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| Vic Dura 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
| It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
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| Dennis Turner 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
| On 7/23/2005 9:16 AM or thereabouts, Vic Dura appears, somewhat
unbelievably, to have opined:
> It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
> ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
> well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
> I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
>
The ventless can I have seals very well, but pours rather poorly (pardon
the pun). As long as the can is full to minimize condensation you should
have no problem storing gasoline for 6 months.
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| Neon John 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
| On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:16:10 -0500, Vic Dura
<vpdura@CLUTTERhiwaay.net> wrote:
>It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
>ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
>well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
>I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
You need to look somewhere else other than Walmart and the big box
stores.
They work OK. Not as well as conventional cans but OK. They seal as
well as any other gas can.
John
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| shrubkiller@excite.com 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
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Vic Dura wrote:
> It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
> ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
> well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
> I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
So? Buy one and poke an air hole in it.
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| anoldfart@invalid.com 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
| On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:16:10 -0500, Vic Dura
<vpdura@CLUTTERhiwaay.net> wrote:
>It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
>ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
>well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
>I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
I have a 2 gal ventless can. I hate it. I fill it, when the temps
rise outside the gas is forced up the spout (stored inside the can),
and spills over the top of the can. Just driving home from the gas
station I get gas all over my trunk. It has spilled over killing a
spot on my lawn too. I have found that I can not put the spout in
the can after filling. and have to leave the spout sticking out of the
can. The can will not seal without the spout inserted. that is the
part that forms the "gasket". Besides this, it does not pour very
well. The old cans with vents worked fine for many years, but there
is always someone that has to screw up what already works in the name
of progress. Ventless cans are junk !
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| JustDave 2005-07-24, 9:10 pm |
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"Vic Dura" <vpdura@CLUTTERhiwaay.net> wrote in message
news:40k4e1pskccptq8jtmcvmg800nhr2s1fnd@4ax.com...
> It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
> ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
> well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
> I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
>
> --
> To reply to me directly, remove the CLUTTER from my email address.
The one my wife bought me (after she gave away my perfectly good 'regular'
plastic can to a stranger who claimed to be stranded) leaks, and I have to
apply so much pressure to open the valve that I'm always worried I'll damage
the plastic gas tank I'm filling.
Just get a standard plastic can. It's not that hard to open the caps
JustDave.
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| Dean Hoffman 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
| On 7/23/05 9:16 AM, in article 40k4e1pskccptq8jtmcvmg800nhr2s1fnd@4ax.com,
"Vic Dura" <vpdura@CLUTTERhiwaay.net> wrote:
> It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
> ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
> well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
> I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
You might take a look here:
http://www.tractorsupply.com
It might not hurt to put some StaBil in your gas for long term storage.
That stuff works as advertised.
Dean
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| Chip C 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
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shrubkiller@excite.com wrote:
> Vic Dura wrote:
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> So? Buy one and poke an air hole in it.
This would allow gas fumes to escape and collect in whatever storage
area the can was in. That's bad, you get on the news that way. Properly
vented cans have sealable vents to keep closed when you're not actually
pouring.
Chip C
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| On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:16:10 -0500, Vic Dura
<vpdura@CLUTTERhiwaay.net> wrote:
>It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
>ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
>well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
>I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
I bought a Flo N Go nozzle and ventless can together and this
combination works great, no spills and easy to use.
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| banmilk@hotmail.com 2005-07-24, 9:11 pm |
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Chip C wrote:
> shrubkiller@excite.com wrote:
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> This would allow gas fumes to escape and collect in whatever storage
> area the can was in. That's bad, you get on the news that way. Properly
> vented cans have sealable vents to keep closed when you're not actually
> pouring.
So? Get your chainsaw out and whittle a stick to poke in the hole when
you aren't pouring gas.
>
> Chip C
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| Vic Dura 2005-07-25, 1:21 pm |
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Thanks to Dennis Turner, Neon John, AnOldFart, JustDave, Chip C and
Alan for the comments.
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| Offbreed 2005-07-31, 8:21 pm |
| anoldfart@invalid.com wrote:
> I have found that I can not put the spout in
> the can after filling. and have to leave the spout sticking out of the
> can. The can will not seal without the spout inserted. that is the
> part that forms the "gasket".
Uhm, "Don't fill it all the way up"?
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