Storing gasoline when traveling

[Trekking]

For you folks you carry generators with you in your vehicle where do you keep your gasoline?
Or do you just toss it in the back your van and Go.

 

[66788]

I use the medium NATO jerry can.

http://www.lexingtoncontainercompany.com/Nato-Jerry-Cans.html

stored full carefully below the bed and fastened with the holder bolted to the wall.

 

[LeeRevell]

I use the medium NATO jerry can.

http://www.lexingtoncontainercompany.com/Nato-Jerry-Cans.html

stored full carefully below the bed and fastened with the holder bolted to the wall.

WHOOWEE! They sure ain't cheap! But I have the cheaper Chinese knockoffs. They're okay, but the real deal NATO cans are much better!
I really despise the recently mandated plastic 'safety' gas cans. I spill more gas trying to get them to pour than with the older 'unsafe' gas cans. Get government involved, quality goes to pot.

 

[decodancer]

My gas gauge works sporadically (under 1/4 tank reads empty) so I would love to be able to carry a gallon safely. Watching this thread to see my options.

 

[LeeRevell]

I have bought jerrycan carriers at Pep Boys some years back. They may still carry them? Fits most tall GI style five gallon cans. Bolts onto the vehicle - outside or inside. I use them in my open trailer.

 

[highpsiguy]

i guess the one gallon metal gas cans are gone for good. However, you could get one gallon metal paint thinner container and replace paint thinner with gasoline. I carry paint thinner in my work van and never smell it.

 

[LeeRevell]

The NATO cans in the link above have a steel one in a bit more than a gallon. Check with surplus stores too. I have four East German surplus cans that hold a bit more than a gallon. Got them some years ago.

 

[MrNoodly]

My gas gauge works sporadically (under 1/4 tank reads empty) so I would love to be able to carry a gallon safely.

Or use your odometer as a gas gauge. X number of miles = time to fill up.

 

[johnny b]

Whatever brand you choose, make sure it's metal and meets the new safety standards....even though some can be a real pain to use.

Plastic is actually porous to gas fumes. In the racing world, I've seen gas stored in plastic jugs (designed for gas) fail a tech test that had passed the same test just weeks before. The porosity of the jug allowed enough of a change in the fuel to flunk the test. Weekend use of our plastic racing jugs is fine, but storage is always in metal cans.

Carrying a metal jerrycan on the outside of your vehicle would be safest.

 

[akrvbob]

I also use the NATO cans. You are probably thinking these are the standard tall GI cans with a screw-on spout. That's NOT what they are. They have a totally unique spout attachment that gives a 100% seal so there is NEVER a smell of gas in my van.They also have a built in breather tube so they pour easily. You must buy one of the spouts from them because they don't come with them.

I will NOT use anything but them ever again. They are hard to find locally, your best shot is a military surplus store. That is a very good price that 66788 posted above.

One more point, I always put some Stabil in with the gas. Generators don't like water, and gas that sits for awhile will get water and gum up. Always use Stabil.
Bob

 

[LeeRevell]

For gensets and other small engines I use only non-ethanol gas. Prevents the sludge build-up.

 

[highdesertranger]

I am surprised no one here use a bumper swing away carrier to hold spare tires and gas cans. gets everything outside. highdesertranger

 

[Reducto]

Swing away carrier is on my list of things to do when I get a welder and a place to weld. They don't make them for my weird little van.

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

For gensets and other small engines I use only non-ethanol gas. Prevents the sludge build-up.

Where do you find non-ethanol gas? I haven't found it ANYWHERE in my area. Only place I haven't checked is the local airport. Running avgas in a generator strikes me as a little extreme . . .

Regards
John

 

[LeeRevell]

This website is very good for locating stations that sell real gas:

http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp

Select your state, then the city or closest city to you.

 

[ccbreder]

Many marinas are carrying pure gasoline.

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

This website is very good for locating stations that sell real gas:

http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp

Select your state, then the city or closest city to you.

Thanks for posting this. As I thought, there was nothing listed within 100 miles of where I live.

Oh, well. I'm sure this will come in handy when I hit the road next year. I've bookmarked it on my computer.

Thanks again.

Regards
John

 

[PeterG]

+1 on what the poster above said about fuel stabilizer. I used to work in a store that did small engine repair, and the number 1 problem we had was bad gas. Gasoline with ethanol starts to go bad within 2 weeks, so add stabilizer to every can of fresh gas as soon as you get it. I have done that for years, and all my small engines, string trimmer, mower, blower, and generator start in the first couple of pulls even after years of use.

 

[LeeRevell]

Being on the fringe of the Prepper Movement for years, I keep around sixty gallons of gas stored. Came in very handy during a bad hurricane season when refineries and platforms shutdown and gas supplies got scarce in the Southeast. The stored gas lasted me well as my only transportation then was my motorcycle.
I keep it treated with Stabil Marine. It runs fine even after two years storage. And this is E10 crap gas!

 

[akrvbob]

I don't think it's true that gas without ethanol doesn't need to have Stabil to last over a few months.

There' no doubt that Ethanol makes it much worse and makes it go bad much faster. But it is the nature of gasoline to go bad after a few months. It always has been, long before we got the terrible idea to put Ethanol in it.

If you aren't going to keep it more than a month or two than gas without Ethanol might be fine, but much more and it will start to gum up your engine. My 2 1/2 gallon can lasts for a long time in My Honda 2000 so I would always put it in even if it doesn't have Ethanol.

Why not use it? One bottle of Stabil lasts me for years, it's cheap insurance against a much bigger bill.
Bob