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Default Where can I get an old style non CARB 5-gal gasoline can?

On 6/12/2010 1:17 AM, Brent wrote:
Where can I get an old style non CARB compliant 5-gal gasoline can?

I pine for the days when 5-gallong gas jugs had a pour spout and a vent.
All the gasoline cans I can find in the stores are something called "CARB
compliant". They are miserable abominations.

I've never spilled so much gasoline in my life!

One model has an on/off lever, but you have to use two hands at all times,
one to hold the can, the other to keep pressed down on the lever, and the
third hand to hold the funnel. The moment you let up on the lever, the
handle locks shut, necessitating a manual reset.

The other type has only a push-to-open tab which you supposedly press
against the lip of the tool you're filling. Forget using funnels with this
method. And, since the spout fills the opening of the tool you're filling,
you can't see when it's full until you spill it all over the outside of the
tool.

There must be somewhere I can get the old-style gas cans.
What is the reason for these CARB abominations anyway?

Any idea where to get the old style 5-gallon gas cans?


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