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Float gas cans

Alaska Bush Wheels makes a really good collapsible fuel bag. A little pricey but high quality. Holds a little over 5 gal and when empty collapses flat.
 
ross d said:
Alaska Bush Wheels makes a really good collapsible fuel bag. A little pricey but high quality. Holds a little over 5 gal and when empty collapses flat.
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Holds 6.1gal and looks like a pregnant dolphin if left in the sun.
 
google "marine fuel bladders", lots of better solutions with those. Consider a small transfer pump and never lift a fuel can up onto a wing again! Sure the bladders are expensive, but they are a great thing to throw some money at. IF I had a float plane I'd have bladders in both floats, sized appropriately, and would leave them there, filling them with 5 gallon cheap jugs. They also collapse when empty.
 
Bushwheel bags rock!!! I had camp, buddy, meat, and enough room to put my jacket because the bushwheel fuel went in the wing and bag was flat. 6 empty bags will fill the space of 1 5 gal can. You can lay them on the wing and not splash fuel over plane and you arm when fueling. Not as good as sex with my wife!! But, I do smile as I fill the wing.
DENNY
 
The BW bags are great if your carrying them empty, not so great full. Times change, I used to haul six 6.2 gal cans that held 7 gals up to the top wing of a Stearman a couple times a week. Used to haul the same cans out to the float plane on a 200' boardwalk thru a swamp. As my arms got longer or my legs shorter I started using 5 gal cans. 21,000 gals later I now use 2.5 gals ones. I will bring the BW bags to the Wad this week but only to go to the local gas station so I have extra gas at my tiedown, two 2.5 cans in the baggage while flying. Cliffy, see what fits in your floats

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8 gallons of mogas, all I ever burn.
 

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Also get the fill spout. The old style had issues with the valve sticking, new style has metal ball valve solving the issue.
DENNY
 
Year or so ago we had a group buy....Can we put together another group buy on AK Airframes fuel bags?....if so sign me up for two more...


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I use the small wedco jerry cans you can get at Walmart they fit onto the hatches on my EDO 2000s and are easy to lift and pour with.


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