Thread: Jerry can colours- a big deal?

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Looking at getting some more jerry cans, and notice that they come in a range of colours.
Red for unleaded, brown for diesel, black for oil, etc. More info below here.

For my area of expertise, gases, there are standards relating to the colours of cylinders, and how they should represent the dangerous goods within them.
Is the jerry can colour scheme a big deal? Will I get accosted by Mr Plod for the wrong colour jerry can?
Id love to get some grey cans for diesel, but the 'proper' colour is 'olive yellow'

Any advice chaps?

Go grey and if Plod asks, tell your diesel is a two stroke.

Cheers, Mick

What is the world coming to? You used to only get them in green (olive drabish).
All of my steel ones are olive drab or thereabouts. My plastic one in the Commodore is black because Rheem only produced them in black back when I bought it.

lol, there are two on our firetruck, both red.
different fuels inside and none of them are unleaded.

I had this dilemma a few months ago and to make matters even more confusing the colours differ across states! I am advised the emergency services do not take much notice as not many people follow the code anyway and the best way it to deal with it is use tags to identify what you have in each. Like these they are about three bucks from BCF.

I've got a green one on the 101 - with Unleaded in it. I've got a black one and a red one - both with diesel in them. Never heard of anyone getting pinged for the wrong colour - I would imagine very few people would know that there was even a colour code for these, let alone what the colours need to be.

Get the colour that you like and fill it with whatever you need to. After all, you know what will be in it. If someone steals it, then stiff bickies...

I think all the plastic ones to OZ standard have the fluid type moulded into it,,
good on you's to people filling water ones with fuel---

lots of pretty colours in metal, easy enough to carry around a few cans of spray paint

My diesel plastic jerry is yellow. My steel petrol jerries are olive drab. My Rheem plastic water jerry is olive drab.

So seems to be more personal choice than Dangerous goods transport requirement.
That works for me!