ones.

If you are patient, watch for used cans a flee markets. For $20-$30 you can usually buy a good 30 year old can.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 26, 2008

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just came in from doing that. funny it' s the same jug

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 26, 2008

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I just use an empty ERA Laundry Soap bottle after my wife is done with it.It's red and 2 1/2 gallons, it has a nifty dispenser. A form of recycling.

 

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Walt Davies

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• Aug 26, 2008

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You ain't seen nothing yet i just bought a new Plastic can and it has this silly new type of poor spout that you have to press down on it to get the fuel out. Try that on and old tractor while trying to balance the darn thing above your head.
Piece junk designed by some idiot who doesn't even pump his own gas the self service stations.
Walt

 

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Roy in georgia

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• Aug 26, 2008

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I found the old cans at tractor supply 5 gal. galvanized can like my grandfather used when I was a kid it says do not use for gas but I do any way and can't see why not

 

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HemiMoparMan

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• Aug 26, 2008

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The valve stem mod is nice.
I just use those sealing washer screws for metal roofing, they even have their own drill bit made in them.

 

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Mark - IN.

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• Aug 26, 2008

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Really? Hmm? Thanks, I'll head there this weekend and buy the place out. I appreciate that.

Had a field rat workin his way up and down the corregated siding of my fuel shed and that son of a gun chewed the rubber spouts off of just about every good 5 gallon galvanized can I had. One would figure that gasoline or fuel oil would've backed it off but must've been hungry, or thirsty. Had one or two of those newer pieces of junk, and it never touched them. But sure loved them rubber hosed spouts before I saw him or her and got it. TSC huh? Okie Dokie, I'm there. In memory of that son of a gun that ate my filler tubes.

Thanks much,

Mark

 

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Roy in georgia

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• Aug 27, 2008

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these don't have a rubber spout just the big hole with a cap in the middle and a short spout with a small cap. like I said not intended for gas but I thing they were in the tool section around the parts washers. Grandfather used this exact type of can for many years before he passed and my father used it for many more after that till it rusted up on the inside

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 27, 2008

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There were mil surplus jerry can for sale a few years ago.10 states require these so called no spill cans.

 

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olddog

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• Aug 27, 2008

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Got one that I've used for years that had no vent. Drill a 3/16 hole in the top of can and insert a long (3" plus or minus) sheetrock screw (with a countersink type head) into the hole. Standing straight up the screw seals the hole. Tip it up to pour and the screw tips with it, unseating the countersink head and admitting air.
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