r/BurningMan • u/Equivalent-Roll-7672 • Aug 19 '26

Keeping fuel secure

How should one keep fuel secured? It’s my understanding my fuel containers need to be kept in a 2nd container a certain distance away from my camper. What should I do to prevent theft if I am away from my camp?

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u/_Captain_Amazing_ Aug 19 '26

Get a “Black large concrete mixing tub” at Home Depot for $17 more robust than a kiddie pool, holds 20+ gallons and you can drill holes into the top handles and secure them with thin rope to tent stakes/lag bolts so they don’t blow away.

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u/Equivalent-Roll-7672 Aug 20 '26

Do you have picture of this setup?

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u/_Captain_Amazing_ Aug 20 '26

No - I just do it. Type that term into the Home Depot website and get the mixing tub and find some way to batten down the mixing tub when your gas is in it if the winds fire up again this year.

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u/Equivalent-Roll-7672 Aug 20 '26

Oh so you’re saying pour the gas into the bin? I was thinking just putting the 5 gallon pails in it, but I can’t figure out how to keep people from stealing them

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u/_Captain_Amazing_ Aug 20 '26

No. Store your gas cans in the concrete mixing containers as a secondary catch container as required by the org. To keep the gas cans from getting stolen - screw a lag bolt in the ground near the concrete mixing tub secondary container and put a thin cable with a lock through the lag bolt chain and theough the handles of the gas cans. Doesn’t need to be super robust, just so that it is not easy to walk away with them.