How many of you use those plastic gloves fueling up?`
 

Have you ever noticed how many people use those disposal gloves at the
gas station when they fuel up? I was how many of you manly men use
them.
I had a lady ask me if it bothered to get that nasty old Diesel on my
hands? I told her no, I just rub my hands together and then run them
through my hair to keep it in place:D.

Charlie

I know this one dude using them gloves. he's gay. but he really takes care of his hands, see.

I use them to work on the fleet, but don't practice safe fueling.......

I always used a bunch of paper towels when refueling instead of those "sissy" gloves.

I use th paper towels too. But not on my hands, I just put them below the filler to keep diesel from dripping down the paint, my hands are 18 years old, they can take the diesel, that paints only 2 months old, to me it just makes sense.:freak:
-Zach

gloves? please. i seen a few people using them and i thought..why? its not going to burn your hands or disintegrate them .. wimps.

i agree with this totally its not dino in liquid form, its burnt dino that hurts you.

They don't want the diesel smell on their hands. It seems to make sense, considering these cars were originally bought by businessmen who couldn't walk back into the corporate office smelling like diesel. I don't care how much you like the smell of diesel, it's just not professional.

If they have a glove, I use it. I also use Stanadyne at every fill up and that stuff stinks like heck. I always use those blue paper towels. I don't like getting diesel on my steering wheel.

I always use the gloves. Diesel smells disgusting and I don't want it in my car or on my clothes.

x2.

If they are available, almost never, I use them. Otherwise I look carefully at the filler and if the handle is wet I use a towell.

Tom W

Gentlemen (and ladies!), don your gloves
 

I carry a pair of work gloves in the car and usually wear them while fueling. Some of the nozzles can get pretty cruddy, especially if the seals are being eaten by biodiesel.

Let's hear from the Oregonadians -- do you wear gloves while the attendant pumps your tank??? :D

Jeremy

If I was to wear gloves, it would be to avoid micro-organisms living on the nozzle!!!

The first time I refueled in Oregon, I thought I was going to need boxing gloves. I did not know about their "no self service" policy. The station owner went ballistic when I touched his pump.

Why is there no self serve? I can't even imagine what it looks like to have somebody pump your gas. What about after midnight if you have to fill up? Is somebody available that late????

No, the pump I always use is kept pretty clean. I grab some paper towls from the dispenser and hold it with them.

I don't mind the smell of diesel, but while I'm working I don't want it on my clothing.

The problem with gloves is the powder thats inside them. You need to wash your hands after using them or you risk getting that white powder over your nice blue sport coat.

There was a time when there was no such thing as "self serve." It became popular around the time of the 1973 oil shortage. Initially, most stations had a self-serve and a full service option.

Personally, I liked it better when everything was full service. You could drive in with a nearly empty tank, hand the attendant $5, then get change back after he pumped 20 gallons, cleaned your windshield and checked your oil.

I am not sure what happened in Oregon. But I would bet it has something to do with a politician who had a financial interest in keeping "full serve" in business.

Unfortunately, I go back that far. That is one of the funny parts of Back to the Future: the car drives over the rubber bell strip and 3 guys come running out to service and fill the car..... :laugh3:

NewJersey, has the same policy as Oregon. With my new job,working for OSHA I go out there pretty regularly now, because we have an office out there. There is no "Self Serve" in Jersey. The only exception the attendants are allowed to make is for Motorcycles. I pulled up on my bike and the guy came over to me to pump my fuel. I looked at his strangely and he noticed my Connecticut plate, and let me fuel it myself. Fueling a bike, is a bit different than a car, and you could very easily spill fuel all over the bike, which sucks a lot, especially if you just cleaned it or something..

I ALWAYS use work gloves when fueling Diesel, into any vehicle. It stinks, it makes a smelly mess of your clothes, hands, and interior. I always used them when fueling tractor trailers. I use them for Diesel, but not for fueling my gas jobs, or Motorcycles, or anything else, if that makes any sense..

Gas evaporates in the air, and will not continue to smell, unless you actually spill it somewhere in the carpet or something..

