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Jeep/Trailer Jerry Can locations

Post by thidisbogus » Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:41 pm

I am looking at putting some additional jerry cans on the jeep and 1/4 ton trailer. I want to make sure they are in spots that are close to actual field mod locations. Any of you guys have any photos you could post that show some examples?


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Re: Jeep/Trailer Jerry Can locations

Post by tipdog » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:24 am

What era? WWII - passenger side running board was a common location for an extra holder to be mounted. Not many trailers had cans mounted on them that I've seen. Post-WWII the US Marine Corps mounted holders on the 1/4 ton trailers forward of the wheels. Google images for M-416B1 trailer for examples.

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Post by lucakiki » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:07 pm

There is plenty, literally, of WWII images with side mounted jerrycans on jeep.
I have never, up to this day, seen one single WWII picture showing a jerrycan bracket on a G-529 trailer.
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Re: Jeep/Trailer Jerry Can locations

Post by REG » Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:00 am

lucakiki wrote:There is plenty, literally, of WWII images with side mounted jerrycans on jeep.
I have never, up to this day, seen one single WWII picture showing a jerrycan bracket on a G-529 trailer.
Me neither - but it makes such good sense!

To keep the discussion going, though, where would you put one? I'd favour the front LHS myself
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Post by wjohn » Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:11 pm

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we used to carry them in the back of the trailer. more likely to survive a rollover....

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Post by hell-fire » Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:54 am

I may have a photo of an Aussie Bantam Trailer with one but I will have to go through a ton of discs to find it but either way the main reason I think it wasn't widspread is because the trailer could loose is ability to float by the hole drilling.
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Post by lt.luke » Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:11 pm

The trailer IS a location to hold Gerry cans. And pretty much anything else that fits. Don't over think it like the "expeditionary trailer" guys do today. Toss em in and go!

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Post by thidisbogus » Mon Apr 11, 2016 6:14 pm

Thank you guys for your input! Sorry I am so tardy responding. Era I would like to be correct for is WW2.
I hear you about throwing the cans in the trailer, but I was hoping to save that space for canvas tent, supplies etc as much as possible. I wonder if there are the sealing type washers available for the bolts so that it would not affect the trailer's floating ability?

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Post by Marty, SoCal » Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:28 pm

The later USMC setup bolts through the frame rails, not the body. A small extension is welded to the bottom of the frame rail to support a standard can bracket. I also use a couple footman loops to help keep the cans from rattling. I added them to my M-100 years ago, they sure are handy!

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Post by thidisbogus » Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:13 pm

Thank you!!!

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Post by Mark Tombleson » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:47 pm

I agree with Luca. :D

However there are possibilities.
My friend Paulie used this solution.

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Cute is the word I would use! :D :wink:

Here are others... shown on an M100:
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I'm not saying this is right or condoning this type of modification but you can do what you want as it is your trailer. :|
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Re: Jeep/Trailer Jerry Can locations

Post by tipdog » Wed May 04, 2016 12:32 pm

That's an M416, Mark. :wink:

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Re: Jeep/Trailer Jerry Can locations

Post by Chuck Lutz » Wed May 04, 2016 1:11 pm

Safety First....

Bad enough we are sitting on 10-15 gallons of gas...at least the standard jeep carrier location is up high enough and partially protected by the spare tire in case of some rear-enders. Adding additional "targets" for errant automobiles to sideswipe on the side of the jeep or trailer or even worse, across the rear of the trailer does not seem to embrace the "Safety First" idea at all.

Hang the cooler or the tent or other non-explosive items OUTSIDE of the trailer or jeep if you are cramped for space but if you are carrying one or more jerrycans weighting almost 40-50 lbs each then you may have a balance problem when hitching/un-hitching the trailer anyway.

Put'em where they AIN'T a big target for cars or poles or whatever....as far away from humans (in the trailer) as possible incase of an accident.

I'm reminded of the footage from the Battle of the Bulge where a GI is driving a jeep and there is an inferno flaming behind him from exactly where the jerry can would be....

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Re: Jeep/Trailer Jerry Can locations

Post by Marty, SoCal » Sun May 08, 2016 7:40 am

Cautions duly noted!

I try to use up the gas from the extra fuel cans, be they on the rear of the jeep or on the side of my trailer at the first opportunity usually about 80-100 miles after the last cheap gas station. I usually will load one water can and one fuel can on my expeditions into the SoCal deserts.

Having the gas and/or water cans, which as we know are prone to seeps, on the outside keeps any spillage from contaminating the camping gear I haul in the trailer. With both cans full and a load in the trailer, the tongue weight is still manageable. I'm working out the mounting of a couple can carriers on my new teardrop, since my Scrambler does not have a can rack of it's own.


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