Prevent plastic gas cans from creasing?

[Nukeman7]

This is why I still use the gas can that I got handed down from my dad 20 years ago. The same one I used when I was a kid mowing lawns. In 30 more years it'll still be rocking it.

Where do you actually find these? My aforementioned gas can, it has a vent like this but that part may not last forever. It's started to have bits of it chip off from thirty-something years of UV exposure.

Amazon has numerous versions of gas can vent caps including some fancy metal ones.

 

[grasscutter]

This is why I still use the gas can that I got handed down from my dad 20 years ago. The same one I used when I was a kid mowing lawns. In 30 more years it'll still be rocking it.

Where do you actually find these? My aforementioned gas can, it has a vent like this but that part may not last forever. It's started to have bits of it chip off from thirty-something years of UV exposure.

Ebay. You put the vent on the rear of the handle where it slopes downward.

 

[meep]

The plastic cans do wear out, and hopefully dont do too much damage when they rupture and leak from that decompression creasing. I keep planning to go metal, OR maybe just put a 15 gallon fuel cell on a shelf with a valve/hose, and carry fuel home periodically in a 5 gallon can.

 

[Japanese]

Are there any solutions to this problem?

Open the main valve blow in it and then close it right away. I just fixed one of my plastic cans today like that.
They usually expand when hot and then shrink when cold. But you can always traigthen them out, close the valve and leave like that for awhile.

 

[The_Eric]

I have tried every flavor of gas cans to haul race fuel. These are the only ones that do not leak a single fume and are good enough to chuck out of a helicopter. You can get a fat diesel hose or one that fits in a car tank. All sorts of accessories and racks are available. I carry 8 in an aluminum truck box and smell nothing. You will never go back to any other can after owning these. I even trust them in the boat when I need more fuel than the built in tank can hold. They are that safe and strong.
https://www.grainger.com/product/SCEPTER-Gas-Can-5-gal-Capacity-829T23

Does it come with a spout or is that bought separately?