Gas cans - really

[Musdalen]

So, I am about to take delivery of my first diesel powered anything. And that means I need to buy new gas cans, perhaps I should say fuel cans, for it. I have not bought fuel cans in decades, having plenty of old, but we'll made cans, until now. Unfortunately, it seems that all the fuel cans I see in most hardware stores are garbage.

Are there cans that are better than others out there? If so, where does one find something better than the plastic cans with all the various "safety" features?

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

You can't buy a can without the "safety" features anymore. What you can do is to buy the can, and then buy a new spout which does not have the safety features.

Here's one of those: EZ-Pour HI-FLO Replacement Spout Kit 3��51 by Ez-pour for $9.99 in Fuel Transfer - Lube Equipment - Air Compressors - Automotive : Rural King

I have found one of the newfangled cans which actually works quite well. Just push the pour spout down and the fuel glug-glugs its way into the tank. It's not as fast as the old-fashioned cans with their vents, but it's far better than anything else I've tried. One big benefit is that it keeps debris and bugs from crawling down the spout, as it seals right at the opening by spring action. To me, that benefit is worth the hassle of the glug-glug. I don't know the brand of it, though....


Remember, moisture is your enemy. Keep it out of your fuel.


As for plastic cans.... well, rust in your fuel is no fun, either. Plastic doesn't rust.

 

[rt014]

I just purchased two of these in white for my diesel needs from VP Racing....Just a screw off cap.

Motorsport Container(R) – Square – VP Fuels

 

[SJay]

I just purchased two of these in white for my diesel needs from VP Racing....Just a screw off cap.

Motorsport Container(R) – Square – VP Fuels

I have these also but in yellow - I use a large funnel to fill my tractor.

 

[crazyal]

I have some older VP jugs that don't have vents that I paid almost nothing for. With their large caps and using a funnel they work just fine. But when full they do weigh a little. I only use them for a back up though as I have a 55 gallon drum that I have a electric pump in.

 

[mguitas]

Try one of theses nospill plastic cans.

 

[MMfrompa]

So, I am about to take delivery of my first diesel powered anything. And that means I need to buy new gas cans, perhaps I should say fuel cans, for it. I have not bought fuel cans in decades, having plenty of old, but we'll made cans, until now. Unfortunately, it seems that all the fuel cans I see in most hardware stores are garbage.

Are there cans that are better than others out there? If so, where does one find something better than the plastic cans with all the various "safety" features?

Gas cans lol, I address the gas can dilemma in this video. But to answer your question, another vote for VP Racing jugs! I got a couple at Cabelas. Also as a side note last time at Rural King they had jugs similar to the VP jugs.

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[bcp]

I have several brands of cans, and No-Spill cans. The No-Spill spout won't fit any of my other cans. Don't rely on getting a another brand can, then adding a No-Spill spout.

Bruce

 

[Clay45]

TKOwnerMark has it right if you want to retrofit an old can or some current cans. On mine I found retaining the current threaded ring worked with the EZ spout. The same stuff is available locally for me at Tractor Supply Stores.

EZ-Pour HI-FLO Replacement Spout Kit 351 by Ez-pour for $9.99 in Fuel Transfer - Lube Equipment - Air Compressors - Automotive : Rural King

 

[oosik]

I don't know if you can get these anymore but I have four and they are great. I have the original GI - 5 gallon - cans and a simple steel flex nozzle. You might look in one of those GI surplus stores.

 

[TractorGuy]

I bought the yellow diesel cans from Walmart and added the EZ-Pour Hi-Flo spouts with vent kit from Tractor Supply. With tax it comes to near $30 a can but they work.

 

[ericm979]

You can still get non safety cans- you can buy a plastic motorsports type fuel jug like this: JEGS Performance Products 8: Square 5-Gallon Utility Jug, White | JEGS They're nice thick plastic. They come in yellow for diesel. I've been using some like that, though not as well designed, for 25 years. Originally bought for my race and offroad motorcycles, now for generator and ATV gas. Mine have hoses that come out of the caps, with stoppers.

 

[EddieWalker]

Government has ruined the gas can. So instead of dealing with their modifications, I've learned that it's faster and easier to just take the spout off and pour directly from the can into the tank. Now if I could just find a gas cap for the can so I could through the spout away and never deal with it again.

 

[s219]

View attachment 499337Try one of theses nospill plastic cans.

I agree, the No-Spill brand cans are the only ones that work worth a **** nowadays. They let you fuel fast with no leaks and no BS. All the other ones I have tried are junk and a pain to use.

 

[450]

The white square cans work great. I have been using them for several years.

 

[jcummins]

It is asinine what our government of the people by the people for the people has done to something as basic as a gas can. I buy my diesel in a 55 gallon drum in the back of my truck, transfer by gravity to a different 55 gallon drum with a pump on it. I use fuel cans only for the two cycle stuff, and I've got enough of the old stuff to last me till I die.

 

[jb1390]

I agree, the No-Spill brand cans are the only ones that work worth a **** nowadays. They let you fuel fast with no leaks and no BS. All the other ones I have tried are junk and a pain to use.

I concur with the votes for these cans. I have had good luck with them - much better than some of the other cr@p on the market. Now for diesel, I use a 14 gallon (red) container, with a hose. I hang it off the bucket or forks to get some elevation and just let 'er drain until full.

 

[mcfarmall]

Craigslist and on-line auction houses have the old pre-ban style gas cans. The Chiltons are my favorite style and I've even got some of them for free on CL.

 

[GaryLock]

Add a vent (multiple sources on ebay) and I can pour 5 gallons in under a minute. The No-Spill diesel cans are the bomb. I put in the vent, and the pour time went from maybe 4-5 minutes to under one for 5 gallons. Highly recommend. The red cans, I have the vent, and bought a couple of the EZ-Pour nozzles. Solves the BS Govt. problem.

 

[Captain Dirty]

Government has ruined the gas can. So instead of dealing with their modifications, I've learned that it's faster and easier to just take the spout off and pour directly from the can into the tank. Now if I could just find a gas cap for the can so I could through the spout away and never deal with it again.

The "spouts" of plastic fuel containers usually consist of a threaded ring, the spout, some sort of gasket, and (if old style) a disk that doubled as a cap. I have discarded the spouts of 2 new jugs I bought. On one jug I found the disk from an old, unserviceable container fit. For the second, I just cut a disk from the side of that unserviceable jug so that it was a tight fit in the ring. As our all-knowing government has deemed it unnecessary to have vents on 5 gallon containers for overpressure or vacuum, I haven't worried about pressure changes. My jugs are either full or empty so thermal expansion or pressure has not been a problem.

I've spilled less fuel wrestling the 40+ pounds of 5 gallons into a funnel at chest height than I've spilled struggling with with the new containers.