On 12/1/2025 3:42 PM, Oscar Zuniga via KRnet wrote:
Since I've never had to mess with autogas for an airplane, I'm
wondering about a portable fuel caddy.
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In my 20 years of flying the KR I used auto fuel early on and then many
years of getting "free" 100LL from the waste barrel at the airport. I
found that good quality 5 US gallon containers gave the most flexibility
and ease of handling. At one time when I was getting a lot of the
"waste" 100LL I had a dozen cans or more of fuel waiting to create the
KR grin. I handled only the number of cans needed for the upcoming
flight, was able to get one can at a time to the source if necessary,
and I never handled more than 30 pounds at a time. I'm not sure how
convenient a 16 gallon container would be trying to refuel at the local
gas station or airport pump. My biggest problem was finding a good 5
gallon container at a reasonable price. Filling a 5 gallon container
with free 100LL paid for the container on one fill. Look up and find
the simplest check for alcohol in Mo gas (water in a bottle) and find a
supplier with a quality product. Jeff Scott had considerable problems
with less that desirable supplier. If your airport or a nearby airport
sells Mogas I'd be inclined to purchase only from them.
As always, YRMV........................
Check with others on your field and see what they use.
Larry Flesner
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