Do you carry extra fuel
We do a lot of driving at over night and on our trip last year I almost ran out of diesel because a couple of gas station were closed and the ones that were open didn't have diesel. I try to plan our ...
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garyhaupt wrote:
I have been planning a long foray into the hnterlands here in BC, just south of Vanderhoof. Using Google maps, I am showing an 8 hour drive, which means I am going to run out of fuel. There may be a resort in there that sells fuel..maybe..or maybenot. Or it's dirty...or has water in it. I also plan to be in for a week or 10 days...fishing and so on.
I want to find a way to take two 30L fuel jugs and it has been a struggle. I have suspened two using some rope..just to give the idea.
There is an outfit in Utah that has come up with a design but it's a 500 dollar bill to get it to me. But, I am trying to create my own, based on his...I am going to see if I can get two fuel can carriers like Smiitybuilt, and if they have a metal plate, thread a wide cargo strap thru to secure them, and then run the strap around the spare...one can on each side of the tire. There is one can in this pic and a step or whatever that is on the right outside. I'd just put another can carrier there.
For those that want to see where I am going...
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Vanderhoof,+BC/Tatuk+Lake,+Bulkley-Nechako+F,+BC/Batnuni+Lake,+Cariboo+I,+BC/Vanderhoof,+BC/@53.9298763,-123.9196379,7825m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m36!4m35!1m5!1m1!1s0x53884f048d4f669f:0xceeb0fc660f11f09!2m2!1d-123.9284497!2d53.9055213!1m10!1m1!1s0x53881d25866636e5:0xceb5166a3cbda587!2m2!1d-124.2608944!2d53.5337916!3m4!1m2!1d-124.5293092!2d53.4700973!3s0x5477e5bb1831b00b:0x3ac668296c5a995f!1m10!1m1!1s0x5387ffc7c550fd13:0x80381ae2c3586fb4!2m2!1d-124.0116833!2d53.3679891!3m4!1m2!1d-123.6605568!2d53.7527801!3s0x53886e59cc3f2047:0xef0cf7c046b6a1c1!1m5!1m1!1s0x53884f048d4f669f:0xceeb0fc660f11f09!2m2!1d-123.9284497!2d53.9055213!3e0?hl=en
Gary Haupt
You probably have considered the significant increase in weight you would be adding to the fasteners/welds that hold the spare tire to the vehicle. You must also account for "shock loads". This could be very significant when all that weight goes up a bump and then comes banging down with two or three times the force of the weight alone.
I would re-think this idea a bit. Or re-design the spare tire carrier and fastening to at least three times its current capacity.
