Water on Tap

[Oz4WDriva]

Having been used to water readily available on the rear of several Land Rover Discoveries I was hard pressed not to do the same on the Grennie. Using a 22 litre Proquip plastic jerry can as the basis I set about making it fit. I utilised the 6 OEM ladder mounts and chose a partial welding and bolting arrangement to provide ease of assembly and disassembly if required.

The tap is located toward the car centre when the door is closed so that it is very accessible when open. It still provides access for quick hand rinse or whatever when the door is closed. It is a lever action tap, not a twist tap that comes with the jerry can. I have found the lever taps to be more easily used and reliable over time.

The rack also provides a quick mount for an LED camp light which can rotate through 360 degrees to provide light in any direction. I retained the ladder concept for build strength and it is there if needed.

Weights are: frame 10 kg, jerry can 1.5 kg and water 22 kg gives a total of 33.5 kg. This will be a dynamic load on the rear door so I will keep an eye on it, particularly on the corrugated roads in outback Australia.

 

[HugoB]

Nice job. I've been looking at something similar. The LeTech ladder is $1950 AUD and I just saw that GrenX have a ladder now as well, at $1650 AUD. Your solution looks more economical though I lack the tools and skills required at the moment.

I'd be curious to see how it goes over corrugated roads over the long term indeed. Keep us posted!

 

[Asnes]

I went with the vaast 18L tank, X-spec mount from expedition had with Joolca gravity fed tap…

 

[Barrett1]

Nice job. I've been looking at something similar. The LeTech ladder is $1950 AUD and I just saw that GrenX have a ladder now as well, at $1650 AUD. Your solution looks more economical though I lack the tools and skills required at the moment.

I'd be curious to see how it goes over corrugated roads over the long term indeed. Keep us posted!

I bought the LeTech ladder and it fits a Wavian fuel jerry can very nicely. I have a couple of wavian water containers and was hoping to use one of them. They are nice because they have a tap at the bottom and you can leave can in place and fill dog water, water bottles ect. Problem is that apparently they are thicker than the fuel jerry can and would rub on the paint, which is a no go. I saw some people have the front runner water can which apparently fits on the LeTech ladder but I noticed that the bottom spout is blocked by the base of the LeTech as it is inset. Anyone have a good water container solution for the LeTech? Wavian makes a stainless steel one that is very pricy and doesn't have a bottom spout but maybe that fits?

 

[LabRat]

I went with the vaast 18L tank, X-spec mount from expedition had with Joolca gravity fed tap…

Did you get this from a US distributor? I like this option.

 

[HugoB]

I bought the LeTech ladder and it fits a Wavian fuel jerry can very nicely. I have a couple of wavian water containers and was hoping to use one of them. They are nice because they have a tap at the bottom and you can leave can in place and fill dog water, water bottles ect. Problem is that apparently they are thicker than the fuel jerry can and would rub on the paint, which is a no go. I saw some people have the front runner water can which apparently fits on the LeTech ladder but I noticed that the bottom spout is blocked by the base of the LeTech as it is inset. Anyone have a good water container solution for the LeTech? Wavian makes a stainless steel one that is very pricy and doesn't have a bottom spout but maybe that fits?

Ah that's interesting. Where I live it's not legal to have fuel jerry's mounted on the outside of the vehicle, my use case is just to carry some extra water (already have an internal tank for 60L). In Australia the ProQuip 22L (https://www.proquip.com.au/plastic-fuel-water-cans/22l-heavy-duty/) are most common so I'm looking for a solution that suits this size. This jerry also has a bottom spout, which I agree you definitely want.

 

[TheDocAUS]

Some other options over at the list as well.

TANKS – WATER AND FUEL

1. Expedition HQ has a selection of water, diesel and water tanks, fuel here and water here;
2. DUNN & WATSON water tanks here;
3. The generic Jerry can used for fuel and water is commonly available. They can be carried inside the car (water), on the roof rack or molle panels on the car;
4. PAK Offroad has a water tank for the footwells in the rear, or a new roof rack mount with recovery tracks called the RACKTANK (unknown if the TUBTANK or Wheel arch tank can fit into the QM tub); (thanks to @globalgregors and @Rok_Dr);
5. VAAST has range of water tanks that can be mounted on a roof rack, inside the car or on Molle Panels;
6. ONTAP Portable Shower, Original here , Black Limited Edition here;
7. BOAB Offroad has fuel and water tanks, look here; and
8. ORS can fit stainless steel water tanks (including for the Grenadier, I have one installed), look here.

 

[Barrett1]

Ah that's interesting. Where I live it's not legal to have fuel jerry's mounted on the outside of the vehicle, my use case is just to carry some extra water (already have an internal tank for 60L). In Australia the ProQuip 22L (https://www.proquip.com.au/plastic-fuel-water-cans/22l-heavy-duty/) are most common so I'm looking for a solution that suits this size. This jerry also has a bottom spout, which I agree you definitely want.

I see you are in Australia. How come ronnie Dahl had multiple jerries mounted to the outside of his grenny including on the ladder in his series of review videos?

 

[TheDocAUS]

I see you are in Australia. How come ronnie Dahl had multiple jerries mounted to the outside of his grenny including on the ladder in his series of review videos?

Roads rules prohibit fuel on front and rear, but not sides. So he should have water on rear ladder and fuel on sides. He could also put a couple of the roofrack.

Plus Ronny had a diesel model, which is less of a risk verse petrol for accidental ignition.

 

[HugoB]

Some other options over at the list as well.

TANKS – WATER AND FUEL

1. Expedition HQ has a selection of water, diesel and water tanks, fuel here and water here;
2. DUNN & WATSON water tanks here;
3. The generic Jerry can used for fuel and water is commonly available. They can be carried inside the car (water), on the roof rack or molle panels on the car;
4. PAK Offroad has a water tank for the footwells in the rear, or a new roof rack mount with recovery tracks called the RACKTANK (unknown if the TUBTANK or Wheel arch tank can fit into the QM tub); (thanks to @globalgregors and @Rok_Dr);
5. VAAST has range of water tanks that can be mounted on a roof rack, inside the car or on Molle Panels;
6. ONTAP Portable Shower, Original here , Black Limited Edition here;
7. BOAB Offroad has fuel and water tanks, look here; and
8. ORS can fit stainless steel water tanks (including for the Grenadier, I have one installed), look here.

Great, thanks.

Have you seen anyone install this ladder? https://grenx.com.au/products/rear-ladder-with-jerry-can-holder-price

I wonder if it fits a ProQuip 22L jerry (have contacted them to find out). I've got an OnTap that I'd love to fit in there.

 

[Asnes]

Did you get this from a US distributor? I like this option.

No I ordered from Adam at expedition HQ and they shipped to me. Also got a second x-frame and pantry for the other side. Very easy to do business with. Shipping was DHL and they provided updates at each step of the way.