Originally Posted by
Crocodile
Hello All,
I really must wonder about this.
Every week there must be thousands of tanks filled and yet we don't see the burnt out hulks littering the countryside. I have been filling plastic tanks that sit in tinnys for twenty years now and never had any problems. I have siphoned petrol from the tanks to jerrys and back. No problems.
Have the laws of physics suddenly changed ?
How many people have actually seen a petrol tank go kaboom?
I understand that filling a tank in the boat displaces the fumes in the boat but you would only need to tow it 1/2 a KM to blow the fumes out of an open boat, cabins may be more of an issue.
Maybe I need to buy a flameproof suit(not asbestos, of course).