Extra fuel containers.

[Box Rocket]

I stumbled onto this photo that I took a couple years ago and thought it might be worth sharing. Carrying extra fuel in an expedition style rig is a must and more times than not it ends up going into several jerry cans on the roof rack. One problem with this is that jerry cans were not designed with aerodynamics in mind. So you load up your roof rack with your extra fuel and in doing so your essentially strap down fuel robbing windbreaks to the top of your truck.

Anyway, a friend of mine has these slick 5 gallon fuel containers on my FJ40 and I thought they'd be a great alternative for roofrack mounted extra fuel. With the low profile design you could likely stack 2-3 on top of each other and not be taller than the sides of your rack. My guess is that the wind resistence would be much improved over "normal" gas cans.

Anyway, just a thought I figured I would share.

 

[Brian McVickers]

Hi Box Rocket,
Interesting option for aux fuelt tanks, they look pretty slick.
Can you provide any other information on them
Make?
Source?
Cost?
More Detailed pics?

Thanks!
Brian

 

[Box Rocket]

I'm trying to fine out more info right now. I lost my friends contact information but think I can track him down. I don't have cost or where to buy them yet but I'll post up as soon as I can find it.

 

[Life_in_4Lo]

those are atv fuel tanks (water also availble)

You can get them at cabelas.com altho they are not cheap

 

[Box Rocket]

well there ya go. Thanks for the source.

 

[Scenic WonderRunner]

I did a search.............

and found THESE

Looks like this brand is.....Kolpin

This one shown is only 3.25 gallons...but they must have bigger ones.


I did some more searching and I found these really good priced standard size Poly gas tanks. For the guys that want to move their spare to a bumper and replace with a tank underneath.

 

[Brian McVickers]

yep, I remember an ATV guy telling me about these once.
I did not investigate much due to the capacity/price ratio!