[AT] Gas Cans

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Fri Nov 7 15:44:20 PST 2008


I am with Paul on that one - I am keeping my old metal 5 gallon "Jerry" 
cans (although with newer spouts) and the other "standard" plastic cans 
that I bought years ago. Some of the plastic spouts have split, but I 
have enough of them to move around from can to can.

Mike

Paul Waugh wrote:
> WOW
> All of my cans just voted in the election, they are that old. I am so glad 
> that I have 10-12 of them around in sorted sizes.  I have never seen what 
> this thread refers to, and am glad that I haven't.
> 
> Paul - IN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Johnson" <moscowengnr at yahoo.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 5:36 PM
> Subject: [AT] Gas Cans
> 
> 
> I also agree that these cans are a real pain. I had a few days in hospital 
> and was trying to explain to my wife how to put gas in lawn mower. End 
> result was a neighbor filling mower tank after wife spilled gas all over 
> herself and the mower.
> 
> I finally found a more reasonable plastic gas can at Northern Hydraulics in 
> SW Houston and purchased it so my wife would have something she could use, 
> and I would also have a more reasonable gas can to use. It has a simple cap 
> that can be removed and allows the nozzle to open up.
> (Please do not share this with the regulators or they may try and stop the 
> sale of gas cans that do not spill gas.)
> 
> It is also fun to try and fill a weed eater using one of the new cans. The 
> weed eater is so light that when you push down to open the fancy nozzle it 
> upsets the weed eater and you spill more gas.
> 
> Regards,



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