jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: Jerry Cans
Fair enough Bluey. I guess you just need to plan your trip in the Broken Hill area carefully, so this won't happen. Gordon (a member of our forum) who lives near me went to Broken Hill from Sydney with a camper van and he didn't mention facing a problem finding fuel there. Not sure if he has taken any jerry cans in his van, but I'll ask him.
HERE are all the servos in the Broken Hill region.
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23/Jun/2008, 10:25 pm
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: Jerry Cans
You might want to check out the home-made bracket for the spare tyre which John has made HERE and use these two points to secure a jerry can in place with a bracket.
Just a thought.
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23/Jun/2008, 10:41 pm
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
TOTAL POSTS: 6355
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Re: Jerry Cans
Hi Bluey,
I thought it was illegal to use plastic gerry cans for fuel and I have always only used metal.
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24/Jun/2008, 4:59 pm
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trailx
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 10-2005
Location: way west of Mareeba FNQ
TOTAL POSTS: 1233
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Re: Jerry Cans
From my experience you can go almost anywhere in Australia on a bitumen road, and not need to carry additional fuel.
It's important to plan ahead wherever you go.
You could find yourself on the Stuart Highway (or any other Outback highway) with the road closed due to an accident - and you were counting on refueling at the next stop, whoops you might just have to sleep in your car. If you've got extra fuel you can backtrack and sleep in a motel or caravan park. It's not likely but you never know when you might have to backtrack.
So it's a good idea to stop at most of the roadhouses, besides you'll have been driving for a couple hours by the time you get there and should stop anyway. Don't hassle about the extra cost, if we don't support these remote roadhouses they will close, and some already have over the years. There are only just enough to get by now.
I know I wouldn't be going down any dirt roads without spare fuel, no matter where I had to put it. I'm planning on going back over to Darwin to live again in the next couple months, hopefully over the Savannah Way thru Lawn Hill and Borroloola this time - just have to check whether I can tow my trailer thru - and of course whether I will have to carry extra fuel. If I don't take the trailer, the fuel will have to go inside the vehicle.
Last edited by trailx, 24/Jun/2008, 8:27 pm
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24/Jun/2008, 8:26 pm
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