Fuel Cans On the Swing Gate

Sport · **Posted:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:27 am

tonycrd wrote:

Yep...but:

we do have 3 mounting holes on each side of the unibody where the rear hitch and fueltank skid bolt into. The RLF rear bumper bolts on to those 6 holes.

Now if we fitted 2 steel beams to those holes, which stick out of the plastic bumper...we could then take it from there...

I like it, works for me.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm

Here's a plastic "jeep-style" 5.3 gallon can.

http://www.drillspot.com/products/29268 ... ry_gas_can

WolverineFW · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:53 pm

MojaveKJ wrote:

What are the dimensions of the plastic military can? Can they be carried in the standard Jerry can mounts, like:

http://www.amazon.com/Blitz-11412-Metal ... auto_img_b

...or...

http://www.rocky-road.com/media/garvin_gas.jpg

I like the lower weight plastic but keeping the traditional Jerry can style. I am considering mounting 2 of these to some sort of a tail-gate mount once the spare is moves to the roof rack. What other Jerry can mounts are out there?

Thanks for the great information.

The one I bought is a NATO standard size......

dgeist · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:58 pm

dieselenthusiast wrote:

VoodooMann wrote:

It's actually only about 30-35 with the can depending on temperature

Correct, Gasoline weighs about 6lbs per gallon. Technically speaking, I think one gallon of gasoline weighs 6.25 lbs at 72 degrees. But for simple math, you are looking at 30 lbs of gasoline in a 5 gallon fuel can.

Huh

I didn't think it was that much lighter than water. My math was based on assumptions used in calculations for my fish tanks

Dan

Rennagade · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:02 pm

This has gotten some really bad reviews. I would stay away.

tomsjeep wrote:

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Neatus wrote:

The new military jerry cans are plastic. I have two and they are tough, light and they just have a cool old school look. I think you can find them new for about $30 bucks and they are a dime a dozen used. I have seen AJs flat gas cans and they are slick but the cost isn't worth it to me.

Do you have any links that sell these plastic jerry cans?

Sceptre(scepter?) makes the military ones. They are something a notch beyond plastic... I've seen a full one fall off a truck and go skidding and bouncing along the road (it was Army convoy speed, so it wasn't all that fast), it was retrieved and still worked fine, didn't spill a drop.
Amaxon has a listing for some...
http://www.amazon.com/Moeller-Resistant ... X7PAM552CM

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:05 pm

Up from the grave this post arose

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