Carrying Extra Gas

[tourman]

If I go into remote areas, I'm thinking of carrying extra gas, say a 3 gallon can.

Anyone know if you need some type of special container for transport? Or if some design works better than others?

Was planning to use a regular plastic can.

 

[Jack Klarich]

Read here https://www.triketalk.com/forum/thr...el-When-Traveling-Problem-Solved-(for-me)#top

 

[Shortstop]

Been carrying a Rotopax mounted to my trailer for a few years now. Never needed it but the extra 2 gallons is there. Just remember to breath the cap at altitudes to release the pressure.

....ron

 

[Phu Cat]

Having worked in the refining business for a long number of years, I'm leery of carrying extra gas in the tour pak or our trunk as gasoline ignites so easily. That's why almost all barges that move gasoline around today are "double- skinned". But then, I've never experienced running out of gas either. Which is the lesser of two evils is up for debate.

PC

 

[CrystalPistol]

A buddy and his wife pulling a trailer on a long duration tour of the Dakotas, Wyoming, etc …. bought a new gas can, said it would not leak, he put it in the trailer where they had clothes, they got to a room, showered, prepping for a eat out supper … and all their stuff in the trailer smelled of gas. Sup[per was spent at a laundromat he said. Go figure. He was a truck driver whom once worked doing mobile home repossessions, … snagged one in Az. and stopped to check load & fuel up in NM, people were in it. LOL.

I had bought two 1 gallon new cans to carry on the trailer's tongue cooler rack, but never did carry it, was gonna make a new rack with provisions for a can either side of the cooler.

 

[tourman]

If I carried a gas can, I'd put it in a big bag!

 

[paws]

If I carried a gas can, I'd put it in a big bag!

I have done EXACTLY that... just in case...

 

[hogcowboy]

If I carried a gas can, I'd put it in a big bag!

What kind that won't be affected by gas should some escape? When I carried extra fuel it was in metal containers designed for fuel. I only hauled two quart sized bottles. And before I ran out I would dump it in the tank and start looking for a station. It was only could for about 20 miles so I still had to be very careful. Got mine from REI.

 

[Phu Cat]

Keep in mind gasoline has a quality called "vapor pressure". That means as it gets bumped around it's going to start exerting pressure on the container it's in. That's why anything nearby is going to start smelling of gaso.

While in the military I went to the base gas station and tried to put gaso. in an empty milk jug. I quickly learned why gaso. is called a solvent as it dissolved the milk jug.

PC

 

[CrystalPistol]

Keep in mind gasoline has a quality called "vapor pressure". That means as it gets bumped around it's going to start exerting pressure on the container it's in. That's why anything nearby is going to start smelling of gaso. … etc …

Why I bought the two 1 gallon jugs and was gonna carry beside the cooler outside of trailer on the tongue, could occasionally vent as desired but those jugs do well if left closed. Jugs are red plastic gas jugs, but I was gonna fashion a sheet steel holder or "pocket" on each end of cooler rack to be located in center under it's custom zippered cover. Gas can holders would have been open on top.

As it evolved ….. we never took a trike trip so far from gas as to cause concern, but I was thinking if we ever went out west on it pulling the trailer, like areas of Wyoming, Nevada, etc. I also modified my utility trailer to carry the trike in case I wanted to haul the trike out west, then ride local rides from Motel, etc. Had modified the cooler rack so it could be used on the trailer tongue OR with a 1.25" steel bar in the receiver in place of trailer.

 

[rhino 2]

That’s why electric vehicles are great you don’t have to worry about carrying extra gas Because you’ll never run out of gas..

 

[hogcowboy]

That’s why electric vehicles are great you don’t have to worry about carrying extra gas Because you’ll never run out of gas..

Let me know when you want to follow me on a little trip thru west Texas with your electric vehicle.

 

[rhino 2]

Let me know when you want to follow me on a little trip thru west Texas with your electric vehicle.

If you bring the extra battery's I'm game....:laugh:....