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(@dmyhill)
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5 gallon size

I am sick and tired of these new nozzles (which I have no idea what their purpose is) causing me to pour gas everywhere when I try to fill something.

If it is for EPA, then they are making lots more spills and escapes into the atmosphere. If it is for safety, well, if having gas all over me and my equipment is safer, than I didn't get that training.

So, what is the general consensus? What do you use?

I want to pour gas into my lawnmower or 4-wheeler without causing an environmental disaster, smelling like gas all day, or risking immolation.?ÿ

Are we all back to one of these? Did grandpa know best?

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Posted : November 18, 2021 2:11 pm
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I replace the EPA friendly nozzles with the

gas can spout

se....

 
Posted : November 18, 2021 3:01 pm
(@scotland)
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@kevin-hines I change out all of my gas cans with the same nozzle.?ÿ ?ÿTired of spilling gas on everything or overfilling unable to stop because of these crappy EPA nozzles.

 
Posted : November 18, 2021 3:31 pm
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My neighbor likes these:

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gasket-36950G-Utility-Jug/dp/B0711V38ZM/ref=asc_df_B0711V38ZM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=319863728342&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15203877865974640581&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013230&hvtargid=pla-623339558830&psc=1

They are not gas cans. They are portable, fuel storage repositories.

But you can find them under race car fuel containers.

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Posted : November 18, 2021 4:11 pm
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CA legal gas cans are crap.?ÿ Luckily I have several pre-ban 5 and 2 gal cans that with basic nozzles that work great and if properly used aren't vapor emitters.

It' been a long road here in Cali (moved here in 1989) and I've suffered bans on charcoal barbecue starter fluid, ban on 2 stroke outboards, ban on ethanol stove fuel, ban on windshield wiper fluid with alcohol additive to prevent freezing, ban on gasoline leaf blowers and trimmers, etc.?ÿ But I soldier on and Amazon illegal solvents?ÿ into the State; I'll resist until they pull my cold dead hands off my barbecue.

 
Posted : November 18, 2021 5:42 pm
(@jitterboogie)
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Metal justrite. Ever since my work on mine sites I'm never using anything else.

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They work.

Period.

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I have the 5 gal.

I paid 83 on Amazon and try Norco welding. They always have them in stock and decent prices. Best can and nozzle for the money.

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Posted : November 18, 2021 6:06 pm
(@dmyhill)
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@jitterboogie?ÿ

Type 1 or 2?

 
Posted : November 19, 2021 8:40 am
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@dmyhill?ÿ

It's the fancy one that self vents and has the spark arrestor thingamabob

 
Posted : November 19, 2021 9:47 am
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Those things are a joke. I prefer to just use a funnel with a built in debris screen and pour away. Way more control over how much gas makes it in the tank and not on me.

 
Posted : November 19, 2021 3:37 pm
(@dave-karoly)
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@mike-marks I havenƒ??t used lighter fluid in decades, donƒ??t like petroleum vapors in my dinner.

get a Weber chimney starter, I find brown paper bags work the best.

 
Posted : November 19, 2021 3:45 pm
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The good old steel Jeep Cans are still my favorite, although the more "modern" plastic ones are lower maintenance, and have advantages when "Jeep Can" carriers are not in play.

Until the bed wetters ban Chili, Beer and other good stuff, I'll be releasing more green house gases than I ever did with the Jeep Cans (yeah...I know, apples and oranges).

????

 
Posted : November 19, 2021 6:35 pm