Willow Plastic Jerry Cans

Stephen,

Got 2 in my camper and have been over some rough terrain and so far no probs. make sure that they don't rattle around too much.

Grrr!!!

They were on special at Supercheap(WA) this week for $20.
I plan on having mine sitting on some thick carpet or sponge and wrapped in a towel or something

G'day Steve,

I have long been (and still am) a big fan of the ex-army steel jerries (ONLY the ex-army ones), but I've had a few of the red plastic Willow ones (1x 20L & 4x 10L) for quite a while, and IMO they are as good as anything on the market (AND, they are made right here in good ol' OZ;-)) .. screw the cap down firmly, & never a hint of a leak...
BTW, if you don't need 'em urgently and are prepared to shop around a bit, you can do much better than $29.00 .. from memory, I think I paid less than $20 for the 20L, & about $11ea for the 10L ones, but ya gotta get 'em when they're "on special"...

I find the 10l ones handy as they allow a few more options re packing.. e.g., 2 of 'em will fit neatly into one of them plastic "cube thingys", & can be packed among other stuff where a 20L would have to be laid on it's side..

Regards,
Ed. C.

Hi Stephen,
we are heading down to the high country next week as well and staying at pineapple flat,I got two of those jerry's on my camper and they are pretty good,throw them in the truck as well sometimes.....
Shad..!MPG:6!

Stehen,don't know about the Willow but have got the other black plastic ones well known brand (escapes the mind for now) & they travel pretty good out n about rough corrogated rds (100s of ks) & no problems.
Rob.

becareful of the ones from bunnings...... They have 2same size filler holes and the seals always fall out and as a consequence leak. i bought one a few months ago and it leaked immiediatly i took it back and they replaced it. but would not get one of those again. I have 10 20l drums, from super cheap as well. Paid $20 ea almost 2 years ago. They are still going strong. They used to get used bevery day sliding around in the tray. I now only take 3 camping these days as I also have a 200 litre tank on the tray. the other 3 are just spares in case the 200l ruptures

Thankyou all, looks like they are the go, rang around today cheapest were super cheap at $28.99 so will grab a couple tomorrow, unfortunately wont have time to wait for the specials should have pulled my finger out before hand when they have had store specials. Thanks again. Regards Steve M

Stephen, The Willow at Supercheap are the same as those at Bunnings. If Supercheap are cheaper than Bunnings they will beat supercheap by 10%.
Yes I work at Bunnings, I have the yellow and mine have not leaked, carried in back of 60 series. I got mine at 10% below supercheap, every bit helps.
David

Hi Stephen

I think they are probably best jerry you can buy at any price.

Because they have no air bleed to leak and a single very large easy to use screw on cap and weight about 1.5kg less than steel ones .

We regularly cary 22lt each in ours , and while not good practice will take almost 24lt fill to the top. But of course you have to de-cant some after trip start to avoid expansion issues.

Waited round for various specials from supercheap for the 8 we have which ranged in price from $16 to $20 each.

Robin Miller

I have both the yellow Willow and the black Rheem, and they have both been good jerrycans, but I pack them tight.

Advantage of the Willow is that they have a single, wider lid, which will accept the fast fill diesel at the truckstops (Rheem won't). And I reckon, one lid is all you need anyway.

I use a funnel with a strainer when emptying, because the spouts that come with both cans make it messy, and I like to make sure there is no water or debris going into the tank.

Cheers
Phil

I purchased 5 of the red ones from Supercheap a month ago when they were on special for $19, every one of them leaked under the cap due to bad molding of the plastic where the cap seals, maybe they were seconds thats why they were cheap? mine were returned, all the others they had left were the same, tested by screwing the cap on and standing on them.
Chris