gas can

Kevin Meier · May 4, 2010

Have any of you purchased a new gas can with this new OSHA approved nozzle you have to pull back to pour gas? What a joke! I haven"t even dumped the first 5 gallons of gas out of this piece of junk cuz it"s leaking already and a royal pain in the rear? Have any of you tried to drill the safety pieces out to open it up?

Two Dogs · May 4, 2010

I Anglo-engineered a couple of them last year for a female friend. It took a bit of time and trouble but I finally made them usable. TDF

paul · May 4, 2010

I think this was discussed here a week ago, or one of the farm boards....

My state hadn't required that yet, so the older styles are (were?) still to be had. I'm sure it will or is fedral of course.

I've seen a few very odd looking deals on the shelves, couldn't even figure out what they were all about, or how one would use them. I guess I'm too much of a simple dirt farmer to understand how a gas can works any more....

From the sounds of it, a step backwards.

--->Paul

IOWA NORTHEAST · May 4, 2010

The new ones I have seen and used worked very well, you don;t have to pull anything just push it down when on top of the hole, and it shuts off all by itself about 1" down, without loosing a single drop of gas.

The only issues are they are real slow, and not dust proof.

Now if you purchased a explosion proof one like we must have at the fire department, well they are a real pain 99% of the time.

Goose · May 4, 2010

They are a total joke!!

What I did, was take a pair of dikes and cut the center shaft of the valve. The entire valve drops out. Then cut the lever off and screw an oversized sheet metal screw into the hole the center rod of the valve left. You now have a spout that's open clear through. You might have to scrounge for a cap for the spout if it didn't have one, but plastic caps from new hydraulic hoses or something similar works.

I then drilled a 3/8" hole in the appropriate place for an air vent. I took some bolt though tire valve stems and used a wire to pull them through into the vent hole. Tightened them down and put a valve cap on with no valve core in the stem.

I did four of them, and they work just like old times.

Phil in Pa · May 4, 2010

They're complete garbage in my opinion.

Our state went to the dark side a few years ago.

Occasionally I search online to attempt to purchase real gas cans like adults use, to no avail.

Anonymous-0 · May 4, 2010

Been done to death here and other places, Drill a .410" hole, in the handle, where a vent would be logically located, stick a wire through to the spout, and pull a tubeless valve stem over, and insert it, without the core. Cut off the spring loaded spout, and hose clamp some suitable hose to it. For a cap, use the blue or red plastic caps that come on new hydraulic components. Too much algore in these gas cans, slow, and fat!

JMS/.MN · May 4, 2010

When I worked at the gravel pit a few years ago, it was a mandatory change from MSHA-(like OSHA), but for miners. They are a PITA to deal with......so are the gas cans.

jm. · May 4, 2010

Come on down to old state of Tennessee ..we are always the last to go to all that new JUNK Califorina comes up with. Everything bad starts out there. We common folks end up having to pay for their way of life. Plenty of plain old plastic or metal gas cans anywhere from one gallon to 5 gallon on walmart shelves..Send me your order.. Good luck, life can get complicated some times.....

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