I use a 20lt Jerry Can, occasionally 2 of them and have never had any
trouble with the local filling station or at the nearby supermarket. Try a
different petrol station.


"Andy C" wrote in message
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hi there,
this probably seems like a silly question but what is the legal position
on
plastic fuel cans ?
i have a 20ltr quicksilver purpose built plastic removeable fuel tank (2
of
them actually) for my outboard, but the jobsworths at the local station
don't let me fill it up because legally petrol can only be stored in max
5ltr cans (no more than 2 of them!) when they are plastic
i looked on the trading standards site and it seems to confirm this -
is this true ? there must be thousands of these 20ltr tanks in the UK, are
they really all illegal?
thanks,
andy