Plastic Gas containers and Plastic liners in Pickups?

[Industrial Toys]

That is yet more news to me. I have a FLUKE megger. I should test the truck frame to ground.

 

[4570Man]

Weird how the underside of the truck caught fire. Better video would have been nice to see what he did. Certainly using that lit gasoline nozzle as a flamethrower didn't help matters.

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He drops that flame thrower that’s apparently still pumping gas under the truck.

 

[mrmikey]

I believe the plastic bed liner and the steel bed in combination with the tires form a capacitor of sorts. The fuel travelling thru the hose causes a static charge Same principal a a Leyden jar, once it reaches enough potential, it causes a spark....I think . Regardless, I won't fuel a can in the back of my truck, I put it on the ground...........Mike.

 

[s219]

It's not just common sense, it's the law around here. Portable tanks must be placed on the ground when filling.

 

[LouNY]

A simple way to reduce any static charge is to keep the hose nozzle in contact with the container being filled.
Pump hoses have a ground connection built into them.

 

[stuckmotor]

I've wondered why the hose on the off road diesel pump that I frequent is too short to reach a container in the bed of my pick up. Now, I think I know.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Heck, ours are a mile long to reach the other side of trucks. One of these days, I have to fuel my Diesel generator project, that will be in the bed of my truck. Wondering if they will go and shut the pump off on me. Steel tank, and Diesel, so there should not be a concern, but it might be impossible to convey that to them and rightly so. The next guy might just be spinning a load of crap.

 

[lman]

I've wondered why the hose on the off road diesel pump that I frequent is too short to reach a container in the bed of my pick up. Now, I think I know.

So you can't fill a truck bed fuel tank? It's common around here to fill a truck bed fuel tank with off road diesel to use in tractors or are we saying that would ignite when filling.

 

[Paystar]

Family owns a truck stop gas station. It is self serve. When there is no work for my dump truck I sometimes man the station if someone else wants a day off.

It is law that me or employees stop pumps if we see a can be filled in the back of a truck. It must be on ground by law.

Unfortunately not all people have the common sense or courtesy I have in that if I see an elderly person, woman, someone with health problems, etc.....I will go out and fill and lift the cans for them.

 

[Paystar]

So you can't fill a truck bed fuel tank? It's common around here to fill a truck bed fuel tank with off road diesel to use in tractors or are we saying that would ignite when filling.

If you are talking a transfer or auxiliary tank, here in Ontario Canada anyway, it has to be mounted directly through the truck frame, have a placard stating what type of fuel you have in it, and a fire extinguisher and spill kit on the vehicle.