Robby321
03-25-2011, 07:27 PM
This crap EVER gonna stop? Know of the new squeeze bulbs already. Found this on another boat forum. I mean, come on, gimme a break here, as one simple fill, or pour out, is a ZILLION more "released", than will come out a plastic tank, in decades. Up to you to decide........(and pay)..and damn glad, long ago, bought 6, 5 gallon "old Blitz", portable tanks, for filling up. Work FINE, just un cap, pull the spout out, uncork the vent, "gone in 60 seconds". The new crap?...simple sucks..:reddevil::reddevil:
We in the retail business were hit with this not long ago. Here is the information we are providing our customers as to why your portable tanks (and soon ALL fuel tanks) are going to cost more from now on:
"Dear Customers,
You may be wondering why you're seeing higher prices on the portable fuel tanks, fuel lines, and primer bulbs this year.
To meet new standards mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), these products (portable fuel tanks) must be manufactured with low-permeation materials to decrease fuel evaporation into the environment. As a result, the cost of producing thes products has doubled.
The change impacts all portable fuel tanks of 12 gallons or less. In 2012, these new EPA standards will affect all other topside AND below deck fuel tanks as well."
OK. We just got new tanks in, and they seem to be about twice as thick as the old ones, and therefore weigh twice as much. I mean come on... how much gas can actually evaporate thru a polyethelene gas tank?? I'd like to see the data from the EPA study.
So, if you need to get a new fuel tank in the near future do it now while there are still some of the older (or should I say current?) ones available. I checked into the actual COST of the new tanks... and they do indeed cost about twice as much to manufacture as the old ones. Therefore, no one is trying to dupe you into paying more for that 6 gallon fuel tank... it really does cost twice as much as the old one.
We in the retail business were hit with this not long ago. Here is the information we are providing our customers as to why your portable tanks (and soon ALL fuel tanks) are going to cost more from now on:
"Dear Customers,
You may be wondering why you're seeing higher prices on the portable fuel tanks, fuel lines, and primer bulbs this year.
To meet new standards mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), these products (portable fuel tanks) must be manufactured with low-permeation materials to decrease fuel evaporation into the environment. As a result, the cost of producing thes products has doubled.
The change impacts all portable fuel tanks of 12 gallons or less. In 2012, these new EPA standards will affect all other topside AND below deck fuel tanks as well."
OK. We just got new tanks in, and they seem to be about twice as thick as the old ones, and therefore weigh twice as much. I mean come on... how much gas can actually evaporate thru a polyethelene gas tank?? I'd like to see the data from the EPA study.
So, if you need to get a new fuel tank in the near future do it now while there are still some of the older (or should I say current?) ones available. I checked into the actual COST of the new tanks... and they do indeed cost about twice as much to manufacture as the old ones. Therefore, no one is trying to dupe you into paying more for that 6 gallon fuel tank... it really does cost twice as much as the old one.