The 50 gallon drums with crank pumps are primarily diesel. This is a much safer fuel to handle. I would be very surprised if gasoline was carried this way very often except in unusual circumstances. Gasoline powered vehicles are almost always road licensed and can easily go to local station
I went to a powered parachute/ultralight aircraft event at Monument Valley airport once, and most of these were trailered in, by pickups, with those bed-rail mounted tanks you just spoke of–full of gasoline. If you think about it, ultralights aren’t road-legal and can’t be landed at a gas station; they are often flewn from improvised airfield without facilities; and the typical AVGAS is leaded–often contraindicated in UL engines. How would you fuel them, otherwise? Also, I remember reading Ford’s 300 cu. in. I-6 was frequently used for ski lifts and irrigation pumps…you have to haul the gas in there, some way or the other, no?
I doubt this is outright illegal…though it’s possible that doing this violates some vapor-recovery rule about gasoline that doesn’t exist for diesel, but that’s different from ticking DOT off…and besides, it’s gotten to the point that you can hardly break wind without violating some EPA dictate!
It isn’t illegal. And those pickup bed tanks if properly secured to the bed are every bit as safe as the fuel tank feeding the engine. Maybe even more so. They even contain rollover protection.
It also isn’t illegal to transport gas in the red plastic gas cans. But IMHO driving around regularly with one of those in the passenger cabin is just plain unsafe.
Re: breaking wind: stay tuned. They’re getting all upset about bovine passing gas. They’re spending millions of our tax dollars studying the “problem”.
Wait! Hold on! Do you suppose they’re really after the money???
^ We should all become vegetarian to eliminate bovine gas production.
AutoZone says they have a gasoline siphon pump for $3.99.
Can the filler tube spill preventer be opened with a screwdriver and tube passed to the fuel in the tank?
(Can’t find AutoZone’s siphon pump in their web site.)
I was in the fire department at Ft. Lewis in the 60’s, and am somewhat safety conscious about gasoline. I would not carry it without a reason of some sort.
But, actually, there are professionals who carry gasoline around every day. Landscapers, operators of lawn mowing services, and tree services. Talk to them and find out how they carry gasoline.
The way Robert drives, a gallon of gasoline in the trunk is not an issue worth thinking about.