Plastic jugs

[skeets]

I picked up several 5 gallon plastic jugs from a guy, that contained simple green.. The bottom of the jugs have a triangle with I think the number 2 inside,,, What I want to know is will these jugs hold up to gas kerosene and diesel fuel? Or will they leak through the pours or just melt?

 

[Kennyd4110]

I like real jugs myself... Oopps wrong forum

You should not store fuel, especially gasoline in a unapproved container. You "could" get by with the K1 or diesel, since they are not flammable, but why? Real approved fuel can are not that much money.

 

[skeets]

I have a hard time paying 25 bucks for a plastic fuel jug designed by the EPA, that you need 3 hands to use,, just MHO you understand

 

[Russell King]

The #2 is HDPE which just about everything "jug like" is made from. It will CONTAIN the fuels (but the lawyers told me to say it is not proper to misuse containers!)

Safety Dispensing Cans | Type: Spill-Proof CARB Gas Can | Capacity (Gal.): 1.00 | Material: High Density Polyethylene | Color: Red | Height (Inch): 9-1/2 | Diameter/Length (Inch): 7-1/2


HDPE(High-density polyethylene) has SPI resin ID code 2
Applications





HDPE is resistant to many different solvents and has a wide variety of applications, including:

• Fuel tanks for vehicles

 

[skeets]

Ta,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,