one gallon gasoline can for chainsaw?

Far as I know, aviation gas is only kind to be guaranteed not to have alcohol in it.

Around here all pumps have little sticker "MAY contain upto 10% ethanol" I've not seen any station claiming no ethanol for any grade gas.

And yep the alcohol does mean you have to replace fuel lines and put new carb kit in more often. Alcohol turned OEM fuel line in both my Shindaiwas to black goo. sure the replacement line wont last near as long.

I hate using funnels as I cant easily judge exact amount gas and it tends to overflow. I think using a curved metal tire valve will work. Long as gas can is vented good, should get decent enough flow through the valve stem (minus valve core of course) to readily fill saw's tank.

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I use an empty jug from the bar and chain gallon jug and mix my gas/oil in it,,been using the same jug for 4 years now...weed eater and chainsaw use same mixture...

They are still making the old hot dipped heavy duty galvanized kerosene cans and I still see them in hardware stores.

Very pricey unless you are young and expect a long life of using them.

They are similar to this one on Ebay. http://goo.gl/IpE6B

Wish I knew the maker so we could look at their site. Lehman's Hardware probably has them but too much for me the wade through to take a look.

While traveling along I keep my eye out for plastic cans that have blown out of the back of vehicles. You'd need to be careful and be very picky as some have probably had drug making ingredients in them.

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The EPA steped in all the old designs are illegal.. they new cans have to have a cut off feature and no more flex tubes. now the new cut off things arent bad if u get used to them and they make a flex tube for filling chainsaws that attaches to the end. find a local briggs and stration dealer they should be able to order the old style still..

http://www.blitzusa.com/products/fue...ent/ef1pg.html

http://www.amazon.com/No-Spill-1415-...085294&sr=8-12

i use a 1 gallon jug for gas mix and about a 2 foot rope tried to chain oil jug thrown over shoulder to head to woods works great

1 gal. 20/10 wiper antifreeze bottles are tough. I get them from work. 1 with gas mix, 1 with bar oil and a short piece of baling twine tied in a loop. Loop it through both handles, a 1 1/2" stick with a hole drilled in it like a pull rope handle to carry in the woods, easy to carry both together and CHEAP....James

Gas cans yes, but I think the kerosene cans as still the same.

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just looked at the Blitz website all cans have changed

Ace carries a retrofit kit, with several lid sizes, to 'retrofit' the newfangled waste a lot of gasoline on the ground fittings. Couple a bucks.

When I can't find a gallon can, I use a plastic gallon oil jug.

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Almost every country auction I go to has a plethora of the "old style" gasoline cans...both metal and plastic....in a variety of volumes. Many still have gasoline in them.

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Have you looked inside these marvels? I'd suspect there is serious sludge and rust in any can thats had gas setting for years. And alas around here the building boom and escalating land prices has eliminated the small farm auction. There simply are very few small farms left like used to provide such goodies. The people that owned such died off or sold out and the money people who bid up land prices dont let such things accumulate. The closest I would ever come to such is some auctioneer that has two yearly farm consignment auctions every year and it is 40 miles away.

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I pick up the old style cans at yard sales
Sometimes the are in the "Free" box.

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Wow, you have actual hardware stores? Our last one shut down years ago, now the big box "home improvement centers" or TSC are only local hardware suppliers. TSC carries galvanized buckets and tubs but they must be for decoration only as they are made from the thinnest sheet metal I've ever seen and super thin galvanizing too. They flex if you breathe on them too hard. Commercial plastic 5 gallon bucket would outlast them easily. As cheap as stainless steel cookware got, I was surprised somebody didnt start making buckets and tubs out of simular material. They should last lifetime even if relatively thin. But I well imagine plastic containers are more profitable and guarenteed limited longevity so people have to rebuy them several times in their lifetime.

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Oh, sorry, you are right about the newer containers. I have a couple of one gallon I use.

E10 can screw up a chainsaw in a hurry. The alchol seperates and can sortch a piston. Always shake well before putting in the saw. I try to run the saw out of fuel before putting away as well.

Kalifornia CARB started this fuel can crap several years back and what CARB does the EPA follows. I'm having a heck of time sourcing my favorite cans--the US Military Pastic ones--they are actually made in Canada--they can get ran over and not leak or break. They used to sell them new to the civilian market until CARB started their BS.