Don, if you take a typical 1 gallon milk jug and pour liquid into it from a
graduated container, you'll find that 1 gallon is significantly shy of filling
the container to the top. I would guess that the same is true of your 7 gallon
container. If you filled yours to the top, I'm sure it would be more than 7
gallons exactly.
Most (probably all) states do ensure that the pumps are calibrated correctly
and then sealed to prevent the public from being ripped off.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC
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> > From: donyarber@earthlink.net
> > To: Healeys@autox.team.net
> > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 06:32:02 -0500
> > Subject: [Healeys] Not Healey (Back to Gas)
> >
> > Has anyone ever experienced putting 7.7 gallons of gas in a 7 gallon
> > container?
> > I took a 7 gallon container to get gas for my tractor and when it was full
> > the register said 7.7 gallons. I complained to the manager and he said the
> > State had just measured the pump register.
> >
> > I have a feeling that sometimes we are being ripped off at the pumps while
> > we are being ripped off at the pumps.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this??
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Don
> > former BAN owner
> > Author of "Bodies and Beaches" and "Corpses and Canyons"
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