britishtrident
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:07 PM |
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Now a Government Tells motorists to break the Law
Mr Maude advised: "The greater extent to which people have fuel in their vehicles - maybe a little bit in the garage as well in a jerrycan - the
longer we can keep things going."
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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SeaBass
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:09 PM |
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Break the law?
In what way?
20 litres in two 10 litre steel designated fuel containers is legal in a locked garage.
[Edited on 28/3/12 by SeaBass]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:14 PM |
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Maximum size of container (not fitted to a vehicle) you can legally put petrol in is 2 gallons or 10 litres. there are also legal limits
on how much fuel you can store at home.
A jerry can contains 4.5 gallons/20 litres therefore is illegal to fill with petrol unless fitted to a vehicle.
[Edited on 28/3/12 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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SeaBass
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:14 PM |
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As I said - Two 10 litre fuel containers in a domestic garage of within 6 meters of a dwelling.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/petroleum-faqs.htm#storage
His advice is fool hardy and will encourage "panic buying" but he's not advising law breaking...
Most punters would only have a 5 litre plastic can to hand.
[Edited on 28/3/12 by SeaBass]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:20 PM |
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He specifically said jerry can --- a 5 litre can isn't going to get the average tory voting Range Rover sport driver far.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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A1
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:23 PM |
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weve got about 40 litres in a container in our garage... its got four wheels.... 
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loggyboy
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
He specifically said jerry can --- a 5 litre can isn't going to get the average tory voting Range Rover sport driver far.
Jerry can is more of a generic word tho now. like Hoover. The 5l plastic cans I have in my garage are always referred to as jerry cans.
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craig1410
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 12:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
He specifically said jerry can --- a 5 litre can isn't going to get the average tory voting Range Rover sport driver far.
I'm a conservative voter and drive an Aygo, and 5 litres will get me about 60 miles! Pretty useful actually.
Sorry mate but you were being pedantic by assuming a specific capacity to a jerrycan so being equally pedantic, there was no suggestion that the
jerrycan had to be filled to the top. Ironically a full can is safer than a partially empty one. Edit: I see in the article linked above that it is
capacity which matters but even so, as someone else said, jerrycan is a generic term nowadays.
It seems to me to be common sense to minimise the impact of inconsiderate union members who seem once again to be hell bent on making the UK less
competitive in the world at precisely the time we need to at our best! I travel 112 miles a day in order to work and will do whatever is necessary to
ensure I can continue to do so. I hope this strike is as big a failure as the last one. It certainly won't gain widespread public support in my
opinion.
[Edited on 28/3/2012 by craig1410]
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scudderfish
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 01:37 PM |
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Does anyone know what the dispute is actually about?
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owelly
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 01:38 PM |
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I'm with BT. If you walk into Machine Mart, farmers store, ex-MOD stock sale, or any other such place (Google it and see what happens), and ask
for a Jerry can, you'll be handed a 5 gallon Jerry can. So if folks who take the aforementioned advice go out to buy a Jerry can, they'll
get a 5 gallon/20ltr Metal Jerry can.
But to carry on the nit-picking, under the Petroleum act of 1928 (IIRC), it's still an offence to (portably) store Petroleum spirit or
distillate in anything other than a screw capped metal container, clearly marked 'FLAMMABLE' etc and not exceeding 2 gallons. That rules
out all plastic 'cans' as well as Jerry cans!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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SeaBass
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 01:41 PM |
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As I said - most punters - where would they walk into - a petrol station...
What would they be offered - a 5 litre green can!
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craig1410
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 01:54 PM |
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Owelly,
Is this the sort of thing you were meaning??
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/5-litre-jerry-can
By the way, there is a later law about plastic fuel containers mentioned in the link a few posts back. Plastic containers are perfectly legal.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 01:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
Owelly,
Is this the sort of thing you were meaning??
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/5-litre-jerry-can
By the way, there is a later law about plastic fuel containers mentioned in the link a few posts back. Plastic containers are perfectly legal.
