your gas can be stored for a year or
to the pilot Patriot Channel today we're
going to talk about how to store
gasoline long term for emergency fuel
storage now most people already have at
least one gas can laying around for your
lawnmower or something like that but
what are you going to do in a long-term
situation where maybe there's been a
natural disaster like a hurricane it is
hurricane season right now and every
time we have a big storm like that all
that gas gets balled up power goes out
it could be several days before you're
able to go fill up your car fill up your
generator that kind of thing so you do
want to have some emergency fuel stored
for those types of situations and we're
going to talk about the best way to do
that in some right ways and wrong ways
to store fuel but before we do that if
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let's get right to it now what most
people have is something like this red
plastic gas can here that's just your
standard gas can that you can pick up at
Walmart or Lowe's or anything like that
it's fairly thin plastic and most of the
time nowadays especially they have those
really annoying safety nozzles on there
that really require you to have three
hands to even pour gas out of the crazy
things and those are fun for short-term
storage or if that's all you have that's
perfectly fine you can just use
something like that from Walmart but
there are some cons to something like
that we've already talked about the
nozzle so if most nozzles nowadays have
to have so many safety features you have
to press a button to get the gas to come
out there's no way for air to flow in so
that it'll pour easier lots of issues
with that kind of stuff the other
problem is with these really thin gas
cans you can see on this one how
deformed this one is and that's because
on these thin plastic gas cans in heat
or
just over time they will expand and
contract with the temperature and over
time they will get deformed like this so
that's the issue of those and then is
something to think about if you do
already have several of these types of
gas cans laying around I would recommend
that you get some type of easy flow
nozzles on there and I will link to some
of those below there's a company called
ez flow that makes aftermarket nozzles
for these that really just takes it back
to the old school was just a regular
flexible plastic nozzle that you just
pour it out of it's so much easier to
work with and those easy flow nozzles
also come with a cap where you can
actually cap this off for storage
another issue with these types of gas
cans is they leak there's no way that
you would be able to transport this
inside a vehicle or just leave this in
the back of your truck for a long time
because if it gets knocked over as
you're riding around it's gonna splash
it's gonna spill and you couldn't take
it inside your vehicle because of the
vapors and things like that so it
doesn't work for people that have SUVs
and vans and things like that if they
wanted to transport it there is a
company called Spectre that makes some
real heavy-duty military grade plastic
gas cans that are a lot better they're a
lot thicker I'll roll in a picture of
what those look like they're a lot
thicker they do seal so they don't spill
and things like that they're less likely
to expand and contract because of that
thickness so there are some plastic gas
cans that will get the job done
now what I like to use is the steel NATO
jerry cans they are a really rugged
steel construction they're nice and
thick and they're not going to expand
and contract with the temperatures as
much as these plastic ones will they
also have a locking lid that locks up
really tight and prevents any kind of
leak in and prevents those vapors from
getting out really something like this
you could just throw in the back of the
truck it doesn't even have to be sitting
up it doesn't matter what you do not
this thing over it's not going to spill
it's very durable and it really solves a
lot of the concerns that you would have
with your standard plastic gas cans now
let's take a look at some of the
features of these gas cans like
said they do have a locking lid so all
you have to do is rotate this pin here
and pull it out and then that will allow
you to raise this latch as you can see
it gets a nice tight fit and it does
have a very nice rubber gasket here
that's going to prevent any kind of
leaking prevent any of those vapors from
getting out it also has an airflow
cavity right here that just allows you
to pour it a lot easier so as you're
pouring the air will circulate in there
and allow you to get a nice clean flow
of fuel while you're pouring now if you
get a real NATO jerrican they are also
going to be treated on the inside to
prevent rust and things like that every
time I say real jerrican because there
are a lot of Chinese fakes out there
that you can get for twenty bucks if you
see a jerrican for 20 bucks it is not a
real jerrican and I will show you a few
things that can let you know if you have
a real jerrican or if it's a fake one
one thing is the locking lid a lot of
the fake ones will just have a twist top
that's not going to give you that secure
lock up like this lid will another thing
that you'll notice is on this one that
seam where these two sides are welded
together is recessed it's the same on
the bottom so that if this was to bump
into anything or whatever you're sitting
on is not going to it's not going to
scratch and chip away at this seam to
where you'll eventually get leaks the
fake ones don't have a recessed cavity
there and with those that seam just
sticks out away from the body of the can
for one thing they won't sit straight
they'll wobble around and for another if
you're storing these on concrete or if
