Toooooo Damnnnnn Funnnnny.

Funniest thing is - I'm absolutely Ok with that.

Let little dandan tell you what to say, that is what a good parrot does. Too funny.

 

You of all jackweeds, telling someone else to be "CIVIL" -- Oh holy hell, that is a double laugh.

 

Air pressure will work, but it's going to be slow with anything like low(ish) pressure that likely wouldn't blow the hose or cap off or such. You could go as simple as installing a tire valve stem and simply charging it. But, you're awful likely to accidentally overcharge the tank blow something off, making a potentially exciting gasoline mess. You've likely already seen plastic gas cans bulge up nicely when left out in the sunshine, the plastic can take a good bit of pressure without failure. Taking said gas can out into the blazing sun of summer from a cool shed, you're talking about 15-20 psi pressure increase, so there's a vague upper limit to consider with regards to pressurizing the tank with air.

There's also always the fun of a spark doing all this with those gasoline fumes, which likely isn't a fun you especially want.

A hand or electrical pump added to the tank will work, but make sure it's gasoline rated, again for that spark and gasoline fumes fun avoidance. With a hand pump, mounting it securely so you can crank it will likely be a problem.

Now if you're willing to abandon that pretty pump nozzle and just use a hose and a shut off valve, there are drill powered little pumps that do work for gasoline. Well, their advertised as working for gasoline, or people claim they work for gasoline. You chuck up your electric drill to it, and let it spin. I've not used one myself, so I can't comment on how fast it actually pumps the gasoline, but I doubt they are very fast.

Do you have to fill this tank, or can you leave it with less gasoline in it and lift it up by hand onto a higher surface to let gravity flow the fuel? It won't be a fast fill, but with most lawn equipment and motorcycles having small gas tanks, it shouldn't be an overly burdensome wait.

About the only folk I know who own and actually use tanks like what you have are boat people. And not many of them stick with it. They'll buy gasoline cheaper somewhere else, and then roll those tanks along to the pier to fill their boats. Just about everyone seems to find them in the end to not be worth the hassle and muscle strain.

 

If ur going to use this set-up for gasoline, you might want to ground the vehicle AND the plastic nozzle. Running gas thru that plastic nozzle if going to create static electricity. A spark can happen when you with draw the nozzle from the tank filler neck. NOT THE PLACE FOR A SPARK! (Unless you want to make the local news.)

Side note: If ur shop needs fuel, then you might look into getting a fuel caddy (40 gal.) Be sure you let ur insurance agent know that ur storing fuel inside ur shop.

 

Contact tera pumps


I use this one for my 5 gallon cans and it works great.

 

Use thermal expansion to push the gas out of the can. Place full fuel tote onto a Coleman camp stove and turn flame to medium. After about a minute that fuel will exit the can at a "blistering" speed.