Thread: plastic jerry cans

Besides the fact that they're marked "DIESEL" none that i know of!
Could make for some embarrassing mix ups though
Best to ask the bloke selling them i guess
Cheers
Muppet.

Originally Posted by theg

Hi all .
Many years ago I bought 4 water plastic jerrys 3 were white plastic and 1 was green plastic . Years on the green one is still like new as far as soft poly if that makes sense .

Any disposal store should have ex-army water jerrys , don't get much better than that, Bob

The white stuff does not like sunlight, like zip ties, white for indoors and black for outside. I have a green jerry over thirty years service and perfect except the white screw caps went hard and cracked in pieces long ago. Never mind, they are standard bottle closure thread and some fossicking about soon found replacements.

Hi there.
I make home bru and always use food grade containers.
I reckon one could get pretty bad chemical contamination using the diesel containers you mention.
I would not try it personally.

Trackless

Hi,
you can 'recondition' the white plastic ones with boiling water every year or so, but do keep them out of direct sunlight.

For proof of the concept, take a piece of plastic that has shattered from a white poly bottle and pour boiling water over it and allow to cool.

It should be as pliable as new.

cheers

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Jerry Cans & Water Containers » Pro Quip

Originally Posted by theg

Hi all .
Many years ago I bought 4 water plastic jerrys 3 were white plastic and 1 was green plastic .

Anaconda still sell the green ones:

Jerry Can at Anaconda



Anaconda are in Newcastle, too:

711 Hunter Street, Ground Floor in the Spotlight Building
Newcastle, NSW 2302

I have two of the yellow plastic diesel jerries you're asking about, which have never been used for diesel, only water .... for the last 15+yrs ... no problems. They are quite solid and heavy walled. Both have a small cap one end/side & a large cap the other side, and one has a 3/4 bung on the narrow side at the base to fit a 3/4" drum tap to.

I always store them full of water, and empty & refill before a trip ... no one yet has complained about the taste of the water (wife/kids), but they complain about water stored in a plastic coke bottle for a few weeks and won't drink it, so I'm guessing they're not tainting the water much (if at all)

... and sorry, I don't recall ever seeing a brand name on them, but if you want I can check.