A decent fuel can?

LBrown59 · Sep 10, 2009

scotty088 said:
I found a fill-rite 15 gpm 12 volt electric pump complete with hose,filter and nozzle for $75.00 on craigslist.It takes longer to hook up to the 12 volt battery than it takes to fill the tank.My local Petrolium dealer gave me a new clean 55 gl. barrell for buying my off road diesel from him.This is the best set-up shy of having your own gas station.You guys are going to use your Tractors and implements for years.Why not make it easy on yourselves.....I don't spill a drop......
Scotty

A verry verry good point.

fishpick · Oct 11, 2009

I lost my mind trying to refuel the other day... flew into the house like a raving lunatic screaming about politics and fuel cans... Trail of blue air a mile long as I drove to the store. I took a brass plumbing fitting, heated it with a torch and then pressed it THROUGH the top back flat surface of the handle on my "no vent - no pour - Liberal fuel jug" - made a hole about .455" in the plastic - no shavings like you would get with a drill. Then took and dropped a new valve stem into the big hole on the jug and rolled it around spilling what little fuel was left - feeling vindictive the whole time - until a small wire would be all I needed to pull the tip out my new hole. Grabbed the stem with a pair of pump pliers and then pulled the stem out and set her. Then used a core remover from the auto store and pulled the center of the valve stem. Filled the pair of "Freedom Fuel Jugs" - unscrewed the valve stem cap - and wouldn't you know it... they pour like, well, you would expect. Total cost to modify the 2 jugs - $5 for valve stems and core removal tool. Fact I'm screwing the man - priceless.

Bedlam · Oct 11, 2009

Glad to see the idea worked. Funny thing is it came to me as i was sitting here, and hasn't been tried by me or anyone that I know till you. Sounds like it worked good.

wedge40 · Oct 15, 2009

fishpick said:
I lost my mind trying to refuel the other day... flew into the house like a raving lunatic screaming about politics and fuel cans... Trail of blue air a mile long as I drove to the store. I took a brass plumbing fitting, heated it with a torch and then pressed it THROUGH the top back flat surface of the handle on my "no vent - no pour - Liberal fuel jug" - made a hole about .455" in the plastic - no shavings like you would get with a drill. Then took and dropped a new valve stem into the big hole on the jug and rolled it around spilling what little fuel was left - feeling vindictive the whole time - until a small wire would be all I needed to pull the tip out my new hole. Grabbed the stem with a pair of pump pliers and then pulled the stem out and set her. Then used a core remover from the auto store and pulled the center of the valve stem. Filled the pair of "Freedom Fuel Jugs" - unscrewed the valve stem cap - and wouldn't you know it... they pour like, well, you would expect. Total cost to modify the 2 jugs - $5 for valve stems and core removal tool. Fact I'm screwing the man - priceless.

Could we have a photo please. I'm a visual kind of guy. I've alway though about drilling and putting valve like they have on the bottom of air tanks to bleed that water out into the gas can.

Wedge

fishpick · Oct 29, 2009

wedge40 - attached are two shots I took - but nothign fancy about the "how to" process.

I can tell you now I have filled them - stored them for a bit - and then poured into tractors... you need a funnel to get the contents in - but it comes out of the jug nice and does not splash all over like it used too.

I'm happy!

2manyrocks · Oct 29, 2009

I never thought I'd see the day when the old style fuel cans became desirable to have for their simplicity and working.

Somebody is going to figure out how to "correct" the fuel spout end of these cans.

fishpick · Oct 30, 2009

2manyrocks said:
I never thought I'd see the day when...

I have heard a lot of people saying that about a lot of things lately...

Solo · Oct 30, 2009

You can find the old style cans at Briggs and Stratton dealers if they can be purchased in your state.

Solo

fishpick · Oct 30, 2009

@Solo - Nope - this is NY... home of the CARB compliant gas can... and several other wonderful things...

clemsonfor · Oct 31, 2009

i bought one for my deisel. It is spill less. I put it into the tractor fuel neck, then pull the switch and then push the lever down no problem? I m not sure how you can spill it dont pull the trigger. Put the spout into the filler neck fuel flow cut off, then push down and pull the lock out switch back and fuel starts to flow. The problem i have it that it takes twice as long to put fuel in the tank.