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I bought some very near worthless jerry cans and need to return them. If the Jerries had had these cans as their only fuel cans we'd have gotten everyone back here to begin the baby boom a few years earlier. The seller expects there to be no fuel smell in the returning cans. I could hear the smirk on the guy's face and he read me the list of demands.
Why are these cans worthless? Because the parts you rely on can't do their job. The little locking rod would need sand blasting to get enough of the O.D. paint of it so it could fit thru the intended hole. The spout is very narrow and it takes forever to empty five gallons into the tank. You do not want to be standing with on foot on each side of the FEL supports, bent over, and trying to hold on to the bottom edge... Actually there isn't one. There is a curve on the bottom rear edge but it would never qualify as a useful purchase for the 40 lbs of fuel in there. OK, maybe it's 35. I used to have two real ones in my `60 land rover and they were very useful.
Can't wait to dump these back in the lap of the puchaser for that `sportsman's purveyor' of all things polyester. I love the warnings on some of the clothing. "Caution this material may fuse" They leave out the "to you skin while it's burning"part.
Maybe I'm old fashioned but it does not seem `sporting' to use digital recording equipment to track the critters movement patterns , digital samples of the calls of the intended prey and infra red scopes to line up the cross hairs while waiting for the sun to creep over the horrizon.
I can see where this type of hunting is going..... You wait at the bar with your 50 caliber, laser sighted/aimed sniper rifle, and the fish and game people drive them in thru the front door and out the back to the alley...... that is fenced on both ends.
Maybe this could be a new literary genre wiseass Scilence Friction. It's not my intent to anger you guys who been so generous with your help. Think of it as exaggeration to make a weak point. I must also note. I have gotten some good service out of some of the military surplus COTTON clothing I've gotten from these guys.
It just seems that they are attempting, via their marketing practices to turn what used to be hunting into a leisure sport. Oh yea, I left out the talk abouts, gps units and four wheelers. Here's another way it could go....Those same fictitious game and fish guys fly over the wilderness area and drop millions of velcro hook beepers on the game and you could send your drones to make the kill from the bar and avoid the all carnage in the isles. Yea that's it.
So..... is there anyone left who will share their fuel container cleaning secrets?
Ron
I bought some very near worthless jerry cans and need to return them. If the Jerries had had these cans as their only fuel cans we'd have gotten everyone back here to begin the baby boom a few years earlier. The seller expects there to be no fuel smell in the returning cans. I could hear the smirk on the guy's face and he read me the list of demands.
Why are these cans worthless? Because the parts you rely on can't do their job. The little locking rod would need sand blasting to get enough of the O.D. paint of it so it could fit thru the intended hole. The spout is very narrow and it takes forever to empty five gallons into the tank. You do not want to be standing with on foot on each side of the FEL supports, bent over, and trying to hold on to the bottom edge... Actually there isn't one. There is a curve on the bottom rear edge but it would never qualify as a useful purchase for the 40 lbs of fuel in there. OK, maybe it's 35. I used to have two real ones in my `60 land rover and they were very useful.
Can't wait to dump these back in the lap of the puchaser for that `sportsman's purveyor' of all things polyester. I love the warnings on some of the clothing. "Caution this material may fuse" They leave out the "to you skin while it's burning"part.
Maybe I'm old fashioned but it does not seem `sporting' to use digital recording equipment to track the critters movement patterns , digital samples of the calls of the intended prey and infra red scopes to line up the cross hairs while waiting for the sun to creep over the horrizon.
I can see where this type of hunting is going..... You wait at the bar with your 50 caliber, laser sighted/aimed sniper rifle, and the fish and game people drive them in thru the front door and out the back to the alley...... that is fenced on both ends.
Maybe this could be a new literary genre wiseass Scilence Friction. It's not my intent to anger you guys who been so generous with your help. Think of it as exaggeration to make a weak point. I must also note. I have gotten some good service out of some of the military surplus COTTON clothing I've gotten from these guys.
It just seems that they are attempting, via their marketing practices to turn what used to be hunting into a leisure sport. Oh yea, I left out the talk abouts, gps units and four wheelers. Here's another way it could go....Those same fictitious game and fish guys fly over the wilderness area and drop millions of velcro hook beepers on the game and you could send your drones to make the kill from the bar and avoid the all carnage in the isles. Yea that's it.
So..... is there anyone left who will share their fuel container cleaning secrets?
Ron
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