My favorite chainsaw bar oil jug split open in the truck bed during a 100 degree day last August

It leaked all over my climbing ropes and now I bag every jug separately before heading out to a job, has anyone else had this happen with cheaper plastic containers?

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kellyjones1d ago

Oh come on, people have been storing gas cans and oil jugs in truck beds for DECADES without this being some kind of epidemic. It was 100 degrees, plastic gets soft, stuff happens. I've had cheap plastic jugs sit in the back of my truck through three summers now and the only thing that's happened is the label peeled off. You're telling me this one bad experience means every plastic container is basically a ticking time bomb? Feels like we're making this way bigger than it needs to be. Maybe the real lesson here is just don't buy the absolute cheapest jug on the shelf, not that we all need to start quarantining our bar oil like it's hazardous waste.

dianahayes1d ago

OH man that's the WORST. It's like the universe picks the hottest day to test your gear storage. I've noticed this with a LOT of cheap plastic stuff lately, not just bar oil jugs. Like those dollar store laundry detergent caps that crack in the cold or those flimsy takeout containers that pop open in the car. It's like companies are skimping on the plastic compound to save a nickel, and then we're left scrubbing sticky messes off everything we own. You really have to treat any plastic jug like it might explode at any second, which is ridiculous but true.

kellys7818h ago

@kellyjones is right though, you guys are blowing this way out of proportion. I've got the same cheapo Husqvarna jug in my truck bed that's been through rain, snow, and 110 degree Texas summers for like four years now and it's still fine. The whole "plastic is getting worse" thing is just selective memory acting up because nobody talks about the thousands of jugs that don't leak, only the one that does. Dented up my gas can dropping it off a tailgate once and it still sealed fine, pretty sure a little heat isn't gonna make modern plastics spontaneously combust.