Gas Tank Add On Original Message Jan 30, 2006 8:04 pm
Years ago I saw a special type of lid that could be attached to a jerry can It had a nipple on the cap and a rubber fuel line that would connect to the gas cap of a 10KW generator. You could have a line of jerry cans daisy chained together and if things were setup correctly the generator would run until they were all empty. You could also replace any empty jerry cans with full ones without shutting down the generator
Has anyone seen or used anything to allow an increase to the existing gas tank on a two stage blower? I was thinking of a shelf that you can attach a 10L gas can to that connects to the existing tank
Is this a good idea or am I getting ready to do an impression of one of the Fantastic 4?
I had a look at the tanks and they all look like they're are designed for mounting in a trailer or pickup truck and not for attaching to a snowblower. I was thinking of something in the 10L ( 2 1/2 Gal ) range. Something that automatically keeps the main tank full would be ideal but just having something to carry the fuel container would be "good enough". If I mount it high enough then fuel could syphon into the main tank whenever I opened the valve. I'm not sure what would happen if the spare tank were mounted at the same height as th main one and the valvel was left open. I have a hunch there would be a problem with gas sloshing out of the secondary tank during operation.
