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Offline richardl

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« on: May 12, 2013, 11:14:25 AM »
I am wondering how to carry extra fuel and water. Is it OK to carry fuel and gas on the drawbar or am I better off with buying a roof cage? I can put more water inside the camper if I can pack it correctly and have thought about having the fuel in the car, but am put off by possible fumes.
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Offline GraemeL

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Re: carrying gear
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2013, 11:25:44 AM »
I wouldn't go putting liquids on the roof, it will increase the centre of gravity and I certainly would not carry any fuel inside the car.

If I had to carry water and fuel, I would try to have it spread over the trailer to try and keep the weight even, failing that, it would be on the draw bar.
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Re: carrying gear
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2013, 11:29:53 AM »
Have heard of people buying flexible water cells and putting them on the floor of the camper for travelling, and empty them first them roll them up and store when empty

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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2013, 12:06:27 PM »
I have a few different options for carrying extra water and or fuel all depending on the trip I am doing and the fluid I am going to need more of ( petrol or water)
Although I do have 120 litres of water in the camper trailer in tanks and 40 litres on the side in containers.
I have a 100 litre flexi tank which I place behind the front seats on the patrol on the floor for water ( can also go on roof racks)
I have a boab hard plastic water tanks which is moulded for behind the seat of the patrol which is about 40 litres of water and is low enough for kids to sit in the back seat if necessary.
I have 2 x 50 litre boab water tanks which go on the roof rack of the patrol or camper trailer if needed.

As far as fuel goes I have 2 long range tanks on the patrol to give 225 usable litres of fuel
60 litres in jerry cans on the side of the trailer.
2 x 40 litre jerry can holders for the roof rack of the car or camper trailer.
 I find as long as I keep to under 100 kg on the roof of the patrol I don't noticed the centre of gravity change.

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Re: carrying gear
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2013, 02:17:45 PM »
Free surface effect is the thing you really want to avoid with liquids. Good analogy for this is like sloshing in a mug v cup of tea/coffee. The smaller the area where the mouth goes the less "slosh".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_surface_effect
Big problem on ships, like ferries, where as little as 2cm of water on a vehicle deck has turned a ship over.
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