need4speed Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 As title. Just wondering who sells the type of jerry-can holder shown in the attached pic? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 e-mail the very nice people at Landy Camper on info@landy-camper.de then ask them Allow for the fact that this set up is not legal for fuel in Europe and the ferrys accross to Turkey/Africa/most other places won't allow it EU legislation says no fuel to be stored in temporary containers outside the vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedef90 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 That is the most stupidist (is there such a word) place to store fuel. On the rack is better if you have to but to make your vehicle wider and weight unbalanced like that is plain daft. But each to their own I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Three points.... 1. Stupidist is not a word 2. Water cans are the same size as fuel cans, so maybe, just maybe im not thinking of storing fuel there 3. If you store the same on each side it wouldnt be unbalanced would it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Fair point Stupidist is not in the OED. It may well become a word in the near future as English is the fastest growing language in the world. I quite like it as a word as it is very discriptive. But it is somewhat excessive and porrly chosen in this case I see your point about fuel vs water (that's why I paraphrased the FUEL regs This would unbalance your vehicle. You would be throwing in excess of 50kgs above the swage line. A big no-no. it would also be out of the body line so would effect the suspension more. IMHO there are far better ways to carry fuel and water but few that look so roughty toughty. I think that's why Sam Watson uses a similar system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS888 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 <pedant> Were "stupidist" to enter the lexicon, it would likely be defined as "one who practices stupidity." Ref. pugilist, columnist, exorcist, etc. As an alternative to "most stupid", "stupidest" follows the form of other superlatives. Ref. tallest, smartest, prettiest, etc. "Most stupidest" would be a redundancy and grammatically incorrect, similar to most tallest, most strongest, or most loudest. </pedant> <opinionated w4nker> Personally I don't like the side mount for cans, although they do double as security for the windows. </opinionated w4nker> <helpful forum guy> The tracks the can frames mount to look like Mac's VersaTie track, sold in the UK by Mudstuff. This you may all ready know, since the picture you posted is on the Mudstuff cargo control page. Mudstuff doesn't list the gerry can holder, neither does the Mac's home website. Perhaps a call or email to Mudstuff to ask about the photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozsug Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 The tracks can also be sourced from Commercial Body Fittings at a much cheaper price http://www.cbf.uk.com/2005_catalogue/Load%20Restraint/p159-182-gas-springs-handles-handrail-handwash-load-restraint.pdf page 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS888 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Good to know, thanks! I had a cheaper-than-Mac's source in the US, but did not know of one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedef90 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 OK. I'll go back and study the OED for a more appropriate word. Will come back to you with one if I can find it. But it didn't come up on the auto spell checker . So it must be a word. Even for water storage as said above it's best part of 50kg above the waist line of the car. If you balanced it out on the other side that's 100kg plus in the wrong place and would upset the balance of the car. Plus widen it by what .5/.6m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 To be honest i wasnt asking if it was a good idea or not. Just wanted to know if anyone knew where to get them. jeez. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirocco Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I think they are also supplied by front runner. as above the rails are the alu aircraft loading ones. plenty of people now sell them. for the money another option would be an onboard tank. They can be cheaper than you may initially think. HTH G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 evening Gareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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