Hi Volks,
It's not often that I post to the list but this =
"Jerry"
Can thread is some thing I have an intimate knowledge of.
I spent 15 yrs in the Canadian Army in a Main =
Battle Tank
Regiment.
I was the top Corporal in the P.O.L. (Petroleum =
Oils &
Lubricants) section for a few years.
The tanks that we use are the German Leopard
1A5.
As far as Tanks go they are very good on fuel =
especially
compared to the US Abrams.
they use one third of the amount the Abrams
uses.
The things that make our beloved VW's better and =
different
than other makes carries over to the German school of Tank building.
Then again allot of there strengths were learned =
the hard
way, and a big one was running out of fuel!
But getting back to the fuel can thread. =
We used a huge (60,000L/ day) amount of Diesel =
fuel in any
given day to keep our 60 Tanks rolling.
Unfortunately for my back a large portion was in =
20L (5
gal.) fuel cans.
Through my time in the section we saw the change =
from the
old U.S. style steel cans to the new plastic ones.
I can tell you that that the steel cans are more =
grief and
frustration than there worth!!
Metal cans dent, rust, scratch ,leak and =
condense water in
to the fuel via temp. changes in the fuel.
Generally doing a damn fine job of contaminating =
the fuel
that they held!
Where as the Canadian N.A.T.O. standard cans =
leak very
little, don' rust , don't contaminate the fuel with condensation, and =
are
tougher than the old steel style cans.
In fact the plastic cans are air transportable =
and
droppable, the steel ones are not.
There is a reason that there is an abundance of =
steel cans
on the market.
There not worth a pinch of "s...t".
Most militaries are changing over to plastic =
cans as fast
as they can.
Do your self a favour don't use a metal can for =
diesel
fuel.
If there is one thing that will stop a diesel =
engine and
ruin it in short order and that's contaminated
fuel.
Go price a set of TDI injectors or an injection =
pump.
Yikes!!
That is also the reason all NATO fuel cans have =
a colour
code on the handle or lid.
Yellow is for diesel ,red is for Gasoline, green =
is for
coolant, grey is for Kerosene, blue is for two stroke and white is for
water.
Even civilian gas cans are red because of this
rule.
So trust some one whose job was "jerry" cans, =
choose NATO
plastic cans not metal ones.
Cheers
Glen