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Patching hole in plastic gas can
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You've never used a No-Spill can, or you wouldn't have typed that.
Give one a try because every OTHER new gas can spout sucks ass. LOL!
Hey graphicstripe, I just found my collapsed can pics. I'll post them up in a bit...
If I'm not running from yard to yard I keep it in my truck tool box but ordinarily just loose. I can see the potential for a loose can to cause problems though.my friend who is a state cop says any plastic gas tank that you use like every day on the truck can get you a fine. it is suppose to be metal and also like locked tight in the car or truck or you can use plastic cans if in like a steel box thing made to carry gas cans thats good to. the reason is because if you are in a accident.. Now as for patched gas cans lol, you may go to jail for that
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Here are the pics I took the day my No-Spill can failed.
The can was bought in 2010 I believe. They expand more than they contract, but you really can't expect "plastic" to be able to withstand repeated "folding" as you see in these photos. This was the worst I had ever seen it collapsed in on itself due to cold weather.
This is a 5 gallon can
By the time I got to my first job it had started to expand again, but that's when I discovered it was leaking.
I tried pouring the gas into my walk behind so it wouldn't just leak out, but it started peeing on my mower from the crack. I bungeed a paper towel over the crack in order to finish emptying the gas into the mower.
I went and bought a Sure Can as a replacement, but hated teh way the pour spout operated, so I returned that (nearly $50!) and bought another No-Spill can for $32.
I'm not happy it cracked, but the cans/spouts work so well, I just bought another one.
The can was bought in 2010 I believe. They expand more than they contract, but you really can't expect "plastic" to be able to withstand repeated "folding" as you see in these photos. This was the worst I had ever seen it collapsed in on itself due to cold weather.
This is a 5 gallon can
By the time I got to my first job it had started to expand again, but that's when I discovered it was leaking.
I tried pouring the gas into my walk behind so it wouldn't just leak out, but it started peeing on my mower from the crack. I bungeed a paper towel over the crack in order to finish emptying the gas into the mower.
I went and bought a Sure Can as a replacement, but hated teh way the pour spout operated, so I returned that (nearly $50!) and bought another No-Spill can for $32.
I'm not happy it cracked, but the cans/spouts work so well, I just bought another one.
Just buy a new can. get a no spill can
"NO-SPILL" gas cans. The Button Makes It Easy!
Link to their website...
www.nospill.com
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Back in the day, the only gas cans you could get where the steel "eagle" cans... Back then they had a screw on metal cap and a rubber hose, no stupid yellow funnel and snapper lid
But to answer your question....after a long while the cans would leak from the bottom seam, (they didn't have bed liners back then either) We would take them over to a welder we knew and he would solder/braze the can. The can would be good for a few more years or until the bottom seam would rust out.......
Sooo, if you are really good at welding and fill the can with water....I would not try it
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looks ok just really no different then any other plastic can. im good with my cheap plastic walmart cans and i have a few good regular pour spouts and till i run out of them i will figure it out then
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before i started my own business i worked with a guy who used 1 gallon milk plastic bottles. Yup no B.S. He was a amazing tool, he would spend 20 hours on trying to fix a problem he could fix in 5 minutes spending $3.00 but was to cheap to spend $3.00 lol. Thats why when i seen patch a $13.00 gas can i got flashbacks of him:hammerhead::wall
It's all about the SPOUT. The basic Walmart, et. al., gas cans are not legal for commercial transport. Due to risk of tip and spill!
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You must have had your eyeballs glued to No-Spill Jill's... shirt to not notice the difference.
LOL
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I had a tank on my mower that was leaking at a corner. I just cleaned the area well. Used a soldering gun and a piece of scrap plastic from a garbage can and hot welded the hole. A year later and it is still bone dry. Make sure you empty the tank and rinse it out well with some soap to get rid of any fumes. Heat up the area around the hole until it starts to get syrupy and then melt some of the scrap plastic onto the area and smooth it over really well. I tried all kinds of patch kits and non of them held very long. The soldering gun worked well.
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Make sure you remove all gas before you do that one and clean it so you don't start a fire
After 9 years, maybe it evaporated by now eh?
ha ha. I was cutting a hole in a door to let foster puppies in and out and had put gas tank behind door to hold it no open
Crack leak at the seam perhaps. From general wear & tear caused over time from all the transport and handling.
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Or....from mower monkeys that can break anvils.
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