^^ you also get 10L ones
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/10-litre-jerry-can-2
but arn't you ment to get green ones for unleaded, black for diesel etc..... ?
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 02:24 PM |
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quote:
A jerry can contains 4.5 gallons/20 litres therefore is illegal to fill with petrol unless fitted to a vehicle.
We keep a couple of jerry cans in the garage for the boat, and 100 litres in the boat tank. Only really an issue if your garage goes up.
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dhutch
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 03:24 PM |
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As said, you can get 5/10l steel gerry cans. I wouldnt use the term for a plastic fuel container however.
I also got verbal comunication from phone call with the local police that although i couldnt store it in my garage two 20l gerry cans in my
car/trailer to a race or trackday was ok as long as the container where suitably marked as to there contence.
And ofcause deisal is diffrent again.
Daniel
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 04:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
weve got about 40 litres in a container in our garage... its got four wheels....
I remember someone doing precisely this, during the Suez crisis, in the '50s. Mind you, his 2.3, straight 8 Alfa had a slab tank, which held
many gallons. Used it as temporary storage, for running his Austin Ruby!
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 04:57 PM |
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The Wehrmachtskanister or Jerrycan has a very specific meaning the word Jerrycan was first coined in WW2 by britishh 8th army who much
preferred caputured Germany 20 litre fuel can to the much less robust and smaller standard British 2 Gallon fuel can. The German pattern was
rapidly copied and manufactured in the UK and USA.
Quote Wikipedia
"A jerrycan is a robust fuel container originally made from pressed steel. It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold
20 litres of fuel. The development of the jerrycan was a significant improvement on earlier designs, which required tools and funnels to
use."
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 05:55 PM |
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pedant 
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Alan M
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 06:01 PM |
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In the years following World War II the jerry can became a ubiquitous item commonly available for purchase. In the 1980s plastic jerry cans were being
manufactured.
Quote Ehow.com
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5752158_jerry-can_.html
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orton1966
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 07:02 PM |
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Union Protectionist Behaviour
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
Does anyone know what the dispute is actually about?
As I understand it the unions are trying to limit the outsourcing of tanker driving by the oil companies so they can maintain an inflated rate for
those employed directly by the oil companies.
The sum being banded around is £45k p/a as an average for unionised drivers. Don’t get me wrong you don’t want idiots or inexperienced drivers touring
our streets with a laden tanker but the basics are the same as any other HGV, sorry not a £45k job!
This is what unions do, given the chance, try to make something a closed shop and push, push, push i.e. look what a dangerous job it is, how
unsociable it is, how skilled it is until the pay rate becomes unsustainable, thus it only really works when they can hold the country to ransom
Hence the threat of fuel disruption leading into the summer, anyone want to take a guess how much tube and bus drivers are screwing out of the country
during the London Olympics!
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Dopdog
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 07:18 PM |
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well said Craig did you mean to be so funny in your post
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onenastyviper
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 07:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by orton1966
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
Does anyone know what the dispute is actually about?
As I understand it the unions are trying to limit the outsourcing of tanker driving by the oil companies so they can maintain an inflated rate for
those employed directly by the oil companies.
The sum being banded around is £45k p/a as an average for unionised drivers. Don’t get me wrong you don’t want idiots or inexperienced drivers touring
our streets with a laden tanker but the basics are the same as any other HGV, sorry not a £45k job!
This is what unions do, given the chance, try to make something a closed shop and push, push, push i.e. look what a dangerous job it is, how
unsociable it is, how skilled it is until the pay rate becomes unsustainable, thus it only really works when they can hold the country to ransom
Hence the threat of fuel disruption leading into the summer, anyone want to take a guess how much tube and bus drivers are screwing out of the country
during the London Olympics!
Isn't this the basics of capitalism - supply and demand?
The premise of a Union is/was to look after the rights of the average working man. Striking was the only means of protest against unfair practices of
unscrupulous employers. Now it seems that successive gGovernments have managed to turn the general public against this.
