Imnosaint
Adventurer
I'm not really into recycling, I'm just cheap. In researching jerry can mounts and places to mount them on the Gen III Monty (there really aren't any, though Inyo_man engineered this fine mount), I came across RotoPax, made by Great Outdoors LLC in Utah. They've created a clever pack (can) and mount system that uses the spare for a foundation.
Trouble is this particular mount is out of stock, and for the Monty I'd only be able to use one mount on top of the tire instead of flanking it with two due to the right side tail lights and license plate being obscured.
The first mod I made on the Monty when I bought it a few years ago was ridding it of the gentrifying spare tire cover. It was cracked and the clearcoat was peeling off like a bad sunburn. It's trained behind a shed in the backyard all this time; perfect material for a mount of my own making.
I rough cut a 20" section out of the cover, dog-eared and cleaned it up with a file. I thought the material might be too brittle to have any tensile strength or be workable, but it worked well.
I then cut four 2" slots for a 1.5 inch cargo strap, and then using material from an old donor Pelican case fashioned a 5" by 7" plate and riveted it to the spare-cover plate. The result...
This will be used to mount the pack mount that will hold two three-gallon gas packs.
Solid, no torque that I can induce on it. My only concern is adding the weight of six gallons of fuel to the door mechanism.
Road tests to follow...
Trouble is this particular mount is out of stock, and for the Monty I'd only be able to use one mount on top of the tire instead of flanking it with two due to the right side tail lights and license plate being obscured.
The first mod I made on the Monty when I bought it a few years ago was ridding it of the gentrifying spare tire cover. It was cracked and the clearcoat was peeling off like a bad sunburn. It's trained behind a shed in the backyard all this time; perfect material for a mount of my own making.
I rough cut a 20" section out of the cover, dog-eared and cleaned it up with a file. I thought the material might be too brittle to have any tensile strength or be workable, but it worked well.
I then cut four 2" slots for a 1.5 inch cargo strap, and then using material from an old donor Pelican case fashioned a 5" by 7" plate and riveted it to the spare-cover plate. The result...
This will be used to mount the pack mount that will hold two three-gallon gas packs.
Solid, no torque that I can induce on it. My only concern is adding the weight of six gallons of fuel to the door mechanism.
Road tests to follow...