Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 22:10:52 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Jerry Cans
In-Reply-To: <MWHPR22MB0128AE1FC0EFA12D12532F7CBA840@MWHPR22MB0128.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
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