Sometimes you had to drive over the rubber strip three times to get one guy to come out!!!

Yes, now they have "Electronic" bell systems. It has a sensor, part way down the hose, so when the air from the car hits it, it will sound the bell at the other end. A person could walk across the thing and it will sound the bell, in fact, even a bicycle can sound it, it's very sensitive. Not all places have them, but they are becoming a popular upgrade at a lot of stations..

Another reason to stay away from Jersey. Right Cap'n??? :D

Gloves? What gloves? diesel cleans the cuts on my hands, when I worked in the oil field, we would mix diesel into the non potable water, it would take the grease and never sieze right off in the shower.

I love the smell of diesel. Even still I carry a roll of paper towels, grab off a few after filling the tank, hock some saliva/mucus onto my open palms, wipe clean. All set, man.

I never wear gloves... In NJ where I fill up, the guy uses these full gauntlet space suit gloves! However they seem to leave me and the big rigs alone when we pull up and fill up by ourselves. I usually fill up the tank and two five gallon Diesel cans, which I use to fill up from during the week. I will inevitably over fill one and get diesel on me. No matter, because it is on the weekend and I am not dressed for work. They will NEVER let me touch the gas pumps, though.

At home, I use a siphon hose with a squeeze bulb to fill from the jugs to the car. No mess there. I have learned my lesson about sucking on a hose full of gas, but that is another story:P

Last time I was in jersey, I just got out and filled my car myself, the attendant seemed to have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

I'm told that, in Oregon, if you're at a truck stop where all of the pumps are diesel, you can pump diesel yourself. However, if it's a mixed fuel pump as at regular gas stations, they have to pump the diesel for you.

Politics, of course. the "good reason" is safety; the "real reason" is jobs.

It also works the other way...
 

My friend and his wife moved from Joisey to Las Vegas. The first time she had to put gas into her Ford Excursion, she pulled up the the pump and waited... and waited... and waited... finally she started blowing on the horn. a guy finally came over and said "lady you got to pump it yourself" She had no idea how to use the pump, how to get the gas cap off, etc.

Talk about your Jersey Girls... She's pretty though:D

I don't use any gloves because when I fuel up I never get a drop on me.. Its called skillz

I'd probably wear gloves if, say, I had a job where I had to wear a suit. I agree that it wouldn't be very professional to be in an environment like that and smell of diesel. Since I don't, I just enjoy the smell on my hands. I actually had a girlfriend once that loved that smell. Hated to let that one go...

I normally don't unless the pump is dirty, then I just use a paper towel. I have some of that waterless hand soap in my trunk anyway, that's pretty good for getting rid of any diesel smell.

i have not made skin contact in years, i use a paper towel. that sh?t is nasty. peoples grubby hands and fuel smell...hmmm

but on the other hand i can get a few days out of a pair of underwear, now some think that is nasty.

I love the smell of diesel, burned or unburned. I took off my ALDA just for the exhaust aroma! :wacky:

I keep medical gloves in the car. That way I can toss them after using them.

No way, no gloves, towels...nothing. I am rugged and handle the pump with my bare hands. :D

As Arnold would say, those who use gloves and towels may fall into consideration to be called...."Girly men". :D :D ;)

*Flame suit on*

this needs to be a poll
 

Gloves ? nah.

1) My Loving wife has a lousy nose like me, neither of us think it smells that strong. She says that it makes her think of me (proud to be the only diesel man in her life =)

2) If a co-worker mentions it, I'd be like "yeah, I drive a diesel, I think everyone should..."

3) If I'm in the office, and others noticed the smell, no one has mentioned anything to me yet. I dont do any high power sales meetings (I am involved in $4M engineering project meetings) but I don't consider a little diesel smell (if at all) an "office-offensive" thing.

-John

I keep a box of nitrile, unpowdered gloves in the trunk. I fill up at a truck pump which is pretty nasty. You can't get that diesel smell off your hands for a whole day if you don't use a glove. I get the gloves at a medical supply house - $9.00 for a box of 100. I use them for working on the car as well.

I never used to, but now I'm a convert. Won't work on the car without them, even my gassers.

