[AT] Fuel cans and dispensing - ideas requested

Chuck Saunders gooberdog at gmail.com
Thu Nov 6 05:50:21 PST 2008


It is getting to where Blitz is the only brand available.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Lew Best <bee_keeper at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I have one (I think it's also a blitz) that has a very small split at
> the top handle; I never fill them full (only put in about 4-4.5 gallons
> to make me have to tip them further to start pouring for less spillage)
> so it's not a problem.  Makes a nice vent.  The "spill proof spouts"
> they all seem to have now cause me to spill more than ever trying to get
> them to spring back & start pouring.  I have a coupla the old spouts
> that are still good so use one of them on the can I'm using at the time.
> When gas prices were rising rapidly I used to keep 3 five gallon cans
> full; now just fill them one at a time since by the time I empty one the
> price may have dropped significantly.
>
> Lew
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> Slightly OT for this thread but only a little.
>
> Has anyone else had plastic cans split? I was filling a 5 gallon plastic
> can, almost new and it was about half full and the side split open.
> Luckily
> I had a second can to fill so I could pour most of the gas in it and
> lost
> less than a gallon on the concrete.
>
> The plastic can was a blitz ventless brand. Is one brand better than
> another
> or was I just unlucky and got a bad can?
>
> Thanks
> Bob W [FL]
>
>
>
>
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