Making gas cans great again

[ArlyA]

Spend some $$ and get a can that works. Eagles work great and will last for a long, long time. I'd guess there are other well built cans as well. With all the effort some folks are spending to fix a cheap can, I wonder if they have any free time.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Ripping the spring out is free and takes less than two minutes, and a plastic can will last decades. Plus it won't put rust rings on your shop floor, and it won't scratch up painted surfaces. Plastic doesn't dent, either.

I threw out a couple of ancient plastic pre-nanny cans this year, and they were going strong. They always leaked around the spouts, and the had no handles on the rear, so I got rid of them. They were very old when I got them, and that was 2017.

Plastic isn't the problem. The nanny state is. Kubota and other companies put plastic fuel tanks on their machines. My JD is from 1991, and the only issue the plastic tank has is a squirrel bite.