From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 3/8/2025 8:15 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 3/8/2025 6:02 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   I've got a couple of 5 gallon molded plastic gas cans that have   
   >> cracked at the mold part line on the top of the handle and top of the   
   >> container . Any way to repair these ? They're usable as is , but if I   
   >> carry them in the car enough gas seeps out to give my wife headaches .   
   >> New ones are crazy expensive here .   
   >   
   >   
   > Is there a symbol on them somewhere that might tell you what kind of   
   > plastic they are?  If so have you checked to see if that particular   
   > polymer is "plastic weldable" or chemically fuse-able.   
   >   
   > So many plastics are made to degrade I assume at the first sign of that   
   > sort of failure more failures are coming.  Sometimes I'll play with a   
   > glass and resin batch for something that is LIGHTLY structural, but if   
   > it needs to be liquid/air tight its dumpster fodder.   
   >   
   > Steel Jerry cans are still available.  They cost, but if you keep them   
   > off the ground and out of the snow it will be a long time before they   
   > rust out.   
   >   
   > I know sometimes you have to do what you have to do, but I would   
   > generally never transport a gas can, propane tank, etc inside an   
   > enclosed vehicle.  I've seen the aftermath a couple times of an errant   
   > spark.  Its not pretty.   
   >   
      
      When you live 10 miles from town you try to minimize extra trips ...   
   but now that the truck is running well I usually try to make gas runs on   
   days I'm driving it .   
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   Snag   
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   are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
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