Jerry Can Crate

I have a bunch of off road and water toys with no gas station close by on land or water so I am always hauling jerry cans to fill things up. I looked at all of the various jerry can carriers but couldn't find something that worked well in my truck bed. They would only carry one or two cans and were really expensive. It turns out I already had a pretty good solution in the garage and didn't even know it. My Bigant collapsing crate is the perfect size for four jerry cans. I got it at Nortern Tool a couple of years ago. It won't work well for hauling cans offroad without some modifications but if you need to just haul jerry cans in your bed it works great.

 

Good idea. I have done the same with a plastic milk crate that holds two cans. I keep it and my other boxes of gear held up against the front of the bed with a load bar.

One suggestion is to put a piece of cardboard or other thin material between the cans to prevent pinholes in the cans developing from rubbing against each other. This seems unlikely but it has happened to me. It does take time to happen but less time if you spend much time off road or on bumpy dirt roads.