Saying Hello - 07 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

[Milehi explorer]

Thank you all for the complements. I have added a rear tire carrier that includes a hi-lift jack mount and a way to mount an expedition one Geri can. By no means the greatest JK bumper but for the price I could not pass it up, also the ability to carry a little more fuel is a huge bonus.

 

[jerdog53]

Nice! :wavey:

 

[SeaRubi]

wow - your rig is looking better all the time. well done! You might wanter to consider some corner guards.

edit: I meant to ask - who's the manufacturer? also, what's your initial impression of those jerry cans? what's their capacity?

 

[Milehi explorer]

wow - your rig is looking better all the time. well done! You might wanter to consider some corner guards.

edit: I meant to ask - who's the manufacturer? also, what's your initial impression of those jerry cans? what's their capacity?

The manufacturer of the bumper is Rancho. I got it for a little over $400 shipped so it is pretty inexpensive in the grand scheme of JK rear bumpers but it fits my needs.

I have been working on corner guards. If you look at the pictures you will notice a strip of steel that is bolted to the rear of the body. This is my quick solution to protecting a bare corner. I will probably work something up like the Currie Tailbones when time allows. Here is a picture of the corner guard that is on there now:

The quality of the Expedition One Geri is excellent. It appears to be very strong (much thicker then normal plastic fuel cans). I have had fuel in it for a week to test it and have not had a drop leak out. However, it does only hold 4 gallons. I would really like to have an extra gallon or two more but it is very nice and compact. It would allow fuel to be carried a lot of places that a regular fuel can won't fit.
Overall I give it a :26_7_2:

 

[SeaRubi]

Thanks for the info on the bumper- I definitely want one of those! I see what you've done with the corners now and it seems you've got some good surfaces to work with in fabbing something up. For $400, you can't beat that with a stick!

And that fuel can is sensational. I found the Expedition One site and they claim:

Designed to handle loads of up to 800lbs of gear stacked on top of it.

I could see packing 4 of those stacked 2 per side down flat on a roof-rack for a total of 5, an extra 20 gallons. That's easily another 200 ~ 250 miles of range. If the load rating is correct, it should hopefully hold up to having 50~75lb loads beating down on it off-road.

linky:

http://www.exp-one.com/Geri_intro.htm