Gas can carrier

[garnerbiker]

I carry 2 5 gal cans on top. They are the military "Jerry" style. I have the screw, airtight seals on them and carry horizontally. Up top I have 2 Thule bars with a 2X4 cradle for them. They are secured with 3 ratcheting tie downs which seem to do fine going down washboard at 40mph in Death valley. I am going to make a welded steel carrier for the roof for the cans, but would really like a rear mounted bumper option. As for putting them on the hitch post, that's fine if you are not going to be offroading. The departure would smash them up.

Good luck.

G

[dеiтайожни]

Hmm... The hitch carrier would probably be the quickest thing. I'll see what I can come up with at the store later. thanks

[HummerNewbie]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

I'll see what I can come up with at the store later. thanks

You can pick one up pretty cheap at wally world.

[dеiтайожни]

Originally Posted by HummerNewbie

You can pick one up pretty cheap at wally world.

I'll check it out. Otherwise I'll just tie it to the bumper and drag it home, but I'll need a metal container for that.

[HummerNewbie]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

Otherwise I'll just tie it to the bumper and drag it home, but I'll need a metal container for that.

The sparks will be real pretty. For a little while at least

[Beastmaster]

I'm looking at adapting this with a 6 lug mounting plate for my wife's H3. Once that's done, I can carry 2 cans of gasoline, a Pioneer toolkit, and a Hi-Lift on it.

Modding this should be easy - have a shop plasma off the 5 bolt pattern mount, and weld a plate with a 6 lug pattern.

http://www.4x4products.com/cargoracks/904.html

[sltbluh3]

The tire gets in the way a little u cant have it folded all the way up then unflod it. So I put it on partially folded the wings just clear the tire so it can then be completely unfolded. It works great with propane tanks as well.

[evldave]

Originally Posted by Beastmaster

I'm looking at adapting this with a 6 lug mounting plate for my wife's H3. Once that's done, I can carry 2 cans of gasoline, a Pioneer toolkit, and a Hi-Lift on it.

Modding this should be easy - have a shop plasma off the 5 bolt pattern mount, and weld a plate with a 6 lug pattern.

http://www.4x4products.com/cargoracks/904.html

That looks like a good idea! You might be able to just re-drill the mounting plate for the 6-lug pattern, rather than pay for a shop to do the work.

A question, what about weight? Do you have your spare on there? With a spare (75#?) + highlift (40#?) + 10 gals of fuel (60#?) + toolkit (10#?), you are starting to put quite a bit of weight on the back. Especially if some is farther from the mounts - it will put more leverage on the mounting points that far back, when you do it you might want to check the mounting points regularly to make sure there isn't deformation of the sheetmetal on the door.