Is carrying jerry cans in vehicle legal?

You must be a young one not to know the facts.

Jerry cans were designed during WW2 and they had to be of such robust construction so as to be dropped by parachute to troops waiting below. It could be said that jerries are made of lesser materials these days but they are still rated a a safe way to transport small amounts of fuel.

As far as I am aware there is no law stating that it is illegal to transport jerrycans full of fuel inside a vehicle.

As to safety....well, an item is as safe as you make it. I have carried jerries safely inside my vehicles for many years now. At prersent I carry 6 steel jerries inside my truck and I have a long range tank as well. With steel jerries you have to replace the rubber seals from time to time.
I was carrying two plastic jerries inside my truck but have gone away from that as I have detected a musty fuel smell when the vehicle has been closed up for a while. I replaced the plastic ones with steel ones and the smell has gone.

If you are a smoker and you smoke while driving and you have not maintained you jerry cans and there is a vapour leak then there would be a safety issue.

Cheers,

Willem
Out on the Gibber

I dont belive youth has anything to do with it Willem.Anyway Im old enough to remember the last of the military surplus(including jerry cans)hanging around salvage yards in the 60s.
Im also fully aware of the safety characteristics of the jerry can and its origins in WW2.
My opposition to petrol or gas bottles being carried in the passenger compartment is,that in the event of a serious collision,there is a real chance of the container being punctured.

LIFE is dangerous. Getting up out of bed in the morning is dangerous...you might slip on the carpet and bugger your cranium.

Live dangerously don't be a sissy or succumb to paranoia.!

Enjoy your day :-)

Cheers,Willem
Out on the Gibber

Willem, thanks for the advice;-)

I think if I contribute to my demise I may sort out the way I do it first. I have a few other things I actually enjoy in my life enough to prolong it if I can.

I prefer not to be negligent or seen that way in the rest of my life either... Yes, I have done some silly things and possibly continue to do them too if I enjoy it. LOL

Have seen the WHHOOOOFFFF with a petrol fire before, I reckon it may be heard too late for some, just like the malfitted gas tanks that reach the press.Regards

JohnR - Not enough of the right travelling, some here..... some over there.......