Date:         Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:42:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday: Fuel containers, a little bit vanagon related
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Sounds like it is time to visit the local Army surplus store. I think
I will do that this Saturday.

2010/2/12, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>:
> 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
>


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