Topic: Jerry cans

[sharpxmen]

what's green for? i used green and red for gas in the past - (not the military green i mean, they weren't army ones - grass green or whatever you call it).

[Jeffy]

what's green for? i used green and red for gas in the past - (not the military green i mean, they weren't army ones - grass green or whatever you call it).

A guess would be pre-mix.  Lawn equipment and such.

[dwtaylorpdx]

Red - Gasoline
Blue - Water
Green - Diesel (All Mil cans were OD or Desert Tan with letters stamped in them for Water or Fuel)
Yellow - Kerosene
Pink - Alcohol (Fuzzy on this one...)

Dave

[sharpxmen]

[...]All Mil cans were OD[...]
Dave

what does "OD" mean?

[Jeffy]

Red - Gasoline
Blue - Water
Green - Diesel (All Mil cans were OD or Desert Tan with letters stamped in them for Water or Fuel)
Yellow - Kerosene
Pink - Alcohol (Fuzzy on this one...)

Dave

I've never seen a green diesel can.  I know pumps are marked green but cans have always been yellow.

[Jeffy]

what does "OD" mean?

Olive Drab = Green

[sharpxmen]

i've seen brown too in the NATO style, not sure what they were for though.

[dwtaylorpdx]

I think they used several shades of tan. Depending on the camo pattern and vehicle using the cans.

Dave

[sharpxmen]

I think they used several shades of tan. Depending on the camo pattern and vehicle using the cans.

Dave

possibly, or a different shade of red

[dwtaylorpdx]

Depends on how color-blind maybe? LOL

I know at least when I was in the military that the colors faded and
we were not that careful about tinting them up or anything fancy.

Dave

[melbill]

In the Army currently we have all different colors as they have been painted and repainted so many times. All the new ones are tan or brown, mostly brown ones are labeled for fuel and tan for water. These colors are not always accurate and sometimes cans get used for other than labeled  purposes. Older oner were mostly green. They are most definitely not red for gas and Yellow or whatever other color for diesel. At least thats what we get on light line units. Maybe fuelers or aviation get color coded cans, I don't know about them.

Bill 

[TrailsLessTaken]

I was always taught blue for kerosene, red for gas, and yellow for diesel

Edit:
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2.2 Color
Portable fuel containers shall be color coded for specific fuels:
a) Gasoline – red;
b) Diesel – yellow; and
c) Kerosene – blue.
Each portable fuel container must have identification markings on the
container and on the spill-proof spout.
a) Red containers shall be permanently identified with the embossed
language, or permanent durable label “GASOLINE” in minimum 34-point
Arial font or a font of equivalent proportions.
b) Yellow containers shall be permanently identified with the embossed
language, or permanent durable label “DIESEL” in minimum 34-point
Arial font or a font of equivalent proportions.
c) Blue containers shall be permanently identified with the embossed
language, or permanent durable label “KEROSENE” in minimum 34-point
Arial font or a font of equivalent proportions.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/pfc/2005/cp501.pdf

[bootguy]

Darn that California for forcing the Eco friendly crap on me/us.  I went to the swap meet and people that had nato cans thought they were made out of gold or something.  I found the type of nozzle I was looking for, now to find out if it threads into the blitz metal cans.  Have to go metal the plastic ones suck.