Plastic Jerrys on the Roof?

[10G]

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience carrying those 20litre plastic jerrys on their roof rack. I'm wondering when laid on the side, do they leak out the breather. I have 6 of the Sceptor ones made in Canada which are very good quality plastic ones.

Or any other way I could carry 2 20L jerrys outside the vehicle.

Thanks for any help.

[liftlid]

Fill em with water and give it a try

[jay see]

I've ran them once and they didn't leak, but they do balloon out just need to release pressure.

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[Woof]

You can purchase holders from ARB that bolt onto roof racks

[10G]

Fill em with water and give it a try

Hey that's a good idea, good old common sense.

Thanks.

[BillsGU]

Don't be like a lot of numbtees we come across and carry full cans all around Oz. Fill them at the last place you can possibly get fuel and then pour them into your tanks as soon as possible (like stopping for morning tea). Always plan to carry EMPTY cans whenever possible.

[Sprock]

☝🏼️more common sense advice that is often not thought of by a lot of people , saves carrying full jerrycans unnecessarily, avoids heat expansion / pressure , leaking & making a mess & then losing the fuel which defeats the purpose of carrying the 'extra' fuel . Tip it into the main tank as soon as it will fit 👍🏼

[MudRunnerTD]

Fill em with water and give it a try

you won't really get the same heat expansion as fuel though i would not have thought.

I have carried plastic fuel jerry not eh roof quite a few times. I make a point of tightening the caps with Multigrips before they go on the roof. make sure you have those multi grips to undo when you need to. as noted empty as soon as you can.

[threedogs]

Protect them from rubbing on each other using carpet or rubber conveyor belt [thin]

[caveman21]

Protect them from rubbing on each other using carpet or rubber conveyor belt [thin]

This is the key on rutted tracks good vibration protection and every stop give them a check that lids are tight , I ran 2 jerrys on a roofrack bracket and had a large syphon hose long enough to reach the tank without removal of jerrys and had 2 straps on each can .Done 8500km through the kimberlys for 3months no spillages