Jay Leno's Garage - The Greatest Vehicle Ever Made

[kscarbel2]

 

[mrsmackpaul]

Was a good watch, Jerry cans were called that because that was the slang name for Germans in WW1 and they invented the Jerry can

The American copied Jerry can is a absolute balls up disaster and no one out side of America can work out how the U.S. got it so wrong 

Especially when the U.S. got so many other things so right during WW2 

For the U.S. people on here, the filler pooring cap hole is the main issue, it's to big, doesn't fit anything properly except the silly U.S. funnel and can't be used with any other jerry can

The rest of the world uses a copy of the German Jerry can so everything can be interchangeable and you can grab fuel were you find it 

The U.S. jerry can was so bad of a design that something like 20% of all fuel carted in WW2 in jerry cans spilt 

Pretty sure the U.S. persisted with their ballsed up design well after the Vietnam war 

Good youtube clip, really enjoyed it

 

Paul

[other dog]

We can't even get a decent gas can any more. They have those stupid "safety" spouts that hardly work and no vent. I ordered the old style gas can spouts and put them on all of my gas cans, they even come with a vent you can install yourself. They work great. They're all plastic cans though, I have no metal ones.

[mowerman]

lol I have a steel Jerry can for my diesel fuel. It is kind of a weird opening. I never really gave it a thought rhyme or reason, but I did have to go order a spout to make it more convenient to put the fuel in the truck without spilling it everywhere

[davehummell]

I have a new style five gallon plastic gas can and it is the biggest pain to try using I have some older ones that are probably 20 years old, and they work so much easier just a simple spout and a separate vent. Last year I bought a cheap battery powered pump and it real helps at my age putting fuel in my Kubota loader backhoe the fuel filler cap is on top of the hood area and lifting five gallons of diesel up over the steering wheel isn't getting any easier

[Joey Mack]

O. D.  i did the same thing. The new cans in my mind are more dangerous that the older plastic cans.  Id spill more gas trying to get them to pour.  I even did a road call for a customer who got the safety nozzle stuck in his car filler neck. He pulled the can out hard and the stopper broke off and blocked the filler pipe.  

[mowerman]

i also have a electric fuel pump with lines but the mack doesnt have a battery by the time i prepare everything to use the pump i might as well just struggle with the heavy can lol,,,lifting it up over a tractor,,,i would definitely use the pump

[mowerman]

getting back to the jeep my pop had a 42 willys when i was a kid,,,,it didnt look any different than the ford