I had to go buy a new gas can ( I had been borrowing my fathers and he needed it back.) I had no idea the design had changed! I got one of them home, tried to figure out how it worked, then took 2 pliers and ripped off all the useless crap.
The new cans are horrible. Must have been designed by Obama. Here is the fix. Take some pliers and you can remove the safety button. Then, drill a vent hole, and use a tire valve stem and cap in the hole. These new "safety cans" are very dangerous.
Thank you for the video... These new gas cans require you to hold a 40 LBS load while gently stroking out a money's love tube with your third hand. They are designed to stop "spillage" but chug, jug and splatter all over you giving your shoes and that nice hot engine a gasoline shower. Now here some the fun part, use one of these cans in Arizona and it bulges out like a party baloon until one of the 5032 pieces of the safety valves blows out, permanently destroying the liquid integrity.
Good video. We have used 4 old plastic jerry cans that my dad picked up over 25 years ago and they are great. Heavy plastic, large cap with the hidden/removable filler (we tend to just use a funnel), and vent. We use them for desile only and had to pick up a new can for gas... what a piece of junk as you say. The plastic is thin as anything, no vent, and slow to poor.... and don't let it see sun cause it will expand up huge.
Just wait for what comes next. Somebody is sueing because he got burned when he tried to throw gas on a grill to get it going and he was useing the safe can. Its natural selection in action, don't mess with it.
@logcabinlooms On reloading 7.62x54, do you find that the casings bulge? Perhaps I just ran mine through the SVT40 without thinking, because I shot that S&B brass some time ago and can't remember what I shot it with. A few that I made snap caps out of had the brass bulged so bad at the base that I really gotta beat the crap out of the bolt on my Mosins in order to chamber/eject them. Is this common? Still pretty new to reloading.
Good vid btw, didn't think gas cans could be interesting lol
@NormanMatchem If useing the Lee Loader set to reload, they only resize the neck, so realy only work well in the gun you fired them in. I have found I can fire the reloads in 2 of my Mosins, but the bolt will not close in the other 2. I think if you use the bench type loader the dies resize the full case and you could use them in any gun. I run into the same thing with my .45-70's, if I fire them in the Marlin I have to resize the full case to use them in my H&R.
@logcabinlooms Ah, I see. I just got the portable Lee Hand Press. Gonna have to look about onilne for a full-case length resizing die or individual resizing tool for the 7.62x54. I had similar issues with .303 British however just closing the bolt on them seems to be enough of a fix. There's plenty of lovely smelling 7.62x54 surplus out there anyways, got lots of time to sort out this brass bulge problem before all the surplus runs out lol 120 years and going strong, just amazing.
I agree that a can without a vent is not worth shit, I would not take a un-vented can even if it were free,but here in canada they could careless if at the pump you filled buckets up and drove off,great rant brother.peace
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wwindsunrain 5 days ago
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wwindsunrain 5 days ago
That last red can you showed, with the safety switch and push down lever, if u have to turn it to a steep angle while filling, it will leak out.
dbest1a 1 month ago
I had to go buy a new gas can ( I had been borrowing my fathers and he needed it back.) I had no idea the design had changed! I got one of them home, tried to figure out how it worked, then took 2 pliers and ripped off all the useless crap.
bttfdeb51 4 months ago
The new cans are horrible. Must have been designed by Obama. Here is the fix. Take some pliers and you can remove the safety button. Then, drill a vent hole, and use a tire valve stem and cap in the hole. These new "safety cans" are very dangerous.
MiguelDaugherty 5 months ago
Thank you for the video... These new gas cans require you to hold a 40 LBS load while gently stroking out a money's love tube with your third hand. They are designed to stop "spillage" but chug, jug and splatter all over you giving your shoes and that nice hot engine a gasoline shower. Now here some the fun part, use one of these cans in Arizona and it bulges out like a party baloon until one of the 5032 pieces of the safety valves blows out, permanently destroying the liquid integrity.
stevenabb 6 months ago
Oh and just a thought on your new cans. Paint them red and I bet most people won't notice or even care they ain't "regulation."
Oh and I need to find a place that sells those cans in Canada. They look like they can handle farm life.
Swarm509 6 months ago
Good video. We have used 4 old plastic jerry cans that my dad picked up over 25 years ago and they are great. Heavy plastic, large cap with the hidden/removable filler (we tend to just use a funnel), and vent. We use them for desile only and had to pick up a new can for gas... what a piece of junk as you say. The plastic is thin as anything, no vent, and slow to poor.... and don't let it see sun cause it will expand up huge.
Swarm509 6 months ago
Can you buy "Wedco" brand gas cans in the USA? That's what I use and they work well, are vented and don't cost much.
314299 6 months ago
AMEN brother! CHEERS from west texas!!
MrDeleon9999 6 months ago
I never had an issuse filling my metal gas cans.. it was asked about 1 time and i just its a gas can and its red good enough :p
WildAndLiving 6 months ago
Just wait for what comes next. Somebody is sueing because he got burned when he tried to throw gas on a grill to get it going and he was useing the safe can. Its natural selection in action, don't mess with it.
logcabinlooms 6 months ago
thankyou!
ProthoPectore 6 months ago
Did you say you reload 11mm Mauser rounds?
SolitarySoldiers 6 months ago
@SolitarySoldiers nope, not me, I am doing .45-70, and 7.62x54r.
logcabinlooms 6 months ago
@logcabinlooms On reloading 7.62x54, do you find that the casings bulge? Perhaps I just ran mine through the SVT40 without thinking, because I shot that S&B brass some time ago and can't remember what I shot it with. A few that I made snap caps out of had the brass bulged so bad at the base that I really gotta beat the crap out of the bolt on my Mosins in order to chamber/eject them. Is this common? Still pretty new to reloading.
Good vid btw, didn't think gas cans could be interesting lol
NormanMatchem 6 months ago
@NormanMatchem If useing the Lee Loader set to reload, they only resize the neck, so realy only work well in the gun you fired them in. I have found I can fire the reloads in 2 of my Mosins, but the bolt will not close in the other 2. I think if you use the bench type loader the dies resize the full case and you could use them in any gun. I run into the same thing with my .45-70's, if I fire them in the Marlin I have to resize the full case to use them in my H&R.
logcabinlooms 6 months ago
@logcabinlooms Ah, I see. I just got the portable Lee Hand Press. Gonna have to look about onilne for a full-case length resizing die or individual resizing tool for the 7.62x54. I had similar issues with .303 British however just closing the bolt on them seems to be enough of a fix. There's plenty of lovely smelling 7.62x54 surplus out there anyways, got lots of time to sort out this brass bulge problem before all the surplus runs out lol 120 years and going strong, just amazing.
NormanMatchem 6 months ago
I agree that a can without a vent is not worth shit, I would not take a un-vented can even if it were free,but here in canada they could careless if at the pump you filled buckets up and drove off,great rant brother.peace
SolitarySoldiers 6 months ago
totally agree the new one with the handle u have push down and button you have to slide make using them a pain
lpdavisakgto 6 months ago