What do you all use to haul extra gas around in on your quads for those long trail rides? The regular red plastic type seem to leak like crazy when you jostle them around on a quad all day, no matter how tight you make the cap, and the flat pack types are WAY too expensive ($60+ for 3 or 4 gallons at Cabela's)! What do you all use? Pros? Cons?

 

Friends carry the plastic cans.
If you don't think those will work for you, a "Jerry Can" might be what you are looking for. You can pick them up cheap. (Military Surplus)
Any Army/Navy store should have them.

 

cranberry juice bottle last for years will not leak i bungy them to wherever i can and they work great

 

I just use the little red cans in the 1 1/2 gallon size. I carry two of them. They are attached on the back side of the rear rack. I have never noticed any leakage in the thousands of miles of trail riding I have done. I also don't fill them to the brim either. I leave room for expansion and compression covering different altitudes and temperatures. They have worked great so I will stick with them until someone comes up with a better idea.

 

1.5 gallon plastic gas can. That works out to about 30 miles of fuel (average). I built an additional rack behind the rear bumper that is supported by 2 inch square tube plugged into a 2 inch hitch hopper receiver mounted on/as the trailer hitch. I added a rear winch to that also. The basket is wire mesh - from a front rack/basket I believe. No leakage yet. About 700 miles on the system.

 

I strap a 2 gallon plastic can to my rear rack...use straps, bungee, no matter how tight you get it, can always find a way to jiggle loose and let the can come flying forward in the bumps...then it proceeds to hit you in the leg and hit the ground...hopefully if it hits your leg you can manage to kick it outof the way before you run it over...instead, use tie straps!!

 

Yes,
the stackable fuel packs are exspensive,but they work the best and dont leak.The good thing is that they can be installed on the FRONT rack if you desire,this way,when you hill climb,you dont have 3 gallons of added weight on the REAR of your ATV.

Its funny to see someone post about the exspense of a 80 dollar fuel pack,especially after they just spent 7k on their ATV purchase.Thats like buying a new luxury boat and than complaining of its lack of fuel milage?I look at the fuel pack as in investment for the rest of my ATV riding yrs,ready to work on any ATV I will ever buy.

Bill

 

<< Its funny to see someone post about the exspense of a 80 dollar fuel pack,especially after they just spent 7k on their ATV purchase.Thats like buying a new luxury boat and than complaining of its lack of fuel milage?I look at the fuel pack as in investment for the rest of my ATV riding yrs,ready to work on any ATV I will ever buy. >>



Well... that's just the way people are. You should know if you are in sales...

But everybody does not want the extra weight of a fuel pack which may cause their suspension bottom out, especially if a winch is also attached to the front end.

BTW, if weight re-distribution is a key item here. The fuel packs should be standard equipment on every King Quad sold.

In my case I use the small 2 1/2 gallon can from Sears, (seems to be the right height and width for atvying) stapped to my back rack. It does not leak, it's tied down with a ratchet strap and the weight distribution hasn't caused the quad to loop out yet. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

There are the smaller enduro jugs. They come in 1 and 2 qt sizes. I know it's not much fuel, but using more than one, you can stash them around different places. Rocky Mtn ATV, Dennis Kirk, Bob's Cycle etc all carry them.

Ken Thompson

 

<< Its funny to see someone post about the exspense of a 80 dollar fuel pack,especially after they just spent 7k on their ATV purchase.Thats like buying a new luxury boat and than complaining of its lack of fuel milage?I look at the fuel pack as in investment for the rest of my ATV riding yrs,ready to work on any ATV I will ever buy.

Bill >>



Muddy,
It's not so much the expense of the flat packs, it that they only hold 3 gallons or so for that $80. $80 buys quite a few of the 5-gal red plastic types and probably 2 or 3 of the metal Jerry-cans. If the flat pack is the only one that won't leak then I guess it will have to do. Do you have one? Where did you get it at? The only place I have seen them is at Cabela's. Before anyone wonders why I think 3 gallons isn't enough, here is the answer- Lets say you run your tank dry, that's about 4.5 gallons burned in the SP700, and now you need to get back. Worst case senerio- you will need another tank full to get home again. Granted, this is probably never gonna happen, but I like the idea of carrying an extra full tank worth of gas if I am going to go exploring somewhere I have never gone before.