FUEL CANS?
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Brushogger
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Jerry cans. I only put 100 percent petrol with Stabil in it. It will keep for a year and I've had no can rusting problems.
In good old California, you can only buy CARB compliant fuel cans these days. Essentially you have to have the "special" spout that spills/leaks more fuel than the old ones did. We come up with new and more expensive ways for the Chinese to make more $$$ off of us in this state.
Brushogger
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http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/GJC20
You can buy these. They aren't the cheap Chinese copies. I've been using them for 8 years with zero issues. They aren't technically sold as fuel cans, due to CARB, but the ones that I've purchased have the UN stamp on them. They do not leak at all. To test it, I filled one to the brim an hung it upside down outside in 100+ degree heat for 3 days. It was tight as a drum but never leaked.
You can buy these. They aren't the cheap Chinese copies. I've been using them for 8 years with zero issues. They aren't technically sold as fuel cans, due to CARB, but the ones that I've purchased have the UN stamp on them. They do not leak at all. To test it, I filled one to the brim an hung it upside down outside in 100+ degree heat for 3 days. It was tight as a drum but never leaked.
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This.
For me, if I carry fuel in a can it will only ever be in a Scepter can. Because if it's good enough for the USMC it's good enough for me. Anything else is just not as safe or as durable IMHO.
Now, I know they're hard to get. But they are worth it.
So yeah, Scepter. Because.
Rotopax are all the rage right now. They seized an opportunity created largely by Scepter's exit from the US civilian market because of CARB's BS.
That said, those I know using the Rotopax cans have good things to say about them. And they do seem well made.
That said, those I know using the Rotopax cans have good things to say about them. And they do seem well made.
Brushogger
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The rotopax are very good but mucho $$$$$ plus the proprietary mounting hardware.
Check their site frequently. They sell the blemished products that still pass the leak tests at about half the price. I've got a few of them that way.
Brushogger
Adventurist
That's some great info there!
That's where I got mine, still running eight of them for the Discovery. They also sell replacement gaskets for the lids/spouts which I carry as spares.
I picked up the little half-height 10L version from them for the Subaru as well, because that's 50+ miles in the little Foz.
Code Red
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We have been using the Nato style for the last four years and love them. I haven't used an MFC since the 90's, but the ones I recall were well used and never seemed like something I would want inside the vehicle. The steel Nato style with the cam-locks seal tight enough that we routinely carry them inside the vehicle, in any orientation, without any fumes or problems. I had never before experienced a can that I would be comfortable having inside the car.
The only issue I have with them is that you have to be careful when breaking the seal because it is easy to fill them up to a point where the gas can expand and spill out when you open them.
The only issue I have with them is that you have to be careful when breaking the seal because it is easy to fill them up to a point where the gas can expand and spill out when you open them.
Scepter Fuel & Water. 20 & 10L canisters and parts. Colors available. Black, UN blue, desert tan, tan, OD green, red.
They will not ship fuel canisters into the US but they will ship water canisters, water canister parts and fuel canister parts into the US. Canadian post is expensive though.
http://www.dstactical.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=10
They will not ship fuel canisters into the US but they will ship water canisters, water canister parts and fuel canister parts into the US. Canadian post is expensive though.
http://www.dstactical.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=10
Optimistic Paranoid
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Dean, I'd be interested in some details on your spare tire mounted can carrier. Store-Bought or Home-Made? If the former, could you tell me where you bought it? If the latter, could you post a close up picture or two? Thanks.
It is the hackiest of homemade DIY hackjobs. It's actually two fenders from a Harbor Freight trailer, some re-bar, a piece of pipe, some bar-stock, a few pieces of scrap steel, and a lot of black Rustolium spray paint. Oh, and a cotter pin to hold it together. It was built in like half an hour in total haste the day before I left on my first trip in 2015. It was just random crap laying around my buddy's garage. One of those, "use what you got when you ain't got much" projects. It did the job and survived two trips. I've debating about building a new one since I'm friends with a better welder and have a few ideas on how to make it a little better. Then again, anything made out of something other than two harbor freight trailer fenders and a pile of other scrap would have a lot less "charm."
FYI: Only fill to the designed capacity. The can has extra space to allow for expansion without breaking the seal (20l cans can hold 21+ liters). But, if you overfill the can you can overpressurize it as the temperature goes up and get flow past the seal. I've seen this a lot on our vics in LAR Battalions. Makes a mess and causes a fire hazard.
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