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Rbertalotto
Explorer
Jul 04, 2013

Home Made Gerry Can Bracket

My Palomino Bronco hangs off the back of my Short Bed Dodge about 18". This leaves a nice area on the sides to mount a gas can with back up fuel for the generator.

I whipped up a bracket to hold it this morning.

To secure the bottom of the can I made a bracket to bolt into the side and bottom of the camper:



It is basically two pieces of aluminum angle iron bolted together with a piece of bicycle inner tube stretched over to make tight and not wear on the gerry can.



Then I made a left and a right bracket to attach a ratchet strap to.



A simple piece of angle iron with a half inch bolt as an anchor point for the ratchet strap. A piece of inner tube keeps abrasive edges away from the gerry can



The can is mounted and secured with a ratchet strap.

This is the left attachment:


And this is the right:






Starting to look very ADVENTUROUS!

1 Reply

  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer III
    Looking good....

    I still have a bunch these left over from my Jeep running days...

    have no idea what these cost these days... They were rather inexpensive in the days gone past...

    These new style thin gas containers look interesting as well...


    Ever since I ran across one of these down under Aussy off-road units I have been wanting to make similar arrangements to my off-road trailer using the same idea in the front deck area which I use just use for packing in supplies... My basic trailer is a 12-foot model



    Carrying extra gasoline cans and fresh water cans along with two or three gray water containers to dump waste water with is always a big need when camping off the power grid trails...

    Roy Ken

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