Jerry Cans on Ebay

[centralscot]

I just noticed on Ebay that some people are advertising Jerry cans in small batches of up to 5 or 10. Apparently they are unused Army Surplus but a bit rusty on the outside. Clearly this a pretty good way to store fuel etc. Anyone thinking of storing petol should look into the limited storage life petrol has, (some threads here deal with topic already) although I believe these sealed metal cans reduce some of those problems. As far as I know there are no such problems with diesel.

I will probably buy a few for Keroscene, a few for some diesel for my generator etc and perhaps also at least a can for petrol.

[the-gnole]

Diesel and Paraffin keep many years, but you have to be careful with air gaps at the top of the can which can put water into your fuel. Petrol for a longer term will need treatment every year to get it to keep excessively long periods, or rotated every month or if treated replaced each year.

I got 5 cans from one of the Surplus stores a few years back, I think they had excess as I got the lot for £20 delivered, still going strong, but two of the cans were what I call "Lorry" cans as the outlet was a lot bigger than the standard so the pouring nozzle doesn't fit those two

[Carrot Cruncher]

Our local Recycling Centre has a shop where they sell anything dumped that has a bit of value and they always have a few jerry cans in. I picked up a couple from them for a fiver each.

[metatron]

Fuel should be rotated, as its something most people use a lot of, its a very easy thing to do.

[KalPrep]

I managed to get some also for a fiver each and will be rotating round on diesel for the car and when I get round to it, a diesel genny.