Reply With QuoteI've never seen one! Why would you bother anyway, just get a 25L plastic tank!
Has anyone ever seen a jerry can cap with a fuel pickup and connector so you can use the jerry like a tank?
I've seen one on a US site and know that people have made their own for 60L drums etc but was wondering if there was an off the shelf product in Aus.
Cheers
Craig
I've never seen one! Why would you bother anyway, just get a 25L plastic tank!
Cheers,
Leigh (Kero).
G'day
I haven't seen anything off the shelf but it's a great idea and would be very very easy to make up.
Dave
The problem is that
A) I'm a tight ass and already have piles of jerry cans and
B)cruise tanks are both expensive and a poor fit for every spot I've got to fit them!
I'd be happy to make them but I'm not sure about the worry of fumes etc with breathers and the potential to vaporise myself. I can't see how it would be any different to the cap for a portable tank but I thought I'd ask.
Cheers
Craig
Plastic jerry sceptor ones can use this. It is both a vent and stut off valve that fits their screw lid jerry It is plastic but has survived for a while with us. Not sure how it would go with sun damage but they make tanks so tehy must know
http://www.flo-n-go.com/products/product_maxflo/
Please don't think I'm trying to be a smart alec.... It seems so obvious to me I'm wondering if I'm missing something..... but why do you need that sort of thing?
Why not just siphon the fuel from the jerry can into the main fuel tank?
Cheers,
Paul.
Cheers,
Paul.
1995 Model
SeaJay 4.3M
40HP Yamaha
i would be worried about the insurance angle not being an approved fuel tank for the boat.
Mike
CT, in my opinion, you would be better off getting a tank custom built for your specific application and avoiding jerry cans in boats. They are an accident waiting to happen. You might be surprised what you will pay for a custom tank over the price of a stainless cruise tank that doesn't fit well.
Jack.
Don't get me wrong, I hate jerry cans with a passion. The hazards of lifting, dropping, spilling etc are all part of the reason that if I'm going to have them I'd prefer to just be able to clip on a line and be done.
The custom tank is a good option down the track. The boat has just been re-powered so I'd like to do a few trips with heaps of reserve fuel to get a good handle on usage before comitting to a tank. Its a stop gap measure I guess.
Haven't looked into the insurance thing other than the fact that they are an approved container and in terms of personal safety can't be any more dangerous to have in a boat than tote tanks.
Cheers
Craig
i have seen the one you are talking about they are made in the states and have been for some 30 + yrs now i know this because in 19 68 we lived on a property owned by a bloke from Florida he bought some with him from the states with all his tools and stuff and he used them for everything i have a bobcat and would love a couple my self but you cant get them here and they are heavy duty.
hilly
yes craig they do make them i think they are a army issue
i got mine from jimboomba markets.i am down at balina for 2 weeks fishing post a photo when i get home
cheers snap
If you want one for metal jerry just ask these guys to do it without the air pressure release and fill fiting just the breather fitting. Aussie made . Quick adjustment down to 8mm pipe and a marine drybreak fitting and away you go.
We used to use one for the genset straight from jerry cans as we didn't want fuel left in the genset.
They do it for plastics as well
http://www.tanamipump.com.au/video.htm
There is also a bloke flogging them on eprey look for jerry can pump they used to be $60 but seem to have gone up a lot. Direct for cash would have to be cheaper
No filter gause so with the crud from inside a jerry make sure it runs throgh a filter as usual
From a safety and legal view in case it ever became a insurance issue I am not dure a jetty with a tanami cap on it would meet the standards for marine fuel tank??
Might want to underfill the jerrys a bit as thereis no way a breather unless it has some height or a loop witll not leak a bit.
With steel pickup on a steel jerry you would want to earth against each other so there isn't a static spark and same for some plastics . If you had one for each jerry it would be safer.
bloody dangerous in a tossing sea, fuel over the deck and motor ready to start, no thanks.cheers alexOriginally Posted by Paul007
Has anyone ever seen a jerry can cap with a fuel pickup and connector so you can use the jerry like a tank?
I've seen one on a US site and know that people have made their own for 60L drums etc but was wondering if there was an off the shelf product in Aus.
Cheers
Craig
There was one around quite a few years ago, but if I remember rightly there were quite a few issues with venting and fumes ....
this is the one i have cheers snap
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