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

[davehummell]

A good friend's dad had a ford model jeep he restored. When I was young, I used to go camping with the neighbors and they had an old flatfender jeep two of my friends have flatfenders they still use them another neighbor has one stored in his barn for way over thirty years. When I was taking auto repair in tech school I rebuilt an engine from an old flatfender jeep did an 8 N Ford tractor engine too.

[mowerman]

i always wanted a CJ5 since i was a teenager never owned one

[mechohaulic]

2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

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.  

like everything else being made today; not only are the newer gas cans a P I A to use but are much thinner. I still have two older plastic gas cans :HD construction which can take more abuse in back of truck . keep one newer can for transport only or for filling zero turn  mower which has two fender mounted tanks with 3-4 in caps. remove the ridiculous safety fill from can and slowly pour allowing can to vent.

[67RModel]

Proper gas cans are still manufactured. Most consumers would consider spending $70-100 for a single gas can ludicrous. They would rather just buy the junk and complain about it....

Made in Wellsburg, West Virginia. Essentially unchanged for probably 80 years at this point: 

5 Gal Red Steel Safety Can for Flammables | Funnel | Type I | UI50FS | Eagle

With that said I own three Eagle cans like the one pictured below. They are not safety cans because they do not automatically close if it were to be dropped. However, they do prevent evaporative emissions because any time I open the vent or fill nozzle plug get a very noticeable pressure equalization. The cans I have don't release vapors when not being used and will last at least 2 or 3 more lifetimes. It literally can't be improved upon. I have never purchased a gas can in my life. The three I have came with the first house I bought. I will probably never buy another one.

Edited 2 hours ago by 67RModel

[mowerman]

I’m sure it’s the same company. I almost drove for them. They were somewhere in the North Shore of Massachusetts. My cousin was a supervisor over there at the the paint can plant I don’t think they’re there anymore. I tried to look them up on Google. They had all U model macks

[mowerman]

The gas can I usually use for all my small engines is around 22 years old it’s plastic and I really don’t trust it anymore. I’m just thinking of throwing it out and getting another one just because it’s so old any suggestions?

[67RModel]

5 minutes ago, mowerman said:

any suggestions?

2 Gal Red Steel Safety Can for Flammables | Funnel | Type I | UI20FS | Eagle

 

[mowerman]

Thanks for that. I think I’ll just go for it.