Extra fuel transport

[Peter Connan]

If you drive a petrol Patrol, you often need more fuel than the tanks can take.

I still maintain that the best solution technically is a set of long-range tanks, but these are either expensive or unreliable or sometimes both.

Obviously fuel inside the vehicle comes with it's own set of drawbacks/dangers.
The other common alternatives are the roof rack or a rear swing-arm. Both place the extra weight at the most disadvantageuos position from a centre of gravity point of view.

So what do you guys think of this:

[ChristoSlang]

I like! Lower than on the roof rack, further to the front than on a rear swing-arm. Maybe the Landy guys know a thing or two?

PS: Gaan nie werk vir Tijmen nie, hy sal nie sommer sy warm stort opgee nie...

[Arnolg]

I was also thinking about this while we were on the river trip and I started to get anxious about the fuel gauge dropping faster than Willie le Roux dropped a rugby ball.

My idea was similar to this, but I was also wondering how this could work with less wind resistance for long drives at higher speed.

That back window is mostly useless, so I was thinking of replacing it with a plate that's indented to the inside.
This way, you could theoretically have the entire window sill carry the weight of the jerry-can without having to rely on the roof sill (I'm not sure if this is better or worse).

The advantage here is that ideally, you only have half the jerry-can protruding on the outside and the other half "inside" the body.

Something like this

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But of course without the opening flap and more formed to fit a jerry-can.

Is it a very bad idea to carry jerry-cans sideways if they don't fit vertically?

[Peter Connan]

Not a bad idea to carry them on their sides although I think they leak a little more.

The problem is making that thing seal. Several guys have tried making gull-wings for the Y61 locally, without too much success that I have seen.

By the way, mine carries the weight both top and bottom, although it does require drilling some holes in the body.
Pretty sure this has less wind resistance than a roof rack, and probably similar to jerry cans on a roof rack? Not an aero expert.

[Anthony Forgey]

PC I think it's a great idea!

[Peter Connan]

Thank you Sir.

[ra_01]

Hi Peter its a good idea to install jerry cans mounts on the side. Defender guys does it.

I used frontrunner sometime ago and its a good alternative to store fuel.