Thread: Stainless Steel Jerry Cans

Carrying a trailer load of water and fuel jerry cans once we found we had to put the steel cans in wooden boxes to stop the plastic ones from destroying them. The plastic ones contained water and were the green ex-army ones. The steel ones contained fuel and were pretty standard. Some were old ex-army ones, these were much more resilient as they were made from thicker metal. So I think stainless steel would crack quite readily.

On a side track, dark coloured plastic water cans keep water algae free long that light colours because they let less light in.

WR.

and is diesel not a fuel ?[/quote]

according to my very old websters,
die'sel,n[after Rudolf Diesel(1858-1913)
'a type of internal-combustion engine that burns crude oil'-etc
so it is no wonder that the small can is so big, it has to fit an engine in it!
in australia we put 'distillate' in diesel engines, some companies are poor at spelling and label their fuel pumps 'diesel', but that is not the name of the 'fuel', its a clue to the 'diesel' owners that the fuel in that pump can be used in their engines.
god loves commer knockers, and so do i.
oh, i think the 'jerry' cans are a ****, way to expensive, and not necessary.
when was the last time you saw a 'steel' jerry can rust out?

really?

so how old was it?

$25-$40 versus $160 ish, its less painful to throw away a leaking 20 year old jerry that cost $40 than waste the dosh on the exe one, in my humble opinion.