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[Colorado Mark]

I got my idea from another thread where someone did this.  They used steel.  I used aluminum plate.  I painted the top & bottom white to kind of match the camper.

 

 

I used Rotopax mounts & containers. I can carry water jugs (2 gallons = 16 pounds) or fuel, 3.5 gallons (19 pounds)

 

One jack weighs 20 pounds and I figure the bracket can at least support 1/4 the weight of the camper.

 

[CougarCouple]

Hi CM 

I like the way you think, Clever secure and look's nice.

Russ

[ntsqd]

I'm sure that it can, but a jack has almost no moment (leverage) on the bracket. The average lever length in the pics above is the distance from the mounting stud to the jack bracket. The simple way to delete that leverage is to add a bracket that ties into the camper at the corner between the bed-rail over-hang and the inner vertical panel. Even better if you add an 'L' bracket that ties the whole bottom of the mounting plate to that corner of the camper.

[kmacafee]

The jack has a lot of leverage on that bracket. Catch the bottom of a jack on something solid and it will rip the corner off the camper.

[ntsqd]

It does, but I wasn't very clear that I was talking about in the direction of from the bracket to the fuel jug mounting stud and thinking more about simple vibration from going down the road than a one-time snag..

[kmacafee]

It does, but I wasn't very clear that I was talking about in the direction of from the bracket to the fuel jug mounting stud and thinking more about simple vibration from going down the road than a one-time snag..

Agree totally.

[kluber]

Mark,

 

I fabricated almost the same set up, again using .33 aluminum.  To address the potential issue of a lever arm on the portion of the fabricated mount furthest toward the center of the camper / furthest away from the jack bracket, I placed a solid screw through the fabricated mount (countersunk so it doesn't rub on the Rotopax) and into the frame of the FWC.  I placed a rubber spacer between the fabricated mount and the camper.  The screw went through the plate, through the rubber spacer, and into the FWC frame to hold the mount off / away from the camper and give it support on that side.  

 

And I dig your pain job : )

 

Karl

[Colorado Mark]

Thanks Karl,

 

That's a great idea!!  Sounds like a trip to the hardware store is in the near future.

 

Maybe this weekend.  It's supposed to snow tonight in the Denver area.  18" in the mountains that are already 10' deep.  Gonna skip camping next weekend during Memorial weekend. Amateur hour/weekend.

 

With all the snow we have, most the high country is going to be closed until July.  All the open lower areas are going to be packed with 40', triple slide out, generator run all night-weekend warriors.

 

Not my cup of tea.

[MountainSufi]

Here's the AT can holder setup: http://store.adventu...ER/Can-Holders/

 

They sell an $89 bracket for use with FWC's. Ouch. You need to also buy their $134 heavy duty holder.

 

Seems to me there's soooo many people mounting jerry cans to jack brackets, if that was a  rweak point we'd know for certain.

 

BTW, in some states carrying gasoline jerry cans on the outside of a vehicle is illegal. A solution... Buy Blue jerry cans for water, put a wrap of red electricians tape around the handle to remind you, and fill'em with gas!

Edited by MountainSufi, 22 May 2019 - 10:31 PM.