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Fueling with a portable container

That would be very close for me on Chemung, I have been there several times last year they do have / had great burgers.  I never noticed and never asked about the fuel.
 
i use the shake tube.  $20.00 at Wilson marine or cheaper online.  I can usually drain a 5 gallon can in under two minutes.   Works great.   If it doesn't take it back and exchange it as my first one wasn't working properly. 
 
I've been using plastic 5 gallon Jerry cans for years.  I went to Tractor Supply and got a huge tractor funnel with a 18" long 1 inch diameter galvanized pipe--and I sawed off the nipple on the bottom.  I can fill my tank from inside my boat.


But the 1" filler neck still doesn't take on fuel at a very fast pace.  And waiting for an unvented Jerry can to deliver fuel is very hard on the shoulders and back @ 5 minutes.


Last year, I invested in a 14 gallon Gas Buddy.  I cut off the pump on the end of the hose and am letting the fill up go by sheer gravity.  I drop my boat low on my boathouse lift, and place the Gas Buddy up on a park bench.  I can lift my big can up on the seat back and fill my Bennie when in the water.


That 14 gallon tank saves me $28-$36 on every 14 gallons.  I'll take any savings I can get vs. buying marina gasoline.
 
krcossin said:
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Oh and I am now using the recreational 100% pure 90 octane gas instead of the regular ethanol pump gas with additive.  I'm sure all my neighbors have already known where to get it, a friend just pointed me to the Sunoco downtown Brighton on Grand River Ave and E Liberty Street.


Here is a nice website to help finding a local station: http://www.pure-gas.org/
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Thanks for the link.


I've searched before and for whatever reason, the St Louis area is the black hole of Ethanol free gas. Not a single station within 75 miles of me (and 2+ million others) sells it. Both in Illinois or Missouri! so frustrating..
 
Michiman said:
To be clear, this will only work if the gas can is above the boat fill tube, correct?
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Correct you have to have the fuel tank above the level where the opposite tube end is to work.  My first attempt at using the shake tube, I had the fuel can on a towel on the aft bed, fuel was flowing fine, then it slowed way down.  It still had about half a tank to go, so I lifted the can up on the top of the swingback and I could hear the little glass marble vibrating and fuel flowed freely down to the last drop as I tilted it to the bottom corner.
 
Interesting enough, I was filling up my car at Costo this morning, and they have a big sign that says filling fuel cans over 6 gallons is prohibited by Michigan law. So technically those 14 gallon tanks linked previously are illegal. 


I will admit I did not take the time to research this, just repeating what I read. 


From their site:

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And I thought Maryland was a pain in the a$$.

Dub9 said:
Interesting enough, I was filling up my car at Costo this morning, and they have a big sign that says filling fuel cans over 6 gallons is prohibited by Michigan law. So technically those 14 gallon tanks linked previously are illegal. 


I will admit I did not take the time to research this, just repeating what I read. 


From their site:


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I just carry two 5 gallon cans when I go. I have two gas stations within a half mile of my house. No big deal to make two trips.
 
lakeliving said:
I just carry two 5 gallon cans when I go. I have two gas stations within a half mile of my house. No big deal to make two trips.
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I have three 5 gallon cans which fills me up half-way.  Because I am a slow cruiser that lasts about a month :lol:
 
Link said:
I have three 5 gallon cans which fills me up half-way.  Because I am a slow cruiser that lasts about a month :lol:
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You gotta blow out the carbon once in a while Link.   :p
 
Was hoping you came up and did it for me CWag
 
Link said:
I have three 5 gallon cans which fills me up half-way.  Because I am a slow cruiser that lasts about a month :lol:
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Plus the couple of drops of ethanol left in each of those empty Michelob cans ..... :D
 
krcossin said:
Correct you have to have the fuel tank above the level where the opposite tube end is to work.  My first attempt at using the shake tube, I had the fuel can on a towel on the aft bed, fuel was flowing fine, then it slowed way down.  It still had about half a tank to go, so I lifted the can up on the top of the swingback and I could hear the little glass marble vibrating and fuel flowed freely down to the last drop as I tilted it to the bottom corner.
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krcossin, thanks for the clarification!
 
Just bought one of those myself after multiple times holding 5 gallon cans up as the seconds turn to minutes watching that gas slowly gurgle into the tank!  
 
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