: It's safer, easier, and your fuel is filtered properly.

I can't argue with the easier and possibly not safer. I have rigged a spin-on
water-separating fuel filter to act as the pour nozzle of my 5-gallon cans. It keeps
the crud and water out and I just need to move the nozzle from can to can as I fill.
Mildly annoying, but just as effective.

We did the same thing, Cory, before building the Grape. Lifting 36
pound containers up onto the wing (and suspending them in mid-air, so
as not to scratch the paint) was never fun. And I was always paranoid
about the static electricity build-up, due to the plastic containers.
At any moment I figured I was going to self-immolate.

And, of course, you've got your face uncomfortably close to the fumes,
which can't be very good for a person. And I always seemed to spill
some.

The Grape, on the other hand, can be safely grounded, and I can pump
gas out faster than I can pump it in at the gas station. It's quick,
easy, portable, paid for, and we've now run almost 7,000 gallons
through it, at a savings (after the cost of the truck and tank) of over
$4800...and counting.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"