Chris,

Can you explain this one a little more?  I've never seen that warning (but
I'll look tonight when I fill up).

A car is not grounded when you fill it with fuel, so what difference does it
make if you're filling a plastic container that is on the car?

What about a plastic container on the ground?

What about when you fill the plastic tank on a boat?

That being said... whenever I fill a plane at the airport, I'm required to
attach a grounding cable to the plane prior to filling.

Just curious...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Christopher Gronski
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 4:16 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon

Filling with the tank not grounded (ie: on the roof) is a really good
way to have the tank EXPLODE AND KILL YOU and any other bystanders due
to static discharge. They put warnings on gas pumps for a reason. DO
NOT FILL TANKS ON YOUR ROOF YOU ARE RISKING YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF
THOISE AROUND YOU.

Chris

On 12/5/05, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net> wrote:
> My extra gas is stored in 2.5 gallon plastic containers, one is OK for
> most trips, two for way off the beaten path. One Vanagon owner I met
> had a great setup which I am considering: he bought a plastic 6 gallon
> gas tank for an outboard boat motor and cut off the fitting that
> attaches to the motor. When you want to fill up the Vanagon tank, just
> uncoil the hose and stick it in the filler! No need to remove from
> roof.
>
> Keith O
> 84 Westy
> 90 Westy Syncro
>
> On Dec 5, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> > Date:    Sun, 4 Dec 2005 22:01:10 -0700
> > From:    Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
> >
> > "So, I'm tyring to come up with a
> > safe and easy-to-implement solution."
> >
> > I carry the 5 gal. Wedco shown in Gary Lee's web pic link you posted,
> > in my
> > luggage rack, tied down.
> > Bob Stevens
> > '87 Westy Syncro
> > "Passion Fruit"
>