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Hi Neil,

Wow, this could be VERY good news.....Can you articulate? I'd Bet most wordlings have hated the gov't mandated goofy gas can stuff....

Pray tell....what's your good news??

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fish&peace said:
That is good news,we been hanging on to the old ones for dear life and scratching our heads looking @ the new ones
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We burned through the “gas” cans in about four trips. Spills, leaks, gut the thing so you can get it into the boat without spilling everywhere. Maddening. We bought 8 purple jugs. Purple because they were $4 cheaper each. We’re on our fourth season, and I use them for all my fuel needs when not at the lake. The hoses can go brittle and require replacement, but I only have two hoses on eight jugs, plus a spare in the bilge. Just swap the cap with hose to the next jug.

Technically not legal for fuel transport, and the jug says so. Functionally a much better product than the mandated ones.
 
You can buy everything you need to modify the existing horrible cans on Amazon. An air vent easily installed and an old style cap, including the neck for pouring. Takes about five minutes per can to install the air vent and replace the rotten filler cap.
 
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We bought all new gas cans this year after having ours fall off the back of the boat on the way back last year. Found that there is a lot of leakage through the nozzles, resulting in a lot of environmental release. Elected to siphon from the can instead, but had to get rid of the ridiculous filters in the neck before we could do so. Additionally, the nozzles have a stem that would prevent access to the entire contents of the gas can. I can't understand why anyone would think this design is an improvement in any way over some of the old designs which didn't leak, didn't result in the need to slowly trickle flow into the tank from the can, and allowed access to the entire contents of the gas can.
 
nzaugg said:
We bought all new gas cans this year after having ours fall off the back of the boat on the way back last year. Found that there is a lot of leakage through the nozzles, resulting in a lot of environmental release. Elected to siphon from the can instead, but had to get rid of the ridiculous filters in the neck before we could do so. Additionally, the nozzles have a stem that would prevent access to the entire contents of the gas can. I can't understand why anyone would think this design is an improvement in any way over some of the old designs which didn't leak, didn't result in the need to slowly trickle flow into the tank from the can, and allowed access to the entire contents of the gas can.
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I did some googling to try to find out what they thought would really be accomplished by requiring these containers. But I couldn't find anything. Everything I could find just ended up being complaints.

It's just hard to imagine that the little bit of spills and fumes out of old fashioned fuel containers really makes that big of a difference to the environment. But I have been surprised before.
 
T.kidd said:
I bought a battery powered transfer pump from Home Depot 2 D batteries. beats the heck out of handling those heavy cans.
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We have used those a lot. This year we tried a simple siphon tube with foot valve. The battery pump strands a lot of gas in the can. I could get all but about a tablespoon of gas out using the siphon.
 
Shredhook said:
Just take to spout off and use a funnel.....
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That's not all that much easier. Since the container has no vent in it, you would have to pour slowly enough to make sure air can enter through the same hole that the fuel is exiting. Or else the container will burp and gulp.
 
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I have ran a screw in all of my cans that I remove to vent them. Then I ditched the screen inside the tank. Then I cut the nozzle back to get full flow out of them. I also modify the lid so you don't have to hold anything down to unscrew them. Can't wait to see the old style gas cans back on the shelf, but it's up to the supplies and what country they buy them from.
 
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