Ask yourself this, what would happen if all the workers decided to stop work for a day at the same time across the country?
Don't get me wrong, the unions have not helped themselves. Instead of trying to win over the public and show what they are about and have
defined moral/political stances which are there to better society they have decided to look after themselves - just like the political system
really.
Conservatism, Labour Movement have lost their meaning - it is now everyone for themselves, even if it means screwing over your fellow human
being...Consumerism is where it is. Anything which disruptes this need to "consume" will be fought by those in power at all costs. They
have to, if we don't consume we don't keep the virtual money flowing around.
Basically, We are all hypocrites.
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orton1966
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 08:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by onenastyviper
quote:
Originally posted by orton1966
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
Does anyone know what the dispute is actually about?
As I understand it the unions are trying to limit the outsourcing of tanker driving by the oil companies so they can maintain an inflated rate for
those employed directly by the oil companies.
The sum being banded around is £45k p/a as an average for unionised drivers. Don’t get me wrong you don’t want idiots or inexperienced drivers touring
our streets with a laden tanker but the basics are the same as any other HGV, sorry not a £45k job!
This is what unions do, given the chance, try to make something a closed shop and push, push, push i.e. look what a dangerous job it is, how
unsociable it is, how skilled it is until the pay rate becomes unsustainable, thus it only really works when they can hold the country to ransom
Hence the threat of fuel disruption leading into the summer, anyone want to take a guess how much tube and bus drivers are screwing out of the country
during the London Olympics!
Isn't this the basics of capitalism - supply and demand?
The premise of a Union is/was to look after the rights of the average working man. Striking was the only means of protest against unfair practices of
unscrupulous employers. Now it seems that successive gGovernments have managed to turn the general public against this.
I’d argue unions try to prevent supply and demand, place a job advert advertising for tanker drivers, rate £30k for a full time job and if the only
requirement was a HGV licence and say 10 years experience and you’d be swamped by applicants.
Similarly if you de-unionised the London-tube and offered the job and suitable training for 10k below the current rate you’d be crushed in the
stampede for the jobs.
Royal mail is in the poo because they are are stuck with a unised workforce hanging on to terms and conditions that are out of touch with private
postal companies and they’d never have got those T&C’s without the monopoly they once had, now they hang on to them for grim death.
Again my argument is the unions have remained strong in certain trades where they can prevent, supply and demand and exert pressure by affecting the
average man in the street.
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T66
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 08:27 PM |
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The actual capacity of a Jerrycan is 18 litres - Not 5 gallons.
I know this, as I was Rommels right hand man during the North Africa campaign, and often complained to him they only held 18L, as I filled his half
track up...
If you wish to argue, I can produce receipts I kept from the filling station in Bir el Gobi, Libya
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coozer
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| posted on 28/3/12 at 10:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by craig1410
e said, jerrycan is a generic term nowadays.
It seems to me to be common sense to minimise the impact of inconsiderate union members who seem once again to be hell bent on making the UK less
competitive in the world at precisely the time we need to at our best!
[Edited on 28/3/2012 by craig1410]
What the hell are you on about? "inconsiderate union members" How dare you? Its dead easy for you as a conservative (you must be minted)
to blame unions. It seems to me the government since Thatcher came to power have been bent on that track.
How about blaming the government? I remember a nice industry that we used to have where what we called 'power loaders' earned up to £50k a
year in the early 80's before Maggie was hell bent on getting rid.. can you guess??
So, you want shot of £45k tanker drivers who supply an essential service? What's next? Tube drivers? Normal people (Not conservative rich toffs)
run these services.
Maybe you think that the peasants should only be entitled to the minimum wage?
Get your arse up here and I'll show you how this country has been shot to the dogs!
How about when the tanker driver go on strike the rest of us stand up and say "enough is enough"??
And before you label me I'll say it out loud "Vote UKIP on 3rd May"
See you's at Stoneliegh
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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