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    Quote Originally Posted by sjj View Post
    There are real dangers/risks/liabilities/legalities associated with fuel storage. This is one area of preparedness that some folks create their own emergency/disasters.

    I don't know about that...I can have the bulk dealer bring me out a 200 gal tank to "The Place"....as it's got a farm number for "ag fuel"
    To be used in the vehicles with Farm plates on them.

    The problem would be using it before it went bad.

    I gonna guess every farm I can think of has at least one tank, be it gas or diesel....mostly diesel...but mostly both
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    For those that live in a city or even a small town....your post is valid and agree that keeping gas in can, barrels and such would be a hard ship and possible danger.
    My primary residence is small city....storage is small gas cans, and even at "The Place", I limit my storage as well as it goes bad.

    Point is that a quick drive in the country will make the idea of a tank as about as dangerous as any other stores you might have.
    I would be more worried about theft.
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    At some jobsites large fuel tanks are kept in a catchment. Which is basically a steel liquid tight shallow box that the fuel tank sits in. In the event of a spill or leak the catchment isolates the keeps the spill from spreading.
    so the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks the law and you want me to believe that somehow more laws make less criminals?

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    Safety is one of the reasons I purchased Blitz cans. There are just too many ways you can cause yourself harm storing gas not to do it correctly. I wanted a container that would not break or puncture like plastic might, not be affected by UV or static electricity. The military used them for decades so I figured they were pretty reliable. So far they've done the job.

    Farm tanks are pretty common around here as well. However, they are generally out by the barn or standing alone away from the house and not stored in a garage the way plastic cans (or glass jars, yikes!) are.
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    Safety should be paramount when storing flammables. How and where they are stored will ensure that we do not add to or create a problem. Very good point sjj and Rick.
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