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 Early 5 gallon pail
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Picked up this 5 gallon pail yesterday and was curious if it you think it was for oil, milk, or some other purpose. It has an arrow inside the neck that reads 5 gallons when filled to here and the badge on it is very hard to read. Also do you think is was from the teens or twenties?
Thanks,
Marshall
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Re: Early 5 gallon pail
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Before there were meters on tanker trucks, these were used to count the number of gallons of gasoline/kerosene etc. being delivered to a station. The driver filled the can to the arrow, kept track of the gallons on a indicator wheel mounted on the truck, them dumped the can into the holding tank at the location. Paul www.severngaspumps.com
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Awesome. Thanks for the information Paul.
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Early tank trucks usually only had one or two tanks on them. These usually contained gasoline and possibly one grade of oil. If the customer requested 5 gallons of kerosene, or 5 gallons of another grade of oil, it was put in this type of container for delivery.
Jack Sim
Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.comAir Meter ID book also available
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