Got pulled over near Ajman port and the cop actually checked my fuel cans
Quote from oliviaevans on April 14, 2026, 11:25 amSo this happened Thursday and I'm still a little rattled honestly, I was hauling maybe sixty liters of diesel in the back of the pickup for the excavator at our site and one of those random mobile inspection points flagged me down just before the bridge, and the officer walked around back and actually tapped on the cans and asked to see the UN stamp and the cap seal and for a solid ten seconds I thought I was about to get a fine because the old red one I've been using since 2019 is so faded you can barely read the markings, but he let it slide with a warning and told me to replace it before my next trip. That little interaction has me browsing around now for proper industrial grade jerry cans for safe fuel transport UAE that won't make me sweat bullets next time I see a checkpoint, and Crateco's page came up with some pretty heavy looking ones that seem to have all the right certifications printed nice and clear on the side. I'm looking at the 25 liter green ones specifically for diesel and I guess my only real question is whether the pour spout that comes with it is actually decent or if it's one of those stiff plastic things that dribbles fuel all down the side of the can no matter how careful you are, because if I'm going to spend the money on a proper can I'd rather not have to MacGyver a funnel out of a water bottle every time I need to refill the generator.
So this happened Thursday and I'm still a little rattled honestly, I was hauling maybe sixty liters of diesel in the back of the pickup for the excavator at our site and one of those random mobile inspection points flagged me down just before the bridge, and the officer walked around back and actually tapped on the cans and asked to see the UN stamp and the cap seal and for a solid ten seconds I thought I was about to get a fine because the old red one I've been using since 2019 is so faded you can barely read the markings, but he let it slide with a warning and told me to replace it before my next trip. That little interaction has me browsing around now for proper industrial grade jerry cans for safe fuel transport UAE that won't make me sweat bullets next time I see a checkpoint, and Crateco's page came up with some pretty heavy looking ones that seem to have all the right certifications printed nice and clear on the side. I'm looking at the 25 liter green ones specifically for diesel and I guess my only real question is whether the pour spout that comes with it is actually decent or if it's one of those stiff plastic things that dribbles fuel all down the side of the can no matter how careful you are, because if I'm going to spend the money on a proper can I'd rather not have to MacGyver a funnel out of a water bottle every time I need to refill the generator.

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