portable fuel tanks

[dsujen]

I have a 70 hp johnson that is a pig on gas. I have 2 portable, legal fuel tanks on board that only gives me 12 gallons, I don't get very far. I have room on the boat to bring more tanks for longer rides, but I don't want to buy another 6 gallon attwood tank with all the fittings. I'd like to bring just a regular portable can like the military uses or the type you put on jeeps. Is this legal?

 

[Bob_VT]

Yes, you can carry a 5 Gallon "jerry can" but, most regulations require that you be on land to do the transfer of fuel. I have 2 of those cans myself and we will not discuss how it went into the fuel tanks - cough cough. (I am normally close to shore when I boat so I do it on shore. I have the fuel pre-mixed in the cans too.

 

[redneck joe]

70 hp johnny's are normally not pigs on fuel?

 

[Chinewalker]

I concur - if your motor is indeed a 3-cylinder Johnrude, it should be quite good on fuel, comparatively speaking. It should take you an hour or more to burn through a full tank at wide open throttle. You can cover a lot of ground in an hour at wide open!

 

[dsujen]

I'm from NJ. You can't do anything here without getting in trouble. Is it legal in NJ? I just swaped out the 70 hp for a 90hp, so I'm going to need more fuel capacity.

 

[robert graham]

I run a C90 Yamaha 2 stroke and at wide open throttle it drinks the gas.....best fuel efficiency is usually in the 3500 RPM range for cruising.....Check Yamaha Outboard Performance Bulletins for a graph showing speed and fuel consumption for your particular boat/motor set-up. I run a 12 gallon main tank and a couple of 6 gallon jerry cans....all Moeller red polyethylene....Walmart usually carries them....