Thinking about spare fuel container location
OK, read all I could find in past posts but would like to hear (read) current inputs about a possible location for a 1 gallon heavy duty plastic gas can. :yikes:
If you have a small trailer (OK, like the one I posted pics on recently) and put a 1 gallon container inside it (say, packed in soft foam wrapping), how much "shaking and (internal) splashing" would you expect on most rides and roads?
Not having one before, and not having a "Go-PRO" to film it :roflblack: I'm trying to get a feel for how much shaking do you actually get routinely inside these little trailers that are attached to the swing arm hitch and have no road shock suppression except for their springs.
In most minds is this enough to label the carrying of this container and gas this way DANGEROUS and DON"T DO? :dontknow:
Even in our short time (going on 5 years) with the Spyder, we have been on trips where, without warning anywhere, it was over 100 miles more without any services or gas. :banghead: For most cars/trucks that's obviously not a concern, but YES we were anxious all the way.
Pics of 1 gal gas can on trailer tongue
Finally decided to stop overthinking the problem :banghead: and (using what I could find in my workshop at home) just do what some others had done.:ohyea:
Nothing unusual, but for anyone interested, today I posted in "albums" 5 pics taken yesterday, of my solution for holding a 1 gal gas can on the tongue of our HF trailer.
There is also a 1/4" layer of vibration dampening material (as used by some to dampen vibration and shaking of washers/dryers/etc) between the aluminum plate and the tongue.
Just FYI.