Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:34:10 -0500
Reply-To: Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Spare gas storage ??
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this may or may not be of any help - but I have been storing diesel under my
rear bench seat in my 82 Westy. I have a 5L european jerry can that fits
perfectly in an upright position near the door. there has never been a leak
from the jerry can and every so often I dump the diesel in the tank and
refill the can. Don't think I would carry gasoline inside, though.
--
Alan Felder
Austin TX
82 Diesel Westy
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:
> dear gasious clay
>
> tried to store diesel on the luggage tie down area using a small jerry can
> and discovered that as the swelling occurred also a small stream of fluid
> began to escape and. run down the window .... there was no actual luggage
> rack on the t25 California model ... so I can imagine the issue becoming
> even more of a problem with a dish in place to collect the over flow ...
> nothing like a puddle of gasoline resting overhead to enliven life ....
> Sword of Damocles like indeed ...
>
> we abandoned the carry along more as impractical ... so unless you are
> going
> to be seriously off road (more than 2 hours return to fetch fuel) I would
> suggest carry more may be a drag ... you can always get the auto club road
> side assistance to fetch you some if you are out (again , so long as you
> are
> not off road)
>
> if you really want to attend to your paranoia of being found wanting for
> fuel ... install a trailer hitch and get a platform that
> mounts on / in the trailer hitch and get a proper Jerry can that mounts in
> the secure location to the rear ... if you do that consult some other
> vanagoniters who have done similar to see how you can open the hatch and
> engine service door with out having to unload the platform ....
>
> good luck .... but again I wonder if really need to complicate your sojourn
> with 5 gallons of volatility hanging aboot ( me canadian )
> regards
>
> On Sunday, August 14, 2011, Roger Barkley <rvbarkley4347@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Am trying to come up with a way to carry some spare gas for an upcoming
> > sojourn. Thought an outboard boat tank, (one of the flat ones), strapped
> to
> > the roof cargo area might be a good container untill I purchased one,
> > (Attwood). The thing swelled in the sun, made me a little nervous. What
> have
> > others done, used ? ('84 Westy). Thanks
> >
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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