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  1. 7th June 2007, 04:15 PM #1
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    Holed Jerry can

    Got a 20 cent a lt off fuel voucher the other day, took advantage of this by filling the disco and my 2 jerry (1 steel 1 poly) cans at the same time. As I picked up the steel I noticed a puddle of diesel under it.
    Found a hole about a third of the way up the can so I transported it laying down without spilling any real amount in the car. When I got home I used a bit of muffler putty to repair the leak till I can use the fuel and I will be ditching the steel can and replacing it with a poly one. Wont be buying steel ever again!
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  2. 7th June 2007, 04:27 PM #2
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    Really!!! I've got a 1952 army jerry that is still going strong, and it has a huge dent in it. Plenty of ww2 ones still going as well!
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  3. 7th June 2007, 04:40 PM #3
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    G'day All, I have a great pile of ex-mil cans some back as far as 1952, others here in this site have them back in WW2 and still going strong, maybe it was one of those cheap copies cheers Dennis
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    I have one made in kazackstan, or somehere similar, its fine,
    have another a copy, that has a pinhole leak in it, cheap rubbish, if they get a bit of moisture in them, and you lay them down and they haven't had a good internal paint, they will rust on the seam.
    Had a 1952 one years ago, till someone borrowed it, they last forever.



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  5. 7th June 2007, 10:14 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenix View Post
    Really!!! I've got a 1952 army jerry that is still going strong, and it has a huge dent in it. Plenty of ww2 ones still going as well!
    I always thought that in the past things were made to last, now they are just made to sell cheap
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  6. 7th June 2007, 10:28 PM #6
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    My ex-Army jerries are still in great condition.

    I also have an aluminium Russian 10 litre jerrycan that a bloke in Finland posted to me just because of the help I gave him on a forum. It's a top little fuel container.

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  7. 8th June 2007, 06:27 AM #7
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    I have a five year old Russian one - which has cracked on the side. I also have several from the 1940s and 50s - which are still perfectly airtight. They are also a lot heavier empty.

    You can't damn the material just because of one experience. I had a very expensive fuel container the salesman talked me into getting with my chainsaw. The chainsaw is going fine more than ten years later. The plastic fuel container lasted about two years. But I still have the first steel jerrican I bought in 1962 (army disposals - WW2), filled it up yesterday with fuel for the generator, no leaks. My outboard fuel is in a plastic container (doesn't rust in marine conditions), but I don't expect it to last near as long as a good steel jerrican.

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  8. 8th June 2007, 11:36 AM #8
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    Good call, It was a $45 one from a servo in the midle of nowhere. should maybe invest in some decent ones.
    Thanks for the feed back!
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  9. 8th June 2007, 07:30 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by trolley_73 View Post
    Good call, It was a $45 one from a servo in the midle of nowhere. should maybe invest in some decent ones.
    Thanks for the feed back!
    I got my steelies at the last expo $15 each and are ex mil. That's the way to do it.
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  10. 8th June 2007, 08:16 PM #10
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    I've got 8 EX-mil steeles, rangeing from 52-60somthing. 1 10ltr plastic. 1 super cheep job. All Ok.
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