Underside Jerry Can Mount

I thought I would share my solution for carrying additional gasoline. For years I have carried Rotopax 2 gallon units mounted to my Frontrunner roof rack. I can carry up to four 2 gallon canisters of either gas or water.

However, I generally wheel in the desert for days at a time and my Rotopax have swelled significantly. As they are mounted horizontally, I am not able to bleed them once a day as the manufacturer recommends.

My solution is to keep the water on the Rotopax mounts on the roof and to install a 5-gallon Jerry can in the empty space under the rear deck. I bolted a mount that lets me drop the can straight down out of the mount but holds it tightly when secured and padlocked in. The lowest portion of the tank is still 3 inches above the bottom of my rear bumper. I just bolted the mount onto the frame rail. I only had to move the trailer wiring plug over a few inches.

I really only have the gas for an emergency as this would not be convenient to take on and off each day. But it gets the weight off my roof and I no longer have bloating Rotopax.