Portable Generator Fuel

[SLO]

For those that carry portable generators in a 5th wheel. Where do you carry your extra gas and how much do you carry?


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[porthole]

For our 5-6 day Dover trip I bring a 14 gallon portable tote.

https://heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/11365-And-so-it-begins?p=366213&viewfull=1#post366213

 

[Lynn1130]

Bed of the pickup truck. I don't think I would want gas cans someplace inside the trailer to leak, smell, and blow up.

A 5 gal. can or two would be plenty. There are gas stations everywhere.

 

[Boatman]

Here's how we carry our generators and additional fuel (6 gals). The E2000 Honda's have a fuel pump so they suck the fuel from the tank. They are locked in, using a heavy cable.

 

[szewczyk_john]

i use a 5 gallon metal gas can made from Eagle. So much better then those cheap plastic jugs. Plus the Eagles poor smoother than the plastic ones. In the bed of the truck.

 

[travelin2]

Don’t carry for a generator but brought a couple of these home from our northern neighbors returning from AK. Beats the crappy CA compliant junk sold in the US.

http://civ.sceptermilitary.com/fuel_containers/

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[avvidclif]

I hate those PC plastic cans that have the idiot proof pour spouts. PITA. I use the VP racing jugs. Red for gas, yellow for diesel, white for kerosene. They work great.

https://www.amazon.com/VP-Gallon-Sq...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00OJ7MCA6

 

[Lynn1130]

I replaced all of the spouts that now come on the plastic gas cans with these. Government can mess up anything trying to make us safer.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ENU2YJ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[porthole]

I have replaced most of the nozzles on my gas jugs as well. I have also added either a tire valve stem vent or one of these push-in vents.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SEK6XN6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If you look on the back side of the handle, on most of the plastic jugs you can see the flat where the vents use to go.

 

[cookie]

I have replaced most of the nozzles on my gas jugs as well. I have also added either a tire valve stem vent or one of these push-in vents.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SEK6XN6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If you look on the back side of the handle, on most of the plastic jugs you can see the flat where the vents use to go.

I've added that vent and a flex nozzle to all of my newer gas cans.
A worth while conversion.



Peace
Dave

 

[RoadJunkie]

There are at least two considerations for generator refueling; Quanity and ease of refueling. Quanity, for us, is based on emergency usage or dry camping. If we mostly plan on the availability of power I don’t carry more than a couple of gallons. More, of course if we are planning to be without shore power. For ease of refueling I have selected this poly fuel container . Best ease-of-use solution I have found. It does require care in packing in the bed of the truck as it is of poly construction, but is pretty much spill-free usage.