legal to carry gas cans on tire carrier?
 

My rear bumper (Bulletproof) allows for 2 Gerry cans to be secured to
it, but as I get ready for a trip from IL to UT, I am wondering if it
is legal for me to put two cans full of gas on the bumper's holders.
Are there any DOT or state restrictions on carrying external gas cans?
Thanks.
Brent
'98 TJ Sahara

Re: legal to carry gas cans on tire carrier?
 

I've had the same experience, nobody in Utah seems to care. Same with
beadlock wheels.

Tim


"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote in message
news:ko0ngv4ra898h0snukeshof7ite4sefcp5@4ax.com...
> Dunno in your area, but no one hassled me for the cans on the back of my
rig when I
> was in UT.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 02:42:43 GMT, dbe TJ98 Sahara <jeep@TJentcorp.com
(remove TJ for
> email)> wrote:
>
> >>My rear bumper (Bulletproof) allows for 2 Gerry cans to be secured to
> >>it, but as I get ready for a trip from IL to UT, I am wondering if it
> >>is legal for me to put two cans full of gas on the bumper's holders.
> >>Are there any DOT or state restrictions on carrying external gas cans?
> >>Thanks.
> >>Brent
> >>'98 TJ Sahara
>

Re: legal to carry gas cans on tire carrier?
 

I carried plastic cans on my roof rack from Houston -> OK -> CO -> WY -> UT
and then back from UT -> NM -> NV -> NM -> TX and no cops seemed to care...
I see people carrying them on the receiver hitch carriers all the time...
Either there is no law against it or none of the cops know or care about
it...

Re: legal to carry gas cans on tire carrier?
 

"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM.houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3Q6Pa.51825$XV.3361755@twister.austin.rr.com. ..
> I carried plastic cans on my roof rack from Houston -> OK -> CO -> WY ->
UT
> and then back from UT -> NM -> NV -> NM -> TX and no cops seemed to
care...
> I see people carrying them on the receiver hitch carriers all the time...
> Either there is no law against it or none of the cops know or care about
> it...
>
>

I've read that in Canada it is against the law to carry gas cans outside the
frame of the vehicle, and it is enforced up there.

Re: legal to carry gas cans on tire carrier?
 

"Grumman-581" wrote ...
> they would let me take my .45 into the country with me

Ooops... Fumble fingers strikes again... Change "would let" to "wouldn't
let"...