Date:         Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:07:24 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Friday: Fuel containers, a little bit vanagon related
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Vanagon related in that I, like others no doubt, use a diesel fuel
container when traveling to remote rural destinations. I normally
carry one five gallon Wedco (NATO style) can and spout. These cans are
so good that they can lie on their side on the floor and not leak a
drop, and put 125 miles or so of fuel in the tank without leaking a
drop.

I went looking for another one recently, only to find that they have
been BANNED in favor of a goofy child-proof design with a ratcheting
screw-on spout rather than the familiar clamp spout. The new spout
arrangement looks like it is fragile and no longer self-stacking in
the way the NATO cans were.

Did every body else know about this ban and I'm just finding out?

Seems a shame to lose such a great design. The websites that sell the
tanks say "don't complain to us, complain to your legislators." Anyone
know who specifically to complain to?

http://www.expeditionexchange.com/wedco/

Jim