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Hey Guys! Quick question as I have not seen it on here. With all the safety crap on these 5 gallon diesel cans supposedly there's a funnel stashed somewhere just for this purpose. Have any of you heard of this or found one? I could only get 2 gallons of fuel into my truck without a funnel. Thanks.
Only time I have an issue filling is if I am on an incline. If the problem is being able to tip the jerry can to get enough out of the can into the tank, I do use a large funnel that I bought from advance auto. Since this was a long funnel with a small end, I cut the end off so fuel flow in faster. Since I also use the "same" style for gas, it makes it easier to distinguish between the two, since I didn't cut that one off.
Hey Guys! Quick question as I have not seen it on here. With all the safety crap on these 5 gallon diesel cans supposedly there's a funnel stashed somewhere just for this purpose. Have any of you heard of this or found one? I could only get 2 gallons of fuel into my truck without a funnel. Thanks.
PS. Job 1 2011 F250 Super Duty 4x4
When filling your diesel tank with a Jerry can, toss the CARB required filler neck on the ground and use a good angled funnel from an auto parts store. There is no OEM funnel.
P.S. - Hoping you did not put 2 gallons of diesel in your 5 gallon DEF tank.
I've pretty much stopped by the farm store and bought new nozzle for all my cans. Throw the factory nozzle away, drill a hole and insert the new vent cap and use the new nozzle.
Fixes the problem, but it cost almost as much to buy the retro fit nozzle as it does to buy the jerry can up front.
Looks like I am keeping my old jugs as long as I can. I have the ones they came out with just after the vent hole with the small cap on it disappeared.
I actually can buy new cans a tad cheaper than those retro-fit nozzles, Jon.
Yeah you can buy new cans cheaper. But they are worthless.
I use mine mostly to put fuel in skidloader and mini ex. The new cans are almost worthless for trying to put 20 gal fuel in a skid loader. You've got to hold the nozzle depressed and it comes out so slow. And the short little nozzle won't reach the fill opening. And with the lid of skid steer, I can't get the can upright to get it all out. Not to mention you are holding a can up at shoulder height and it takes 5-6 minutes to empty. Those high flow nozzle dumps 5 gals in 30 seconds.
I highly recommend the Eagle Brand Safety Cans. They are available in many different colors to suit your needs
They are expensive but are worth every penny. They do not have any vent holes so fuel will not spill while sloshing around in the bed of a truck. They come with a funnel attached to a large spring loaded opening, you control the speed of flow by how far the lid is opened.
Jon are you complaining that your nozzle isn't long enough?
I'm keeping my old style ones for as long as I can as well. I have two of the newer ones, but those were gifted to me up here. There is a 3-pack retrofit kit for $15 on amazon that I am contemplating getting.
I've pretty much stopped by the farm store and bought new nozzle for all my cans. Throw the factory nozzle away, drill a hole and insert the new vent cap and use the new nozzle.
Fixes the problem, but it cost almost as much to buy the retro fit nozzle as it does to buy the jerry can up front.
Not sure what your nozzles look like but our newer cans don't have vents. The vent is built into the nozzle. You can get just the vents for cheap and they make the stupid nozzles we have up here work OK. Filling up the boat was just too painful .....
Been using fuel containers like the ones below for years, their tough as nails and no CARB safety devices to slow them down. Their so tough that I still have the first one I purchased over 20 years ago. The only "maintenance" they require is replace the hose every couple years (about $2 at any hardware store) due to getting hard or cracking. I really like the VP containers since they have a screw on vent which controls the flow of fuel much better then the flip open vents found on other brands.
Been using fuel containers like the ones below for years, their tough as nails and no CARB safety devices to slow them down. Their so tough that I still have the first one I purchased over 20 years ago. The only "maintenance" they require is replace the hose every couple years (about $2 at any hardware store) due to getting hard or cracking. I really like the VP containers since they have a screw on vent which controls the flow of fuel much better then the flip open vents found on other brands.
The old ones would be the round ones .... still have a few of those myself. At least 20 years old. They do work good.
