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Ralph Mowery Ralph Mowery is offline
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Default kill them all! - the new gas can?


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I don't know if this design of this gas can is the result of the Florida
law suit or not, but the gas can I just purchased was committee designed.

It has no vent - it takes forever to dispense (gurgle gurgle gurgle)
You are required to push the nozzle down to open. Because
of the mechanics you can't drain it (5 gallon model... about 1 gal left).
The seal is a cheap rubber gasket with a grove that rolls over and self
destructs if you twist the nozzle - leak leak leak.

If there is ever a revolution, we really do need to kill all the lawyers.

(went back to find a simple "old school" can... couldn't find one)


Must be the EPA as those cans seem to be all that you can get now. They
took the vent off the cans years ago. A few years ago they made tht spout
you have to push down.

I have some of the old 5 gallon and a 1 gallon can without the vent. They
work ok buttake a long time to empty.

I bought a new one gallon can to mix oil for the weedeater about 2 years ago
and have spilt more gas out of that can than I do out of all the other cans.


You can go on youtube and see how some are modifying the cans. I think you
can buy some "water can replacement nozzles" . that will fit the gas cans.



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