Jerry can filling off vehicle

gooday .
in my case .i carry 7 jerry cans of petrol on the roof . and to lift each one down to fill it
there is a real chance of hurting your back or something , i filled them at
Boulia 2 weeks ago and I asked the operator and he said yes . but some go nuts if you do it .
cheers mechpete

Why would you, or anybody else, ever carry seven jerry cans on your roof?

Centre of gravity, etc.

I wouldn't be worried about filling them, I would be more concerned with the weight on your roof and being top heavy.

Please tell me that you are not serious, Seven jerry cans of volaitile, highly inflammable liquid on the roof of your vehicle. That actually scares me.

I'm with Marc - 7 Jerries of Petrol on the roof is nuts - that's 140+ litres! I am fairly sure you will find it contravenes a law or rule, not to mention the issue of all the weight up there. Perhaps it's time to invest in a proper long range tank or maybe a diesel?

Pat

Wow, Pete, thats a habit you would be better to lose. Apart from the dynamics of lifting, the wind resistance & weight would mean you use at least one gerry to carry the others anyway. Far too risky for me...get a long range tank.......oldbaz.

when you do a trip with bikes down the CSR , and the like thats what you
need to do . I do have a long range tank already , and its all about driving
to the conditions , I,m not into damaging my 4wd so I take thins very
carefully , haven,t had a problem . I don,t have the money to by a diesel
so you make do with what you have .
cheers mechpete

Fair enough, although I think I would be transferring the fuel to the trailer
somehow, assuming you are towing one..cheers....oldbaz.

i havn't blown up yet and Ive been doing it for 20 years glass and alloy boats.
Mate of mine filled his boat one day and put the pump nossle in his rod holder instead of his filler cap. he put 80l in and hes still here. Made one hell of a mess though.

Interesting post this!! For awhile now I have been whinging about the over regulated world we live in. OH&S gone wild in some aspects of our lives. "Where is your reflective vest" "You cannot touch that dying man because you have not got your eye protection and gloves on" I cannot help the local plumber on the roof of my house because I do not meet OH&S safety principles....there are numerous examples of rules & regulations...YET....WE the majority of us....probably 96% are unskilled in handling volitile fuels.....We can drive into a servo....fill our vehicles....jerry cans etc....w/out the slightest thought as to WHAT IF!!!! and the authorities let us.....to save $$$$ the greedy Oil Companies sacked all the driveway attendants who use to serve US. I was at a servo recently paying for my diesel and an EFW (Educated. Bleep Wit) came up to the consul operator (who was serving me) with his 5ltr can of unleaded....he was told by the attendant..."You cannot bring that in here. Put it outside." This bloke stood there confused....demanding he wanted to pay for his petrol. Even when explained to him about bringing fuel inside the servo he could see nothing wrong with his behaviour & stormed out of the servo after paying his $$$. I watched this (yes he was an Australian who spoke & understood English) bloke hop into his vehicle with his fuel next to him & drive off.....I was waiting for him to light a smoke!!!!