Fuel Question... Why the metal cans?

[Richard Hallett]

Manufacturers shipped quart bottles because of a UPS regulation.  Quarts were not in the same "hazard" category.

Rick

PS Here are several of my pet peeves.

Insurance and fire marshal are hyper about alcohol in your garage which already contains two to three cars a tractor a lawnmower a chainsaw a weedwhip and cans for each all based on the "boom" liquid.

The ozone layer has closed on its own which has been kept very hush hush after all the agony it caused some industries.

Dr. says it wasn't asbestos it was cigarettes.  Asbestos was the little guy. Dr has no ax to grind- he smokes.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RUDDERCABL at aol.com 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:06 PM
  Subject: Re: Fuel Question... Why the metal cans?


  In a message dated 7/6/2003 5:30:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, ArestiPattern at aol.com writes:


    Added benefit to cans........UV protection, and Powermaster ships 6 gallons to a case instead of 4 of the plastic bottles.




     I believe that you have hit on one of the real reasons why the can . Becouse of the shape of the cans , more fuel can be shipped in the same size or slightly larger box. Much money is saved on shipping one box instead of two and the manufactor sells more fuel to the case.  Red Max was doing the same thing using quart size bottles and shipping five gallons to the case . 

     Over the last few years , myself and a couple of other flyers have been buying fuel by the drum . We tap the drum and pour all the fuel off into jugs at one time . Never had any problems with the fuel in four years of doing this .

  Robert Gainey 
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