Photog said:
Vince,
Do you have your fuel can rack on a different link?
No, there really arent' any good pics of the swing out fuel can assembly on any other links. I put it together over two years ago and it's held up fine. You could make your own variations but here's the basic process:
1. Cut some 1/8" diamond plate to slightly increase the surface area of the bumper and bolt to bumper. (Don't put any bolts where the cans will sit.)
2. Use the basic blitz can holder and beef it up a little with some flat metal strips. Add an approx 12" vertical piece of angle iron that the hinges can be attached to. (I just used 3 cheap door hinges on each side)
3. Create a vertical post that the hinged can holders can be attached to. I used a approx. one foot 3/4" threaded bolt that I bolted to each side of the bumper. Then slide a square piece of metal tubing over this bolt (so the hinges from the can assembly can be attached to it) This vertical post assembly sits just barely outside the tailgate when it's dropped. The vertical post assembly is anchored to the stock tailgate latch "catches" that you can see when the tailgate is down. (sorry, don't know exactly what they're called). Span the gap between the vertical post assembly and the latch "catch" with a short piece of steel sheet.
Not very clear I know...but that's about the best I can do. One of the benefits that I didn't think of when I made it is that I frequently put a tall, large ammo can holder from army surplus (virutally the same size as the blitz can) in one side as a garbage can...then I don't have to carry my garbage in the back living/camping quarters of the truck.
PS - If I were to do it over, I'd use Wedco cans and can holders because, if I remember correctly, it's the Wedco cans that can sit horizontally. (although they're more expensive) The one drawback of my design is that when I have cans in the holders, they have to be swung out in order to open the rear window of the flippac...because the top of the blitz cans sit just above the lip of the tailgate so you can't open the rear window unless they're swung out.