Dear Van a Gone Jerry Cans

Several things come to mind -
1. Heat can cause the liquid to expand and the next thing you know Jerry
can is weeping either into luggage rack or down side of van ( this really
happened with my diesel)

2 . Heat again — you forget the Jerry  can is atop bus and it gets really
hot - starts to vent fumes -

3. I see Jerry fans of all nature on boats when doing a survey - most of
them leave a smell in the hold — which always concerns me —

How about this - hook up a real spare under truck - use a cruise a day
marine tank - these are typically vented properly —

Maybe go westy sells an auxiliary tank ?

Or Visit aN off road specialty shop and let them do a modification

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 8:07 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:

> I am planning on exploring some ghost towns and old mining towns in
> mountains in Idaho and Montana this summer.  Some of these places are just
> at or beyond the range of my Westy on one tank, so looking at options for
> carrying an extra can or two of gas.  After looking at swing away gates
> with a shelf for jerry cans I decided I am not wild about hanging 5 or ten
> gallons of gas off the back of the van.  Alternatively, I already have
> Yakima bars and a cartop carrier with room for a slim basket next to it.
> So, I am thinking I could put a can or two in the basket and carry it on
> the roof.  This would only be when on forest service roads where I would
> gas up before leaving the paved road and empty the cans into the van on the
> return to minimize the time carrying extra gas.
>
> Is there a downside to this idea that I am missing?  If you rule out
> carrying it inside or hanging it off the tailgate, the roof seems the only
> option left.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave B
> Boise
>
-- 
roger whittaker 604.414.6266

----------------------------------------------------------
PR MARINE SURVEYORS &
http://www.tvthatworks.com
http://www.tvpowellriver.com
LinkedIn -

   - ca.linkedin.com/pub/roger-whittaker/14/78a/b71/Explore printed work at:
    http://www.prliving.ca/
   View the growing list of video work at:
   http://www.youtube.com/user/LastonLastof#g/u
   http://vimeo.com/42309497

   http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2010/11/29/multimedia/video/doc4c62e5f80d228504902172.txt