Where do you store your gas cans?
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GirlnAgarage
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The carport outbuilding.
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Hobby_Man22
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Kind of defeats the purpose if it's still against the shop. I think the idea is if it catches fire for some reason, you can easily grab some marshmallows and make you some smores and celebrate how nothing else is in danger, all the while you tell the fire department to go away.
Im not worried about that thing catching on fire. If I was Id of put it in a different spot. That section of my shop gets the most shade. Also I used to be a volunteer firefighter hahaha. God for bid my **** burns..... I dont know how it ended up in my shop but my truck, the wifes car will be in there. If I still had my 5ther that would be next to it.
hmbemis
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My guess is that UV eats them up -- Most (all?) plastic gas cans are HDPE which is UV stable but will be still weathered by prolonged UV exposure... storing them somewhere that the sun hits them not only causes them to expand/contract but also starts to break down the molecular bonds of the plastic.
The way I've had a few of them fail is that the seam on the handle starts to leak. I usually just throw red duct tape over the split and keep using it. At $25-30/can it's not that big of an imposition to replace them every 5-10 years as they get nasty.
Most of the time I've been storing them under a deck or in shed, never had an issue... more recently I've been leaving them out in the open where the sun is on them for a few hours per day and in a year or two it's fairly prounced what the UV is doing to them.
smackey05
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Shed that is not attached to the house.
jblnut
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Right here in this rolling box thing right inside the shop man door and under some pallet racking right out of the way.
I’m in the planning stages of building a little 8x8 shed for my gas cans and other flammables. Any ideas for the tiny shed? I already have two metal cabinets to keep the cans inside for the shed.
What about ventilation? One window and an air vent?
What about ventilation? One window and an air vent?
mike93lx
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I think good, sealed gas cans inside any shed should be sufficient.
LWB
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The smaller the building the quicker it will heat up IMHO unless completed shaded.
My gas cans are in the barn along with a rider, push mower, generator and a couple of mini bikes. It doesn't get that hot and leaks like a sieve. The cans are only filled to the max line. No issues so far.
My gas cans are in the barn along with a rider, push mower, generator and a couple of mini bikes. It doesn't get that hot and leaks like a sieve. The cans are only filled to the max line. No issues so far.
Houdini5150
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I have one plastic one I have sitting in the bottom of my rolling tool cart. Sits up against an old garage door we dont use. Outta the way. I need to open the can up every now and then to let the pressure out... AZ Heat
Mike65
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Mine are stored in the garage in front next to the door.
I store mine outside, upside down so they don't get rain in them.
I don't store gas in cans, I fill my mower and dump the rest in the truck.
I've never understood storing excess inventory, especially when my lead time is only 5 minutes, And the gas station down the road warehouses it for me for free. Let them pay the carrying costs.
I don't store gas in cans, I fill my mower and dump the rest in the truck.
I've never understood storing excess inventory, especially when my lead time is only 5 minutes, And the gas station down the road warehouses it for me for free. Let them pay the carrying costs.
mike93lx
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Guessing you don't own a generator? I personally prefer to not run out during a blizzard but also like the convenience of having g to inturrupt a project to get gas
racecougar
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Imagine a world where not everyone lives within a five minute radius of a gas station.
astrohip
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I'm in the middle of mowing, and I run low. I'm hot, sweaty, look like a vagrant in drenched tee, and it's 99 temp & humidity. I can attempt to get decent looking (so the truck doesn't get grass clippings all over), get in the truck, drive your five minutes, fill up the can, then drive back, yada yada.
Or I can keep a single 5-gallon gas can in reserve, and fill up, and keep going.
I've never understood how some people don't see other's point of view.
mike93lx
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I dont see why you can't just plan ahead and always make sure your mower is topped off before starting
/s
I've always had my gas/chemicals in a side shed.
So everyone can mow what they need to on ONE tank of gas?
Firebrick43
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Many people live further quite a bit further away than 5 mins.
Don't have a truck, use a trailer so it takes at least 20 min to get a single 5 gallons or 25 mins to get 25 gallons. If I got 5 gallons a time it would take an 1.25 hours to get the same 25 gallons. Plus it would take 10-15 dollars in gas to make all those trips.
If i clip pastures it can take 15 gallons of fuel in an afternoon plus another 5 for the wife and kids to mow the lawn.
mike93lx
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Firebrick43
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I think if you spelled it out on peoples forehead they would still miss it.Its not our fault you bought the wrong mower.
Again... /s
mike93lx
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I'm trying...
I live out in the country. 25 miles from town. There are still six gas stations in all four directions within <5 miles of me.
But I get it, if you live in the middle of nowhere, without normal resources, I can see paying to store fuel.
Have you thought about filling your tank before you start mowing?
I mow 3 acres with a JD X540 rider. It takes just under half a tank and around 3 hrs.
I've never run out, but if I did, IDGAF if I look like a vagrant, or are hot and sweaty at the gas station.
It's a gas station, not a singles bar. I don't get your point of view because a normal truck isn't offended by grass clippings.
isb cornbinder
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The vintage and antique gas cans can and will rust out. I think the modern plastic cans are much better.
I keep my gas cans in an underground bunker,
I have a 12x9 garden shed with five plastic 5gallon gas cans filled. They do swell in the summer heat we’ve had this year but they’re 9 years or older. No one has split or leaked. They are not vented bcuse I live on a lake very humid most of the year. I use stabil marine gas additives and rotate about once a year.
astrohip
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You really don't want to let this go, do you? If you don't store gas, how do you fill your tank before you start mowing? What if you mowed, used half a tank, but haven't been to the gas station since, and need to top off?
I think you will find most of us keep a tank or two of gas around. It's simply handy to have. We don't all have a gas station five minutes away, and it's easier to just keep some around.
The OP was simply asking how/where to store gas, not for a lecture on why he doesn't need it. But you do you.
PhantomEB
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One gallon of pre mixed fuel for chain saw, one gallon for the lawnmower, both behind the man door.
usually another 5 gallon one kicking around to fill the little guys up with.
one 5 gallon diesel and two more 5 gallon ones out in the shed. Also a 5 gallon water one there too.
never can have enough for wheeling or bug out times.
usually another 5 gallon one kicking around to fill the little guys up with.
one 5 gallon diesel and two more 5 gallon ones out in the shed. Also a 5 gallon water one there too.
never can have enough for wheeling or bug out times.
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Hobby_Man22
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Used to keep gas cans in a 12x10 storage shed. I swear it got 150 degrees in there. Can't believe that thing never blew up. I was just a kid back then, so this was dad's call
Used to keep gas cans in a 12x10 storage shed. I swear it got 150 degrees in there. Can't believe that thing never blew up. I was just a kid back then, so this was dad's call
Yeah enclosed gets me concerned for sure considering vapor can build up. Just a little shade is all I find they need to be happy.
I buy gas when I decide to mow. I can mow 3 acres twice on a tank.
mike93lx
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A gas can should be sealed, so a shed shouldn't be filling with vapor
Snapped-off
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mike93lx
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Finally. A guy that buys the right mower! $20k mower, 6 gal tank and a 1/4 acre lawn
Snapped-off
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Finally. A guy that buys the right mower! $20k mower, 6 gal tank and a 1/4 acre lawn
It's a 12 gallon tank. And it was only 4k. And I mow about ¾ of an acre.
mike93lx
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Be honest. It's a 3/4 acre lot, right?
It's a 12 gallon tank. And it was only 4k. And I mow about ¾ of an acre.