Gasoline Storage

Are the blue heavy plastic 30 gallon water barrels acceptable for storing gasoline? I can't find anything that says not to... but need to find someone who knows for sure. It appears that they are made out of the same material as 5 gallon gasoline canisters...only thicker. Anyone know?
Thanks

 

I would NOT use the blue containers to store gasoline. Blue containers are colored that way to indicate that the liquid inside is gasoline, Yellow containers are for diesel and Red for gas.

Say for example you store gas in your blue containers. You use up one and it gets "stolen" or lost. Someone else, recognizes that it's blue it's for water and stores water in it. That water is now contaminated.

Just my opinion, but they make the different colors for a reason.

Ryan

 

Anyone that can't smell a container that has held fuel and puts drinking water in it deserves to be yet another proof of the Darwin theory, IMHO.

Fuel containers ARE color coded...blue is generally for kerosense.....but in barrels, I'd think the color is simply any color the plastic pellets came in....I've got black, blue, gray and white ones.

 

I can't comment on the storage as I haven't gotten that far yet. However I will comment that if they are 'stolen' then whoever steals them deserves to drink contaminated water. Anyone who buys said 'stolen' barells should be able to smell the fuel in them. Just my .

 

Actually, I know of several people that have NO sense of smell what so ever. Now, what are they to do, become "Darwin Award" candidates? Yes, most people should be able to tell that the "blue" container once contained gas, but why risk it?

just my

Ryan

 

Maybe they could get a retired drug dog, being handicapped and all.....ahahahahahaaaaaa....

or maybe the guy that stored the gasoline in the barrel could mark the top of the barrel like I do mine, with a permanent magic marker, "GASOLINE.....DATE.....WHAT I PAID "......cause due to my advanced CRS ( Can't Remember Shit ), I often forget myself what's in all my horde of barrels.....

Of course if they can't smell AND can't read, there's that problem too....

Hey...wait.....I just thought............WHAT if they are color blind ????

Jeez.....I've GOT to call my Congresscritter......we need a another federal regulation here.....something like "No storing gasoline in ANYTHING"........ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

Call ye ol' Congresscritter.