they get banged around it would it would
damage that seam and you'd start to have
leaking issues and stuff like that which
we you won't have with the real NATO
jerrycans and I will link to these in
the description below so you can get a
real one that's going to last you longer
and work better for your purposes
another way to spot the cheap fakes is
that right here on the handle where this
one has a full complete willed all the
way across the cheap ones will just have
spot welds here and there that really
aren't even very good welds so the
handle is not going to hold up as good
every time they are not treated on the
inside so you will get rust issues so
what I'm getting at is you want to make
sure that you're getting a real NATO
milspec jerrican if you're going to
order one and you can see here when you
close that lid it gets a really nice
tight lock up you can actually feel it
sealing as you're pushing down on that
handle another thing is they have these
really nice beefy handles in the way
it's designed you can either carry one
at a time
or if you want to but - up next to each
other like this you could carry two at a
time like this so it's a really nice
design it's nice and slim and
rectangular so it is going to store well
and like I said that real sturdy steel
construction is going to give you a lot
of durability now sometimes these will
come with nozzles but oftentimes they
don't so they do sell these separately
this is a NATO jerrycan nozzle and it
has the same locking feature that you
would see on the lid so when you open
that lid you pull that lid back and you
just put this nozzle on and it's going
to lock down in place the same way that
the lid does and it has that same rubber
gasket on there that's going to prevent
any leaking you do not have to worry
about this thing leaking all over your
car when you're pouring it into the gas
tank or anything like that it is just a
free flow nozzle so you didn't doesn't
have any of those annoying safety
features that you see on the new cans it
is flexible so you can use it in tight
spaces if you need to so that is a nice
feature another thing that you could use
and that I use very often is one of
these super siphons now all this is is a
siphon hose with a special end on it and
you can see it has a little glass ball
in there and you can hear it when it
shakes so all you would do is you would
drop this end down into
gasps can you put this in into your gas
tank and you just give it a shake and
every time that glass ball bounces up
and down it's going to push fuel up and
allow that fuel to push up into the hose
and down into your gas tank it'll just
have a free flow siphon and siphon all
that gas out of the can into your tank
so that's another great product you can
use along with these jerry cans
all right guys definitely talked about
what kind of container you should store
your gas in there's a few other things
we need to think about number one most
gas nowadays has at least 10% ethanol in
it
so for stored gas gas that you're going
to store for a long time
you want to make sure you go somewhere
where you can get none ethanol gas it's
going to store a lot longer than ethanol
gas will so make sure you're getting non
ethanol gas there is a website you can
go to that can help you find gas
stations that offer non ethanol gas in
your area and I will put that here at
the bottom of the screen so make sure
using non ethanol gas for your gas
storage another thing you want to make
sure you're doing is keeping it out of
direct sunlight you want to store it
inside of some type of shed or at least
under a lean-to where it's not getting
direct sunlight your best possible
storage area is going to be a cool dark
place somewhere where you can get a
fairly constant temperature at least
keep it out of direct sunlight that's
going to keep that expanding contraction
to a minimum and it's going to prolong
the life of your gasoline another thing
you're going to want to do is put some
type of fuel stabilising additive into
it I like to use a product called stable
and I'll put that up here on the screen
stable is just a gas additive that
stabilizes that gas for long-term
storage no typically gas stored in a
regular plastic gas can without any kind
of additive in it that has ethanol in
the gas really exxon recommends that you
use that within two months of purchasing
the gas no that's not a very long time
but if you're doing all these things you
can prolong that so non ethanol gas make
sure you put an additive in there like
stable sea foam is also a good
for stabilizing the gas and that's going
to greatly extend that if you're using a
nice sturdy metal NATO jerrican like
these that's going to help prolong it so
if you're doing all these things making
sure it's stored out of direct sunlight
if you're doing all these things your
gas can be stored for a year or even two
years if you're doing all these things
something else to think about guys is
you want to make sure that it's stored
away from any kind of open flame or
spark you also want to make sure it's
stored in a well-ventilated area and
when you fill these up make sure you
label them put a piece of tape on there
and just label the date that you filled
it up and whether or not you put
stabilizer in it that way you can keep
it rotated out make sure you're always
using the oldest gas and keeping it
rotated I typically like to rotate mine
out at least once a year and that's
worked out great for me you know hope
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really nice to have some emergency fuel
stored up for those emergency situations
when maybe the power's out or the gas
station is out of gas and you need to
fill up your car you need to fill up
your generator and keep your family
comfortable but thanks for watching guys