Storing/traveling with gas for portable gen
Hello all. Thanks in advance for the advice and insight you folks always offer. I recently switched from a class C with a built in gen to a travel trailer to pull with my truck and after buying ...
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Jbrowland......
When I had a gasoline engine truck I just carried a 2.5 gal empty gas can and when needed I siphoned gas into it from my truck tank for the portable generator fuel. When generator was topped up I emptied gas can back into truck tank because I had no safe place to carry a can of gas. Could you not do the same thing at home? If you don't like sucking on a hose you can get a hand siphon pump.. lol....I store my Honda 2000 at home in my garage in a rubbermaid tub as someone else mentioned, with a foam type weather seal I attached around rim. Honda gas tank vent is closed too, and I never have even a wiff of fumes until I pull lid of the tub.... I am Mr. cautious and feel quite ok with it.
When I had a gasoline engine truck I just carried a 2.5 gal empty gas can and when needed I siphoned gas into it from my truck tank for the portable generator fuel. When generator was topped up I emptied gas can back into truck tank because I had no safe place to carry a can of gas. Could you not do the same thing at home? If you don't like sucking on a hose you can get a hand siphon pump.. lol....I store my Honda 2000 at home in my garage in a rubbermaid tub as someone else mentioned, with a foam type weather seal I attached around rim. Honda gas tank vent is closed too, and I never have even a wiff of fumes until I pull lid of the tub.... I am Mr. cautious and feel quite ok with it.
