OT - Government Inspired Fuel Cans + PIA

I spill more gasoline out of those damn new cans than any could have ever evaporated out of the good cans. There was some under the table negotiations going on with that new development. Have you noticed that there is only 1 style?

Reply to
Leon
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There is nothing inspired about the new cans. As sold, they are unusable without a spout extension (hose and clamp) or a funnel.

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RonB

Piffle! While on my monthly foraging expidition in the neighborhood the evening before "heavy trash pickup," I spotted an olive-drab military jerry can. Scoop. Got it home and stenciled on the bottom was:

III Army Sep 44

Sigh. My little can may have helped liberate Bastogne.

And the can still works.

Reply to
HeyBub

There's no way to use the ones I have with either a hose and clamp or a funnel without manually pulling back their foreskins.

Reply to
J. Clarke

Nope. It's just illegal to sell it (or give it away), in the modified form

Logic being that you can expose yourself to the risk, but you're not allowed to epxose somebody else to it.

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Robert Bonomi

So.... I can remove the seat belts from my car...?

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HeyBub

Well, yeah.... However, you can't then drive that car on a public roadway as it is illegal (most places) to drive without your seatbelt on. However, you could drive that car with the removed seatbelts all over your own back 40.

By the same token, should you remove the spill protection device from your fuel can, you better hope that you don't get caught spilling fuel into the public waterways or onto the ground.... But the removel itself is not a criminal behavior as I understand it.

Dave Hall

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Dave Hall

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:51:16 -0500, the infamous Keith Nuttle scrawled the following:

That would yield a whole lot better-thought-out tools for us, wouldn't it?

My favorite gas can nozzle will shoot liquid gasoline out the air vent about 6' when it's overfilled. And if it's filled when cold, it will leak over a cup's worth as it warms up from the same reason, overfilling. (Who here has never accidentally overfilled a can?) Why weren't the bloody things recalled? They're downright dangerous.

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Larry Jaques

On 21 Jan 2010 14:38:26 GMT, the infamous Puckdropper scrawled the following:

They need to have experience putting gas from their device into a HOT mower, seconds after it ran out of gas.

Reply to
Larry Jaques

Sure, go ahead.

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CW

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:40:40 -0500, the infamous "Lee Michaels" scrawled the following:

Ah, wonderful contextual humor there, Lee. Two points.

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Larry Jaques

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:17:33 -0800 (PST), the infamous Hoosierpopi scrawled the following:

I, for one, wouldn't want to have been in a Pinto (or any other small car) which was rear ended at freeway speeds. I was a Ford technician at the time and I personally installed the "fix" on many a Pinto, later owning one (automatic, while recovering from a back injury.)

The fix was a 1/8" thick nylon shield (a whopping 9x16" IIRC) which went under the gas tank straps.this ensured that two differential bolts couldn't puncture the tank when the car was in a horrendous collision directly from the rear. They slid on the nylon instead. You know, don't you, that in all the hundreds of thousands of Pintos produced and in accidents, only 27 people died as a result of the gas tank fires? The NHTSA said the problem wasn't that bad and did not warrant issuing a recall. Yeah, that it was a financial move was not a good thing, but that happens on a daily basis around the world.

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While we are on the subject, a small gloat. I had an old Gerry Can

I broke my Load Handler and called in for replacement parts. They didn't hesitate and got the new parts to me, free of charge, later that same week. I mentioned that the one broke because the other didn't have a stabilizer, so they sent a stablized version. note the bumper clip on the lower left in the pic (see link), missing from the right side. It was tension in that area which rolled the thing up and broke the plastic fork at the top of the tailgate. With the new clip on both sides, it'll unload the heaviest bedful of gravel or compost with ease in under a minute. I barely work up a sweat with this thing. I love it! The week after I spent $70 on mine, they went on sale at BiMart for $40.

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How they work. (great, IMHO) Standard disclaimer applies.

Reply to
Larry Jaques

Better everything. What clown designed the Mercury Sable such that the steering wheel and dash had to be pulled just to change the light bulbs for the instruments?

Reply to
LDosser

i.e., through the thoughtfulness and concern of these do-gooders, people are being forced to make modifications and kludges that will result in more spilled gasoline with a higher likelihood of catastrophic consequences.

Heaven save us from concerned citizens and the politicians who listen to them!

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Mark & Juanita

And several versions of 70's Chevrolet that required a hole in the fender well or loosened motor mount to change a couple of spark plugs or heater blower.

For that matter, the new Saturn Sky sports car requires a fender panel removal to replace the stock battery.

We learn, don't we.

RonB

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RonB

Sheeesh! Can you at least get jumper cables on it?

Reply to
LDosser

They solve that with a sticker that says to let the mower cool before refuling. If you notice *every* piece of gas-powered equipment has that warning any more.

-- "We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"

Tim Douglass

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Tim Douglass

Tim Douglass wrote: ...

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I can't recall when they didn't have that -- certainly the 60s-vintage Deere 112 tractor has it...so I don't think it has anything whatever to do w/ the new cans.

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Reply to
dpb

virtually any necent vehicle has access points for charging/jumping that are _not_ the battery terminals.

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dpb

As the n is a fair piece from the d and r, which one did you mean? :)

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LDosser

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