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Started by Magicman, June 13, 2024, 02:32:28 PM

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Magicman

I have tried and used about everything but this new 1 1/4 gal NO-SPILL jug has to be the best and simplest that I have ever used. 

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The size is perfect for me and the clear "sight gauge" on each end shows how much is left plus when you have exactly one gallon in the jug for mixing.

Touch the green button and it relieves the pressure before using so no spray surprise.  Also the green button immediately stops the flow so no overflow on fill up.

I have been using NO-SPILL 5 gallon Diesel jugs for years so I don't know what took me so long.
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Andries

I'm in the same boat. 
"don't know what took me so long . . " 
The old gas containers were such survivors that I didn't have the heart to toss them - until I backed over one of 'em with the loader.  😵
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Been using them for years
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Magicman

I have never seen this 1 1/4 gallon jug in any. store.  I was searching for a suitable 1 gallon jug when this one popped up.  $30 and free shipping so kinda pricey, but well worth the cost.
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doc henderson

they carry them in the farm stores here.  TSC here.  your metal ones are at HF.  I have a 5-gallon plastic regular jug. to get av fuel.  and pour into a 2.5-gallon jug like this to mix with the silver Stihl oil mix.  
Timber king 2000, 277c track loader, PJ 32 foot gooseneck, 1976 F700 state dump truck, JD 850 tractor.  2007 Chevy 3500HD dually, home built log splitter 18 horse 28 gpm with 5 inch cylinder and 32 inch split range with conveyor powered by a 12 volt tarp motor

Magicman

I have gone 100% to the 5 gallon (yellow) NO-SPILL for Diesel and have a couple of 2 1/2 gallon red jugs, but I have never seen and did not know that they offered the 1 1/4 gallon jugs.  I really like it.
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lxskllr

NO_SPILL brand is the best can of any material, and any price. It works in solving the problem it was designed to solve, and in the process, it actually makes pouring fuel easier, rather than infuriating like the other autosealing jugs. Metal cans are sexy, but they just don't work as well as NO-SPILL. I have a 5G, and a 1.25G. I might buy another one or two 5G cans for hauling corn free fuel. I don't absolutely need more. I have plastic cans that work after a fashion, but they just aren't as nice.

barbender

 I agree, I'm a big fan of the No-spill cans. Like lxskllr says, they solved an engineering problem, and made a better can in the process. 

 I do curse them occasionally if I forget to vent them before I go to pour fuel. Whatever the EPA was trying to accomplish by not allowing any vapor to escape is more than made up for by the fuel that is sprayed out and evaporates🤷

 That said, I prefer the No-spill over even the traditional vented cans. They're just a great product, and you can get replacement parts for the nozzles etc from the company.

 For cans bigger than 2.5 gallons I prefer to use the shaker siphon hose rather than trying to pour out a big, heavy 5 gallon can.
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Keepfixin

Hey nice can! I think our local store carries that brand but don't know if they have the smaller size can. Always wondered if they worked good or not. Here's some pictures of my favorite cans. But the old metal forestry can is my favorite.
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hedgerow

I don't use many gas-fuel cans around here. I have set up a nice fuel trailer with diesel and gas on it. I have for at least the last fifteen years been using the 2.5 gallon no spill fuel can for my chain saw gas and just love it. The two guys that help me put up wood have like that jug so well they even bought the five gallon version for hauling there mower gas in. Growing up in the fuel business I have been around a lot of gas-fuel cans and the no spill are the best. 

Old Greenhorn

Well I have been using that 1.25 gallon can for about a dozen years now. I got mine for my local Husky guy (Spike60). Although it seemed pricey to a cheap old man at the time, I think around $20 or so, it was the prefect size. I don't like mixing a lot of gas in one shot. I prefer to have it fresh, so sometimes I have to mix it a couple of times a week, and sometimes I go a few weeks before I need to mix more. I do wich the plastic was a bit thicker like the old cans. Mine bloats out like a sun roasted pig carcass on a hot day.
 I still have a combi-can, NOS with no spouts I would love to put in service if I could just find the spouts. I have a 2.5 gallon that was given to me (full), which I have never used. I have a pair of standard plain vanilla plastic cans I use for bringing the fuel home, but then it goes in mowers, tillers, the Mule, or my saw can.
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DHansen

That same No-Spill company sells a clear tube that fits the nozzle on their fuel cans.  I have some with and some without the tube.  The tube is great for some applications.  One thing is the design helps me not over fill the machines.  And as mentioned by Barbender nozzle parts are easy to find at our local stores.  I will need to look for the 1.25 or 1.5 size.  I was not aware they made one smaller than 2.5 gallon.  Thanks for the heads-up Magicman. 

