NO DEISEL IN GAS CAN?

mgirardo wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
BTW, it's not a "friends" wife, just somebody up the road, but yes, she's as dumb as a stump, but she certainly has 'redeeming virtues' .......... ;)

You're a better man than me. I might let a friend borrow my truck to fetch something a few hours away, but I certainly wouldn't let "just somebody up the road" borrow it.

-Michael

Reread the post Michael, WE went to fetch the trailer.

Dusty R wrote:
I stopped at a gas station and got some gas today. I was at a pump that had both diesel and gas two different hoses, diesel had a green nozzle, and the gas had a black nozzle.

Dusty

You were NOT at a BP station, their company standards are GREEN for GASOLINE and BLACK for DIESEL.

Confused?

I have two vehicles that burn gasoline, a Pontiac Vibe (regular), and a Ford Ranger (will not run on anything less than premium) and two diesel vehicles, a Class C motorhome on a Sprinter chassis, and a Ram 2500 with a Cummins. I have to pay a lot of attention to not getting the wrong fuel, especially at pumps with three different nozzles (gas, diesel, ethanol free... Racetrac does this at the new stations).

I get out and open the filler cap, swipe my card, and stand and point at the vehicle and say to myself "diesel", turn to the pump and pull the diesel nozzle and sniff and examine it and say "diesel" and only then do I dispense fuel.

Charles

JaxDad wrote:
BTW, it's not a "friends" wife, just somebody up the road, but yes, she's as dumb as a stump, but she certainly has 'redeeming virtues' .......... ;)

You're a better man than me. I might let a friend borrow my truck to fetch something a few hours away, but I certainly wouldn't let "just somebody up the road" borrow it.

-Michael

jfkmk wrote:

JaxDad wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Anything RONGGG! With Painting A Red jug Yellow with Plastic Paint? One spray can otter dewer.

Authentic military jerry cans were heavy. I hoisted enough of them. Galvanized inside and out. Navy gray. Water jugs were aluminum with some kind of light yellow coating inside with a five inch cam-over latch.

Mex,

I suppose painting it could be OK, the downside however is with plastic molded cans the words Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel are MOLDED into the plastic...

If someone is so dumb they need different coloured containers to differentiate between gas and diesel, there’s ZERO guarantee they’re going to actually know the difference and pick up the correct jug.

Case in point, the guy that runs the horse farm up the street called me earlier this summer to fetch his 4 horse gooseneck with my truck from a show grounds a few hours away because his brand-spanking new truck was in the shop. On the way to get the trailer he related why his new truck was in the shop. The wife and her friend decided to fill the truck while they were in town instead of stopping to do so with horses and the trailer on the truck. Lucky break.....

The two women, despite the badging on the side of the truck, and “diesel fuel” on the gauge, and on the filler cap, decided that it MUST be a gas truck because it was so quiet.

Diesels are very loud, right?

Speaks volumes on your friends wife, but not necessarily for the general public who might benefit from the color coding.

I beg to differ, but if they don't know the difference between gas & diesel in the first place, they aren't going to know, or remember the difference between red and blue either.

Ron White was correct, you can't fix stupid.....


BTW, it's not a "friends" wife, just somebody up the road, but yes, she's as dumb as a stump, but she certainly has 'redeeming virtues' .......... ;)

JaxDad wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Anything RONGGG! With Painting A Red jug Yellow with Plastic Paint? One spray can otter dewer.

Authentic military jerry cans were heavy. I hoisted enough of them. Galvanized inside and out. Navy gray. Water jugs were aluminum with some kind of light yellow coating inside with a five inch cam-over latch.

Mex,

I suppose painting it could be OK, the downside however is with plastic molded cans the words Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel are MOLDED into the plastic...

If someone is so dumb they need different coloured containers to differentiate between gas and diesel, there’s ZERO guarantee they’re going to actually know the difference and pick up the correct jug.

