What's the deal with Jerrycans?

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on January 7, 2011 at 10:19am

Any legal Jerry can you can buy in California is CARB compliant. The difference is the way the nozzle works. and IMHO the CRAB cans spill more fuel than it saves in vapors in to the atmosphere.

 

Yes you can own them.

 

Yes you can mount them to the outside but they should be mounted that they are secure. I'm not a huge fan personally of mounting them on the back of a rig since if you were to get rear-ended it could cause a fire. Also you should only carry them when you need them. Also since gas weighs 6lbs a gallon that's a extra 30 pounds your lugging around, and if your carrying water 8.3 pounds per gallon that's 41.72lbs. so if you have both loaded are lugging around 71 extra pounds for no reason.

 

No the laws don't differ from on and off-road when it comes to CARB.

 

No they do not have to be red, but they are all marked with the type of fuel they are designed for. Red is generally gasoline, yellow is for diesel, blue is for water. Also the mouths of the container are different 

 

Yes you can get the od ones but like above they are marked for the fuel type and you should not use a diesel container for gas or water, and never use a water container for any type of fuel.

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Permalink Reply by Back in Black (FJ4 Tahoe) on January 7, 2011 at 10:38am

Good info, thanks OPG!

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on January 7, 2011 at 12:00pm

to add to this. 

Never carry a full fuel container inside your rig for long distances. It could leak and cause you to pass out from the fumes.

 

As useful as jerrycans are they are just as dangerous. 

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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on January 7, 2011 at 2:32pm

If it is inside make sure it is well secured, you do not want to take a gasoline shower.

 

Just curious, why never use a water container for fuel? Because the material is not good enough or so some unenlightened person does not drink from it?

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on January 7, 2011 at 4:06pm

mainly it's so somebody doesn't drink out of it.

 

I believe the materials are different and I do know that the openings are very different on purpose.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on January 7, 2011 at 11:46am

X2 on how much the CARB spills gas.. Just a big old waste IMO..  I have three spector cans that are OD green and they each have a red plastic ring around the top opening..

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Permalink Reply by EYP on January 7, 2011 at 1:09pm

Thanks for the great information, OPG.  Much appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on January 7, 2011 at 1:09pm

I have one of the Wedco CARB compliant cans and the spout is a pain to operate. I bought the super siphon to use with the wedco and that works great.

 

I can't afford to do an aux tank yet so will be using scepter fuel cans on runs where I need extra fuel.

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Permalink Reply by daPitbull on January 7, 2011 at 2:10pm

I've got an extra Scepter can in OD green if anyone wants it.

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Permalink Reply by caddo on January 7, 2011 at 3:38pm

I bought a non-CARB can in a shop at San Jose around 2007.. I don't know if they meant to do that or not..

 

We mount ours on the roof, as far as I can tell it's legal but someplace (ie, ferry ride) they want you to declare the amount of fuel carried and/or have a limit on how much fuel you can carry... they don't seem too concerned about how you are carrying them though.

 

We put metal caps on the cans (we have one CARB one non-CARB can, caps bought at surplus store) and they never leaked. It is a pain to use though, since the cap has to be removed, then nozzle installed, and as soon as you start fueling it'll leak like hell...

 

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Permalink Reply by EYP on January 7, 2011 at 4:06pm

From what I read online, the conclusion is go get away from using spouts and use the Super Syphons.

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