Man, Jeff; that looks scary to me.  Even a minor rear-ender and you’ve got 15 gallons of gas splashed all over two vehicles, and possible friction sparks to set it off.  Maybe best you put up with some fumes, and let the bumper do its job.

 

I don’t know about where you live; but here in SoCal I expect the cops would find half a dozen violations with that setup.

 

I recently moved my plane to F70, which is in Riverside County; and was surprised to find in the regulations attached to the hangar lease that NO person is allowed to fuel a plane ANYWHERE on the airport from 5-gallon containers; and No person is allowed to fuel any airplane without written permission from the airport director.  Not mention that nNO person shall EVER fuel a plane in a hangar. NO volatiles of any kind, including lubricants and paint, can be kept in the hangar. So ordained by the County Board of Supervisors.    How’s that for extreme – or should I say absurd. And you have to name the county as additional insured for any damage or liability relating to the use of the hangar.  These are simple all-metal T-hangars.

 

I’ve been fueling from 5-gallon containers, in the hangar, for the past two years at my previous location. And I did it again today when no-one was looking – don’t tell anyone.

 

Al G

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Whaley
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:45 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Gas Tote for Auto Fuel burners

 

I got tired of smelling and afraid of carrying gas behind the back seat of my SUV, so I made this trailer-hitch carrier out of  1 1/4” pipe and an ATV basket … it’s not bullet-proof, but if an accident occurs the gas is better off outside the vehicle than inside.

Jeff