Case in point, the guy that runs the horse farm up the street called me earlier this summer to fetch his 4 horse gooseneck with my truck from a show grounds a few hours away because his brand-spanking new truck was in the shop. On the way to get the trailer he related why his new truck was in the shop. The wife and her friend decided to fill the truck while they were in town instead of stopping to do so with horses and the trailer on the truck. Lucky break.....

The two women, despite the badging on the side of the truck, and “diesel fuel” on the gauge, and on the filler cap, decided that it MUST be a gas truck because it was so quiet.

Diesels are very loud, right?

Speaks volumes on your friends wife, but not necessarily for the general public who might benefit from the color coding.

Gdetrailer wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Anything RONGGG! With Painting A Red jug Yellow with Plastic Paint? One spray can otter dewer.

Authentic military jerry cans were heavy. I hoisted enough of them. Galvanized inside and out. Navy gray. Water jugs were aluminum with some kind of light yellow coating inside with a five inch cam-over latch.

Mex,

I suppose painting it could be OK, the downside however is with plastic molded cans the words Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel are MOLDED into the plastic...

If someone is so dumb they need different coloured containers to differentiate between gas and diesel, there’s ZERO guarantee they’re going to actually know the difference and pick up the correct jug.

Case in point, the guy that runs the horse farm up the street called me earlier this summer to fetch his 4 horse gooseneck with my truck from a show grounds a few hours away because his brand-spanking new truck was in the shop. On the way to get the trailer he related why his new truck was in the shop. The wife and her friend decided to fill the truck while they were in town instead of stopping to do so with horses and the trailer on the truck. Lucky break.....

The two women, despite the badging on the side of the truck, and “diesel fuel” on the gauge, and on the filler cap, decided that it MUST be a gas truck because it was so quiet.

Diesels are very loud, right?

Ewwww those 19 liter jugs cost about eleven bucks down here and the Krylon paint, three dollars, I'm going north Friday. Any hints where I can find a FOUR dollar jug?

Right now I am doing the math on $2,77 gallon butane versus $3,87 gallon ultra low sulfur diesel as a heating medium for this winter.

One, needs the pot hauled six miles to be refueled the other needs a jug hauled a mile to a gasolinera.

I've owned an Olympian 8.000 BTU heater and a couple types of kerosene heaters. No way in hell am I moving an LPG pot indoors and outside storage means drilling a one inch hole through a foot of concrete and keeping the kitchen comfortably warm. The other way means placing the diesel heater in the hallway between the bedroom and the kitchen then refueling the heater's tank.

IT gets to freezing here. 0.0000000% insulation and a simple 1.650 watt heater is a hundred dollar per billing cycle expense I don't need. Adding 10 degrees to outside air temp would be a blessing.

bpounds wrote:
Doesn't anyone bother to smell what they dispense anymore? Must the government protect us from everything?

No I don't sniff gasoline as a habit.

Of course, I also follow the color coding, so it's not an issue.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Anything RONGGG! With Painting A Red jug Yellow with Plastic Paint? One spray can otter dewer.

Authentic military jerry cans were heavy. I hoisted enough of them. Galvanized inside and out. Navy gray. Water jugs were aluminum with some kind of light yellow coating inside with a five inch cam-over latch.

Mex,

I suppose painting it could be OK, the downside however is with plastic molded cans the words Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel are MOLDED into the plastic..

Metal cans not so much of a problem since it would be easy to paint the words on the new paint color..

Also, not sure just how stable those rattle can paints will be after splashing fuel on it.. Might blister the cheap EPA paint right off..

Heck, my Dad used to use the old style bulk 5 gallon oil cans for storing gas back in the day (60's-70's).. Those ones were all steel, had screw on spout plus a screw on vent.. Boy, I wish I had saved a few of them.. Had some Texaco, Wolf's Head, Quaker State ones, folks sell those for a premium price now days if you can find them..

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Anything RONGGG! With Painting A Red jug Yellow with Plastic Paint?

Yes, there is. A real yellow can isn't much more than good plastic compatible paint would cost. Bonus: you end up with 2 cans instead of one.