Pics of jerry can mounting options

[scott]

20+ yrs in the Navy, I know the importance of a good pair of shower shoes. Amazing what a simple papertowel can do to a shipboard toilet.

20+, me too, coming up on 23 but never been on those grey floaty things

[msggunny]

20+, me too, coming up on 23 but never been on those grey floaty things

Doc? Seriously!

Wow.

Going out on the USS San Antionio this summer. Bran new ship, friggin bad ass.

But i will bet that the ****ters still get backed up.

[greenmeanie]

I will say this mount by itself is about as heavy as a whole spare tire on the back of the door.

A full 5 gallon NATO pattern jerry can weighs 40lbs. twp on the back puts you at 80lbs plus that rather serious piece of ironmongery. That's more than average spare.

Cheers
Gregor

[yorker]

Gregor:

I was told years ago that most of the British Army jerry can carriers were made/installed at a unit level- do you know anything about that? I thionk I've seen some take offs for sale on Ebay that mounted between the front seats on a 109 and other various locations.

[greenmeanie]

Yorker,
That depends on the vehicle. Most jerry can holders you'll see on ebay are from either a Bedford MJ/MK or a 101 and most were factory fit. As a rule the MOD doesn't like jerry's inside the cab of a vehicle. Now a water can is no problem but fuel is a big nono. Traditionally, the locker in the rear tub side of a 109 was for Jerry cans.

On the other hand, you are absolutely correct about the unit level modification/fabrication. A common mod on the 101 was to mount water jerrycans on the rear at each side of the tailgate.

They do, however, have to meet the road safety standards for the UK. That means no jerry's on the front or side of the vehicle. This applies to all GS vehicles with exceptions for the usual combat machines such as the 110 DPV. I suppose that if it is expected that people are going to be shooting at you the threat of a fuel can rupturing in a crash becomes soemwhat less of a concern.

On older pictures from the 50's and 60's you'll see trucks with mounts on the front wings just above the bumper just the same as many period expedition vehciles used to have. When the UK laws changed that practice disappeared in the army too. I think that moving to the late IIA III headlight arrangement also helped that change.

Now, the army being the army I'll gurrantee soemone has a piccie of a truck with a front mount Jerrycan.

Cheers
Gregor

[yorker]

The ones I saw for sale were off of 109 FFR's I think. Skytop Rover in Phila. PA had them.