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From: "W. Green" <wgreen@notreal.net>
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Subject: Re: Home DIY gasoline station
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:14:03 +0100
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:39:07 -0500, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:

> I haven't read every message in this thread, but if it hasn't been mentioned
> already, you may wish to check with your insurance company to see if they have
> any policy restrictions on keeping larger quantities of flammable liquids on
> premises.

Thank you for bringing up that point about potential insurance issues.

My fire insurance is a large combined collective for high fire danger
areas, where the insurance company defers to existing laws in all cases.

If it's ok with the county fire marshal, it's ok with them.

And the fire marshal visually inspects every year every home in the area
(as part of the collective fire insurance laws) and therefore sees all.

I have about ten gasoline jugs on a hilltop over the driveway (so I can
drive below them to siphon into vehicles) which I don't hide from anyone.

The fire marshal often leaves a fix-it ticket for me, but so far it's for
cleaning brush, although once they asked me to remove the tarp over the
fire cans as they said that concentrates any potential leaking vapors.

Whenever they leave a fixit ticket, they come back within 60 days and if
you haven't fixed the problem, they have the power to punish with a fine.

As long as the gasoline is in approved containers, and as long as you're
not transporting more than 600 pounds (yes, pounds), it's legal here.