Jerry Can Carrier
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Originally Posted by BigBadBlue
Also how do you get away with having your jerry can covering your passenger side tail light?
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Yeah that's a problem hmm...
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Yeah, I'm glad you brought that to light (ha ha no pun intended). A couple months ago my girl friend pointed that out when I was trying to decied how to mount it, then I changed my design to try and make the can stick out lengthwise next to the tire but I couldn't figure out how to mount it. It all slipped my mind and my dad went gung ho and got the mount built before we noticed that. Luckily it's all bolt on so I can take it off if I have to.
"Do you care how it sits back there?" ??? I dont know what you mean by that.
"Do you care how it sits back there?" ??? I dont know what you mean by that.
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Originally Posted by OicnaiC
then I changed my design to try and make the can stick out lengthwise next to the tire but I couldn't figure out how to mount it.
"Do you care how it sits back there?" ??? I dont know what you mean by that.
"Do you care how it sits back there?" ??? I dont know what you mean by that.
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I need a carrier for myself. Heading on a long road trip in September, and don't have anywhere to mount a can. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread closely.
Only thing I could think of was to build a little platform at the tire and ratchet strap the can to the tire.
Only thing I could think of was to build a little platform at the tire and ratchet strap the can to the tire.
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OicnaiC, that is a stout carrier. Rotating the mount is a great idea, though.
I used one of these for a while and it worked fine (although blitz cans themselves are not the greatest):
Now I use a Scepter plastic gas can and just strap it in the roof rack. It's a great can!
A lot of people swear by the wedco cans because they have a cool leakproof opening:
This jerry can carrier is pretty cheap and adaptable for a lot of locations:
I dig cans!
Originally Posted by Scofco
I need a carrier for myself. Heading on a long road trip in September, and don't have anywhere to mount a can. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread closely. Only thing I could think of was to build a little platform at the tire and ratchet strap the can to the tire.
Now I use a Scepter plastic gas can and just strap it in the roof rack. It's a great can!
A lot of people swear by the wedco cans because they have a cool leakproof opening:
This jerry can carrier is pretty cheap and adaptable for a lot of locations:
I dig cans!
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I'm trying to stay as much away from straps on the tire carrier as I can, I just don't trust them enough. Rotating the mount isn't as easy as it sounds, I wish it was though
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Originally Posted by transalper
This jerry can carrier is pretty cheap and adaptable for a lot of locations:
I dig cans!
I dig cans!
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your truck must run SO SLOW with all that heavy equipment and tire on the back...!
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Originally Posted by lee
your truck must run SO SLOW with all that heavy equipment and tire on the back...!
But yes, my truck is slow and I'm proud of it . I can crawl over almost any thing I want and the chance of getting a speeding ticket on the highway is greatly reduced.
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Originally Posted by OicnaiC
I'm trying to stay as much away from straps on the tire carrier as I can, I just don't trust them enough. Rotating the mount isn't as easy as it sounds, I wish it was though
Rotating it would likely force building some additional brackets to keep it secure. How difficult would it be to extend the arm of the spare tire mount to shift everything to the left?
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Originally Posted by transalper
Rotating it would likely force building some additional brackets to keep it secure. How difficult would it be to extend the arm of the spare tire mount to shift everything to the left?
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Originally Posted by OicnaiC
Yeah it would need some more support brackets which wouldn't be too hard to fab up. Moving the whole tire and every thing left I think would be a major PITA. It could probably be done but done and still looking decent I'm not sure, also I think it would get in to the latch and all that crap which would majorly suck.
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TRD our spares cover that area by two or three inches. Great location on yours though. looks good. I think the best way is for those of us with tire carriers to either fab something up like Oicna to fab stuff up or strap it to the spare. I would lean more torward a front to back style mount on the pass side of the spare. It would look good.
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Originally Posted by BigBadBlue
I would lean more torward a front to back style mount on the pass side of the spare. It would look good.
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I know this is a major bump, but for those interested in gas can mounts for their stock tire carriers, I believe that this VW bus site has some ideas that could easily be adapted to our runners.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ga...can/gascan.htm
Then you could have a sticker made that says VolksRunner.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ga...can/gascan.htm
Then you could have a sticker made that says VolksRunner.