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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: silverspeed on May 08, 2007, 04:45:38 pm

Title: fill up.
Post by: silverspeed on May 08, 2007, 04:45:38 pm

when down the local shell garage yesterday to fill up with some super unleaded with a petrol can.. and was told not to.!! They said...
"Basically if i was using a plastic can it would of been ok.. but because i was using a metal can and not putting diesel in it....we won't turn the pump on." biatch.!
"Why's that then i asked...?"
"Company policy" she replied.!

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: Dee on May 08, 2007, 04:58:56 pm

I thought as long as it was a proper can it was ok, I've used a metal one before  ???

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: silverspeed on May 08, 2007, 05:31:09 pm

yeah me too.. this can cost me 24 quid.. (10 litre) went straight from their to the bp garage and didn't have a problem.

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: Dee on May 08, 2007, 05:38:02 pm

obviously the garage just being eejits then  :-X :-X

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: silverspeed on May 08, 2007, 05:41:32 pm

gonna try another shell garage tomorrow .. if they allow me then i'm gonna kick off me thinks.!

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: AndyS on May 08, 2007, 06:57:27 pm

i filled up with v power an hour ago and its gone up to £100.9 a ltr  >:(

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: paul_gt4 on May 08, 2007, 07:18:16 pm

don't know what she was on about, using a plastic one is more dangerous than using a metal one with it creating static............

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: Coyoteboy on May 08, 2007, 07:19:45 pm

Yup, 101 a litre round here too.

I sure hope you can still fill up with metal canisters, our boat wont go very far if we have to use 1gallon plastic containers to fill the 100 litre tank! Especially when it uses all 100 litres in about 2 hours lol.

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: Tapi on May 08, 2007, 09:00:15 pm

Quote from: from uk regs (http://www.hse.gov.uk/LAU/lacs/65-9.htm)

20 At filling stations, there is no specific legal restriction on the type or number of containers that can be filled (although Petroleum Licensing Authorities often use licensing conditions to limit the containers sizes). The legal limits are on how and where they are subsequently kept.

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: silverspeed on May 08, 2007, 09:16:21 pm

gonna print that off and take a trip..first thing in the morning.. cheers fella. ;D

Title: Re: fill up.
Post by: Chris_de_Bear on May 08, 2007, 11:06:19 pm

As I understand it, the container must be suitable for purpose (a propper Jerry can should be) and must have the appropriate hazzchem stickers (i.e.Label saying petrolium spirit, and the flammable, explosive etc. symbols)