Keep an eye on the VP racing rubber gaskets in the cap and vent cap, mine disintegrated and left me with a lot of black rubber debris in the fuel, otherwise great cans.

Kurt

Kurt,
Appreciate the heads up on the gasket!! I'm using them mainly for 100LL, but have had auto gas in the in the past. What fuel were you using in yours? Definitely be keeping an eye on mine now!

What, if anything, is anyone using as a filter when dumping from a can into your plane? In all the old Alaska bush flying books I remember them using chamois cloth over a big funnel.

Anyone have a more modern system? Just don't bother?

Kevin

Mr. Funnel!!!

http://www.mrfunnel.com/Mr._Funnel/Home.html

I've never filtered any of the hundreds of jugs of gas added to...well...anything. Never had a problem, but I keep my cans clean and full of fuel so they don't condense, and I don't operate in really wet environments.

I can think of maybe a half-dozen times I've found water in my sumps, and its never been enough total water to fill a thimble.

Filtering is probably a really good idea if the fuel source is questionable, but it's nothing I've ever found necessary for keeping an engine running perfectly. Others in really wet environments probably have different experiences.

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Thanks very much everyone. I've never had an issue before. My main use is for fueling while on straight floats.

Recently found a couple of my cans had the caps sitting on the ground. I think I didn't have them shaded very well and they popped off due to heating / expansion. Got me thinking what could have gotten in there in the meantime.

Mr funnel looks like a good idea for those occasional times I'm concerned...

Kevin


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Scolopax wrote:

lownslow79 wrote:There may be a thread already...its hard to search subjects on this forum with any results that matter. Looking for any suggestions on how people usually haul extra fuel into back country strips? Im looking at carrying an extra 7-12 gallons.

I often carry two of these.

http://www.airframesalaska.com/Liquid-C ... 5.2bag.htm

They weigh very little and consume practically no space when they are empty.

Do you (or anyone else) have any photos of their special valve? $145 sounds a little extreme for a 5 gal pouch, but I do like the compactability and the idea of letting is rest on the wing while filling.

My Nauta fuel bladder, along with my Travoy two wheeled bike trailer and the electrified Montague made it a piece of cake to bring back 8+ gallons of mogas while also getting breakfast at the schoolhouse cafe in Dell MT. That's 2 hrs+ plus for the Rotax, more importantly it made the difference in range allowing me to make it home with a couple hours of fuel remaining without any other fuel stops. I had headwinds so even more appreciated. I also had my two 5 gal. bush bags, but never needed them.

Scolopax wrote:

lownslow79 wrote:There may be a thread already...its hard to search subjects on this forum with any results that matter. Looking for any suggestions on how people usually haul extra fuel into back country strips? Im looking at carrying an extra 7-12 gallons.

I often carry two of these.

http://www.airframesalaska.com/Liquid-C ... 5.2bag.htm

They weigh very little and consume practically no space when they are empty.

These things saved my hide yesterday - I always carry one, just in case. After landing at an airport with non-NOTAM'd fuel out of service, then hitting a major headwind, landing in a small town and walking with one of these to some local shops to find some non-ethanol MoGas was the only way we were getting back home the same day. Great cheap insurance.

evanr42 wrote:These things saved my hide yesterday - I always carry one, just in case. After landing at an airport with non-NOTAM'd fuel out of service, then hitting a major headwind, landing in a small town and walking with one of these to some local shops to find some non-ethanol MoGas was the only way we were getting back home the same day. Great cheap insurance.

The same thing happened to me on the way back from Kern Valley. Fuel was out to due to the quake, not NOTAM'd. Got lucky someone was driving onto the ramp, they had a 5 gal can and gave me a ride into town for enough gas to get me to the next air field with fuel. Will probably end up getting that container.

Looks like Airframes Alaska is selling their spout separately now. Just ordered one. Looks pretty simple but by the time I priced out all the fittings it's almost what they are selling it for. This takes out all the guesswork. I bought a similar bag to the one they sell off ebay for about $65 (made an offer), saved a few bucks, appears to be high quality and shipping was fast.

Arctic Liquid Bag Spout | Airframes Alaska


Fuel bag on ebay. Part of me wishes I got two 2.5 gal bags. Would be a little easier to manage in the 120 but I think this will be fine.

For the benefit of my fellow cheapskates maybe I should take some pics of the spout/valve assembly I made for those Swiss Army water bags. The bag itself holds up fine to gasoline but the cap/spout sucks. I paid $14 for the bag close to 10 years ago and the spout cost me maybe $5 at home depot.

whee wrote:For the benefit of my fellow cheapskates maybe I should take some pics of the spout/valve assembly I made for those Swiss Army water bags. The bag itself holds up fine to gasoline but the cap/spout sucks. I paid $14 for the bag close to 10 years ago and the spout cost me maybe $5 at home depot.

Yes please.

Please do Whee .

Jugged for 40 years, never filtered, never had a problem. But my own jugs and I take care of them. Filtering through a felt hat was a bush thing from fuelling out of drums, that had been laying out in the bush for years and had expected contaminants. We had no-go filters on our helicopter drum pumps but that's different.

I lament the kalifornization of jug spouts, you can't even buy a straight spout anymore, only the doubled self-breathing one. Somebody saved the planet. They even got rid of the little breather cap for a few years but I see it is back now on some jugs.

Our airport has gotten outright unfriendly on jugs, and won't allow them to be filled at the self-serve pump. They don't like to see anyone fuelling their plane out of jugs on the ramp either, not supposed to bring fuel onto the airport. We drained fuel out of an aircraft into jugs for a W&B and they asked how we were going to now dispose of the "contaminated" fuel. They've never heard of anyone carrying extra fuel in a jug inside the plane - in fact they told me that they believed it to be illegal.