Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 00:48
I would be wary of carrying a full jerry can lying on its side on the roof rack. Especially while traversing rough country, too much pressure on the filler seal.
I had 3 full 20 l jerrycans on the roofrack plus a lot of other gear while doing the full lenght of the CSR some years ago.
Well, the cans were empty until
well 23 when they got filled, they were emptied as soon as there was room for more diesel in the troopie's tank.
The jerry cans were carried on their back while full, so that the filler was uppermost. I had no leaks from them but did have the 5 l spare engine oil container ( plastic) up there rub a pinhole through. What an oily mess, luckily I caught it before it got too bad.
It was a strong,
home built steel roof rack, still have it, it survived the bashing it did get on that trip.
The steel jerries are still intact too, all 6 of them ( 3 were carried on a rear bumper rack). Anybody in
Perth interested in 3 or 4 good steel jerry cans? I don't need that many now with a long range tank fitted.
Klaus
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