[Shop-talk] fuel caddy

[Paul Parkanzky]

> Why can't he just fill it up in the bed of the truck?


It's not safe?  There's no guarantee that a decent ground exists between
container and the ground, other than the gasoline nozzle.  Filling a
container with gasoline generates a substantial static charge.  If that
charge is dissipated by a spark from the container to the nozzle you get a
nice fire.  That's not an idle concern; it happens fairly regularly.
Happened to station down the road from me five or six years ago.

-- 
David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com


So how do you fill those fuel caddies that sit across the bed of a pickup
truck against the cab?  They're really common where I grew up and I am
certain that people didn't remove them from the truck to fill them.

-Paul