Rgds,
Chris W.

I'll pump my fuel and then get in my car and sniff my fingers... kind a habit. never even knew i had it until i drove my Toyota for the first time in over a year. fulled her up and hopped in... about 10 min down the road noticed i was sniffing my fingers.. and had a horrible head ache. damn gasoline. had to hang my hand out the window.

I work in a laboratory and keep a box of latex gloves in my car at all times. I almost always use one at the pump. It keeps my hands from stinking of fuel.

It took me 20 years to realize how amazing wearing latex gloves is for working on my cars. Its sort of like preventative maintenance for your hands, its MUCH better than trying to scrape grease out from under your nails.

I use the plastic gloves if station provides them, I generally have some in my trunk if they don't and if the handle is clean I will still at least use a paper towel if available. I don't want diesel on my steering wheel, they are expensive.

I'm 6'5" and 300 lbs and no one has ever dared to call me wussy for using a glove or paper towel at the station. :P Sometimes I have seen guy who looked like he wanted to, but in MO everyone can have a consealed gun in the car. :D Not to mention sometimes my CCW prints, or a shirt rides up too far. :eek:

Here in NJ today, where it is always full serve, but I always supervise politely if not do it myself for time sake, the following happened with my 83 300TD:
Man of middle eastern descent barely speaking any english.
"Diesel?"
Yes.
"Is this a diesel?"
Yes, fill it up with Diesel please.
"What kind of car is this?, A Mercedes? I've never seen one like this."
Yes it is a Mercedes.
"It is very nice."
Thank you.

He proceeds to try and lift the hatch where the hatch button is for the fuel. I politely point out it is at the right rear behind the wheel. He thanks me.
Of course I watch like a hawk, but all seems OK.
12 gallons later, he takes out the nozzle. He put the cap back on and was turning too hard on the cap because he was looking/feeling/listening for the clicking sound of most gas caps.

I stop him immediately, also informing him that mine doesn't click, but I was still nice about it.

Usually I do it myself at this particular station, but he seemed happy do be doing his job and was there very quickly. I was happy not to have any diesel smell on my hands at all, but also careful as I don't want anything happening to my car.

I have some stations I always trust based on familiar attendants, where I only look through the passenger side view mirror to make sure all is well.

$2.73/gal. today, but toward PA on Rt. 15 it was 2.53 last week.

no gloves. I think they're ghey. I never use them on my gas cars, so why change? There was a glove in my SD when I got it, but it's a freaking leather yard working glove. I didn't feel the desire of looking like a hillbilly Michael Jackson.:rolleyes4

I like the smell of gasoline :wacky:

When I go poddy I don't aim to get any on my hands either!;)

Tom W

The only time that a real man would use a towel is after the fact, if the nozzle was so wet his hands were going to damage the interior. Once I had to use a towel on my shoes so I didn't track up the carpet with some of the ten gallons of diesel some trucker pumped on the ground.

Garden gloves
 

The pump handles are usually filthy. It would be nice if all there were on them was diesel fuel. Usually some black mix of dirt and old fuel.

I use old garden gloves, keep 'em in the car door pocket

No gloves for me! I'm like Pawo!!

I love the smell of diesel fuel!!

Im thinking about biting the bullet and getting some gloves. I got diesel poisoning 10 years ago working next to a diesel powered welding machine (outside) from the exhaust. Since then I'm super sensitive to diesel, if I leave it on my hands after pumping, or even worse, splash some on my legs, I get a massive headache and feel nauseated. Its still worth it. Maybe I'll move to Jersey or Oregon and let somebody else do the deed.

I am an opportunist. If the gloves are there, I use it. If not, I use whatever I have at hand, news paper, paper towels, plastic bags, whatever. Getting diesel on you makes you to go bald. :D I have a full head of hair.

diesel fuel material safety data sheet:
Contact may irritate or burn skin. Absorption through the skin may cause symptoms of intoxication, followed by kidney damage.

if your albino and allergic to diesel fuel... i work around diesel fuel all the time i even ingest it every once in awhile (siphon gone wrong) im fine, its Burnt dino that kills you not liquid dino.