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I have purchased several metal fuel cans from CTD in the past and have been very pleased. In my most recent order, I received 3 cans that look acceptable on the outside, however the interior is rusty. These cans have been used for water and the seams on the interior are rusted to the point that I would not trust these cans with fuel. I would not recommend these cans to anyone due to the rust. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. These can no longer be used as fuel storage cans. They even had some rusty water in them when received. I have to retract my most recent review........Cheaper Than Dirt contacted me and has agreed to replace the rusty fuel cans. 5 stars for Cheaper Than Dirt customer service. Hopefully the new cans will be better. Thank You
A metal fuel jerry can is a robust fuel container made from pressed steel. It was originally designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use and holds 20 litres of fuel. The development of the metal fuel jerry cans were a huge improvement on earlier designs, which required tools and funnels to use. The metal fuel jerry can was invented by the Germans during a secret project ordered by Hitler. The Germans called it the Wehrmachtskanister. The Germans had thousands of metal fuel jerry cans stockpiled by 1939 in anticipation of war.
In 1939, an American engineer named Paul Pleiss had built a vehicle to journey to India with his German colleague. After building the car, they realized they didn't have any storage for emergency water. The German engineer had access to the stockpile of metal fuel jerry cans at Tempelhof Airport and just managed to take three metal fuel jerry cans. They drove across 11 national borders without incident until Field Marshal Goering sent a plane to take the engineer home. The German engineer compounded his treason by giving Pleiss complete specifications for the manufacture of the metal fuel jerry can. Pleiss continued on to Calcutta, put his car in storage, and flew back to Philadelphia.
Pleiss told American military officials about the metal fuel jerry cans, but they ignored him. Without a sample, he realized he couldn't get anywhere. He eventually got the car shipped to New York by a roundabout method, and sent a metal fuel jerry can to Washington. The War Department decided instead to use the WWI ten-gallon metal fuel jerry can with two screw closures, which required both a wrench and funnel for pouring. The one American metal fuel jerry can was sent to Camp Holabird, Maryland, where it was redesigned. It only retained the handles, size and shape. The weld was replaced with rolled seams, the lining was removed and it now required a wrench and a funnel. The original design proved far superior and these fuel containers were subsequently used in all theatres of war around the world.
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