Jerry Can holder for TireGate HG Series

[hilljb]

I was lucky last year and found a Tiregate HG Series hitch mounted tire holder for about half the MSRP on Craigslist. The owner wasn't happy with it because it holds the tire a fair distance off the rear end of the vehicle.

Wilco, the makers of Tiregate, make a jerry can holder for my device, but I have two problems with it. Firstly, it holds the cans very high and I wouldn't be able to open the rear window with cans that far in the air. Secondly, it costs $330 USD. Here's what their device looks like.

Wilco Tiregate Jerry Can Holder

I decided to see if I could make my own alternative. I bought two jerry can holders on Amazon for $35 each and realized that I could mount them to the tiregate pretty easily. I went to Home Depot and bought several feet of 2"x3/8" steel bar, drilled and hole-dozed it to fit the 1" tiregate mounts, and mounted the jerry can holders directly to that. Another steel bar runs across the lower section and is bolted to the tiregate to ensure that the cans don't sway. It is primed and painted so it shouldn't rust.

The jerry cans sit about 1" off the gate of the truck and about 1" on top of the bumper step. I can open the back window without issues.

My Homemade Jerry Can Holder

I know ... most people use the red cans for standard unleaded. Red cans were available, but they were horribly rated so I went with the user-rated green cans by another manufacturer that were available.

[bartonmd]

Good job!

[Trail X]

Looks really nice! How about a picture of how it looks with the tire gate closed, from the rear and from the side?

[hilljb]

Here are some photos taken during this weekend's adventure over Tincup Pass near Buena Vista, Colorado.

Here's the view from the back. The shovel straps on nicely between the jerry cans and the tire gate.

back view

And the view from the side.

side view

From the back and to the passenger side.

back and side view

[v7guy]

Looks nice, seems to fit perfect.

I picked up a 4 pack of green Jerry cans off Amazon a few weeks back, came out to about $32 a piece I think. Maybe we grabbed the same ones. They were well reviewed. After seeing em in person I understand why.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Got a link to ones you liked cause I need to replace a few.

[v7guy]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/mobile/dp/B00 ... B00NA6MXLK

Right now all they have is red and blue, I've had a couple laying sideways sliding around in the back for a couple weeks and no leaks even with a decent temp swing of 50s to well over 90. Internal vent tube, epoxy coated inside and out, seem pretty alright.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Thanks