irishfield Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Anyone know where a guy would find ~ 15 of the old style 20 litre cans.. with the seperate vent cap??? Not the crap they sell now with the self venting snorkel. They're useless! The vent cap style allows you to flip the can over into the filler neck and then open the vent cap.. the new ones do not. I need about 15 more for the camp, so I have a total of 20 = 100 gallons. Tired of paying $2 a litre for av gas at the lake, when I have 500 gallons here at home that I can take with me a 100 gallons at a time... I see you can still get the "jeep" style can.. but would prefer the shorter/wider ones of yesteryear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 If you find them let me know where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I've found Wedco still makes the exact style can I want.. but only in blue W1002 for kerosene. Anyone know who would sell those. 100LL - AV gas is blue.. I have no problems with a blue can. http://www.theplasticsgroup.net/pdf/us/specialcontainersheet.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranks bait Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I think I might have about 5 of them back in my shed? Between the girlfriend and I we have more gas cans than what we know what to do with them. I'll dig out the snowshoes and go back to take a look to see what I have back there. Might take a couple of days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 canadian tires web site still posts that type but its the yellow ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the offer Scott.. don't rush out there.. let me do some homework first as I'm not sure when I'll be down that way anytime soon. Gonna go out to the hangar and get the product # off the cans I like to use. They work perfect to throw up on a wing and tip into the tank filler neck. I only have 5 of them.. bought about 15 years ago.. but that's only 5 trips to the Lake trout "retreat".. so I want a whole bunch more! lol Thanks Dan... I'll have a look when I'm up town tomorrow, but Yellow = Diesel around here.. I'd have to paint them or I'd find #1 son dumping 100LL in the Zetor and the Kabota!! . Edited February 3, 2011 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishforfun Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Can you post a pic of what you're looking for Wayne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Wedco W520's are what I'm looking for.... and I have sent an email to Wedco. From their website.. still showing it as CSA approved Copywrite 2008. All these self vent cans are CARB.. california standard low emission.. http://www.theplasticsgroup.net/pdf/us/gascontainersheetCAN.pdf Edited February 3, 2011 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I curse the new style cans I have in the garage anytime I use them. Whoever thought that design(Integrated vent in the filler) was good needs to give their head a shake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Wayne those new containers are useless. I experimented with one last summer by tapping a thread in the plastic and threading in a fitting with a valve. Added a little JB weld around the thread in the plastic. It certainly made it usable. The next one I do I will use a slightly larger fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanD Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) There’s probably some down falls with this idea; don’t know the legalities or your camp’s layout; too make this feasible? But with your resources and your manufacturing skills; why not build a 100 or more gallon fuel tank/trailer with some form of floatation? Haul the thing from home, behind the truck; when you get to the lake, launch the trailer and tow it to your camp behind the boat. A manual or electric transfer pump; a few yards of hose to reach the airplane; then you can throw your gas cans away. Dan. Just to add another thought, forget the floatation for the trailer; there’s an ice road up there now isn’t there? Edited February 3, 2011 by DanD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 There’s probably some down falls with this idea; don’t know the legalities or your camp’s layout; too make this feasible? But with your resources and your manufacturing skills; why not build a 100 or more gallon fuel tank/trailer with some form of floatation? Haul the thing from home, behind the truck; when you get to the lake, launch the trailer and tow it to your camp behind the boat. A manual or electric transfer pump; a few yards of hose to reach the airplane; then you can throw your gas cans away. Dan. Just to add another thought, forget the floatation for the trailer; there’s an ice road up there now isn’t there? I can just see the headlines now: "The wreck of the Irish Valdeze on Lake Nippissing" Just kidding ya, would that be legal, to transport that much fuel over water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I have 6 jerry cans that I use to fuel the boat, 3 of the new ones and 3 of the old ones. I have one of those siphon hoses that you can pick up at BPS. It works like a charm and only leaves a few drops of fuel in the can that you can get out by tipping it using the funnel. BUT, I hate the smaller tanks, I'd rather have the 5 Imperial gallons which works out to about 6 US gallons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Lk Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 . I have one of those siphon hoses that you can pick up at BPS.[/quote I made my own syphon hose out of an old outboard fuel line by simply cutting off the fittings.Stick 1 end in the jerry can the other in the tank(has to lower of course),a couple of squeezes on the bulb to prime and it's a done deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Good Luck Wayne!! I used to sell those "original" rear vent Jerry's to local gas stations 20 at a time... Scepter or Wedgco . I used to get them from Uni-Select ..and in late 2007 they started sending me the superceeded part # the auto venters..not a customer wanted them. Odds are that If you find a part # to match the old style and order them you will get the newer superceeded version. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hey Wayne. I emailed my dad to see if the old Co-Op by him still has stock or not. If so, want me to get them? The Co-Op is in the Fenlon Falls area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Do you think it would be worth a shot to try Agrico Canada Limited Wayne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishAbout Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Seen Some at walmart. Maybe check them out. UAP NAPA website says they have them also. Edited February 3, 2011 by Fishabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Knew I forgot to do something when I was up town running around transfering sled ownership and getting insurance... I'll get back to you Geoff... don't need them 'till spring at the earliest and maybe not at all for this summer the way things are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) THANKS Fishabout... never had much use for Walmart, but I sure do today. Got the only 7 cans on the shelf.. W520's..for $9.97 each. Thankfully Walmart hasn't joined the "low emission" revolt. The cans have a "Briggs and Straton" brand in the changable insert (of the mould). Suspect Walmart bought out a bulk stock of over run at some point. Will give them a week or so to see if they restock, or hit maybe I'll hit Orillia Walmart Saturday on my way over their for a wake, so I can get the other 8 cans I need. Edited February 4, 2011 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Got the last 2 cans in Orillia today. Leaves me needing 5. Sure hope that if I find them in Toronto I don't get arrested as a terrorist ...leaving a store with 5 gas cans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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