Al_Smith

Old school Al .Good old 2 gallon Blitz can for the saws .Four metal round 5 gallon gas cans for the mower and tractors and at least a dozen 5 gallon gerry cans I seldom use .Two more old metal cans ,5 gallon.One for kerosene one for diesel fuel  in case I want to burn a slash pile .
Unlike some I will not use gasoline to start a fire .That's a good way to end your life if you do --don't---
Now then gerry cans,GI cans or whatever you want to call them .Two styles ,screw down lids or clip type hinged lids .Eventually they all leak but you can either make the lid gaskets or buy them .

Magicman

My jugs stay in the back of my open truck 24-7, so they have to be water proof.  Even under my carport, the tail sticks out and it catches plenty of rain.

I have made the circle from military, Blitz, Chinese jerry, metal round, Scribner, VP, and now to NO-SPILL.  I doubt that I will ever change again.

All of that and now Rattle Rattle has me looking at truck bed covers.  help_me   I once read something about grown men and their toys.  :wacky:
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lxskllr

I keep my can in a catfood bag in the back of the truck. It's to protect it from sunlight. Sun's hard on plastic.

doc henderson

I have a pallet on the north side of the building where ai store them.  I do not want a ton of gas in the shop.  Need to build a well aerated shed, like with boards and batten without the battens.   so mine get mold growing in the depressions.
Timber king 2000, 277c track loader, PJ 32 foot gooseneck, 1976 F700 state dump truck, JD 850 tractor.  2007 Chevy 3500HD dually, home built log splitter 18 horse 28 gpm with 5 inch cylinder and 32 inch split range with conveyor powered by a 12 volt tarp motor

upnut

My inherited fuel storage cabinet is an old beer cooler from Rays of Reading, on casters no less! Unfortunately, the metal shelving apparently wore thru an already well used metal can (also inherited) and dumped 5 gallons of diesel on the barn floor. What a mess! Brought home 2 new No-Spill yellow cans from TSC today, thanks for all the recommendations.... :thumbsup:

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doc henderson

i also have an old beer cooler kegerator and store both aluminum and glass container of "fuel"!  smiley_beertoast  
Timber king 2000, 277c track loader, PJ 32 foot gooseneck, 1976 F700 state dump truck, JD 850 tractor.  2007 Chevy 3500HD dually, home built log splitter 18 horse 28 gpm with 5 inch cylinder and 32 inch split range with conveyor powered by a 12 volt tarp motor

Wlmedley

I decided I needed another diesel fuel can after getting a older Kabota tractor running that I now use for mowing.Found out that No-Spill has a Blue kerosene can that is $5 cheaper than their yellow diesel can.Couldn't see any difference except color so being the way I am I bought the blue one.
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doc henderson

that can be designated off road red dye diesel.
Timber king 2000, 277c track loader, PJ 32 foot gooseneck, 1976 F700 state dump truck, JD 850 tractor.  2007 Chevy 3500HD dually, home built log splitter 18 horse 28 gpm with 5 inch cylinder and 32 inch split range with conveyor powered by a 12 volt tarp motor

Magicman

Doesn't matter as long as you know.

I have been using a factory labeled "Water" jug for traveling RV generator gas for years. 
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Hilltop366

For chainsaws I always liked the small vented plastic can. I would take the spout out and leave the main cap tight and use the vent hole to fill up the saw, just remove the vent cap and turn the can up and squeeze the can a couple of times and the saw was full and when you stop squeezing the can it would suck a bit of air in and stop letting fuel out for a few seconds and flip the can back up. Quick and easy, no messing with the spout.

No longer have those cans so got one of the annoying ones with the vented spout but was told the other day that for saw gas some guys will cut a top off a large plastic pop bottle to fit the spout gasket on and put that instead of spout and cap. Remove the bottle cap to pour fuel in the saw and replace the cap, no messing with the spout. I think I may try it but the only problem is we don't drink pop so might have to buy one and just dump it out.

SwampDonkey

My old stand by, I never spill a drop. Also leaves a little head space.

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doc henderson

The only concern I would have is having a water jug full of gas, and someone has a fire and grabs that jug unknowing.
Timber king 2000, 277c track loader, PJ 32 foot gooseneck, 1976 F700 state dump truck, JD 850 tractor.  2007 Chevy 3500HD dually, home built log splitter 18 horse 28 gpm with 5 inch cylinder and 32 inch split range with conveyor powered by a 12 volt tarp motor

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