How to carry extra gas
We had a DP for several years with a 100 gallons fuel tank and a long range. For various reasons we sold it and bought a travel trailer (we miss the DP). We tow with a gas engine pickup and get abo...
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classic 31 wrote:
Ok.you win
I take it with that answer that you cannot offer any real authoritative proof from a Fire Marshal, major newspaper or news outlet of any NON SMOKING person putting fuel into a approved plastic gas container in the back of a vehicle caused mind blowing balls of fire.. Pretty much what you have is called "hearsay" in any online videos or third party a Cousin of a cousin of a brother inlaw heard from a friend of friend who overheard someone saying it happened type of news.
Have you ever considered the real reasons as to why gas stations post the instructions of not fueling portable gas containers in a vehicle?
1, make sure you ARE putting gas into a GAS CAN and not any old container like milk jugs which are not intended or designed for gas. Attendants can't see into a vehicle so they can't check to see what you are dispensing into. I have seen people use milk jugs when I am filling my vehicles..
2, spillage, easy to spill fuel inside the vehicle while filling, gas pumps can move a lot of fuel in short amount of time and folks often carry gas cans in trunks of vehicles.. Fuel spilled onto a trunk rug will vapor off and the correct ratio of air to vapor and you get a good possibility of an fire ball.
3, liabilities, gas stations don't wish to be liable for damage caused by clumsy attempts made when filling containers in vehicle..
