Idiot Gas Cans

Yes, see...

On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:46:06 -0600, snipped-for-privacy@spamblocked.com wrote in

That's the only reasonable solution I have found.

I recall awhile back there was a thread about these so called ""safety gas cans". I had to buy one of these aggravating cans, and they are horrible at least. I put 4 gallons in a 5 gallon can, for my farm tractor, and it took me 22 minutes to pour these 4 gallons in the tractor. Whoever designed these cans should be SHOT! (Yea, I know it's mandated by the idiot government).....

I should nmention that on a farm tractor, I am holding the can over my head, and I was doing this in very cold weather. (((AND CUSSING)))!

Aside from removing the spout and using a funnel, is there some way to modify these cans? The old flexible metal spouts from the old gas cans do not fit the threads on these new cans).

Do not shop for a 'gas can'. Instead, you want to purchase an 'OSHA-approved metal safety container'. They're exempt from the EPA and CARB regs. Yeah, you'll pay more, but you'll get a quality can that actually pours like it should.

Example:

He's out of office now.

:)

I found the one I have confusing at first, but now works fine.

But I'm not doing any farming.

I read that there are no regulations on metal gas cans. They're probably more expensive, but a metal can might make more sense on a farm.

The funnel is the way to go. Rural King sells a nice one for about $5.

You can dump 5 gallons in about 30 seconds if it is a vented can, more like 45 seconds with the new unvented can.

I scour the garage sales for old cans ;-)

Per snipped-for-privacy@spamblocked.com:

It's probably wretched excess, but I have gone over to these things:

The pouring ergonomics aren't great: they need a handle or some purchase on the bottom for tilting while pouring.

But the rest is really good: durability, pouring, sealing...

Just beware of look-alike imitations that lack things like the sprayed-in lining.

For a spout, I got these:

They work, but I wish I had gotten at least one of these:

Per Frank:

Anybody else old enough to remember the comic strip "Hatlo's Inferno"?

I bet Jimmy Hatlo would have done an entertaining strip on those things.

I too, being as frustrated as all of you, finally purchased from Amazon a battery powered gas pump for about $15. It is a wand type device that you stick into the can with the cap off, the top has a flexible hose that you stick into the receptical (car, power equipment, etc) and flip the power switch. I usually pump 5 gallons in

Now we got Joe Biden? What happened to the idiot?

- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .

And he should be the sole person responsible for filling all the gas tanks that provide all the HELL FIRE!!!!

Isn't this a gas can with all the problems?

He became a third-rate painter.

I bought replacement spouts from

a couple of years ago. They work great.

Paul

I just tried on Chrome and IE-10 and both came through. Not sure why you got bounced.

Did anyone else try?

pli

Chrome works fine for me on an XT machine. Found a listing at Ace Hardware that is usspose to carry them locally.

I clicked on that link, and got the message saying "ERROR 403 We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /compatible-cans/compatible-cans/ on this server. You do not have permission to access this server."

I got that page on Firefox.

BTW, the 5-gal cans I just bought at Wal-Mart are labeled Ameri-Can, and the EZ-Pour spouts (yellow caps) and vents fit fine on them.

It works on Firefox, but not on K-meleon (my default browser). Maybe cuz I have scripts turned off on that browser!