[chris@c.m.s]

  It seems that a few of use on the forum carry 25lt containers in our cars, on Wednesday I had to do an emergency stop, some idiot pulled out without looking, I was immediately aware of the container behind the driving seat pushing forward and it did so at such a force that it has broken my driver seat    one can only imagine what damage they could do in a serious impact, food for thought as I had previously had 2 of them behind the rear seats while taking the kids to school, I think if you are carrying these in the car some serious thought needs to go into where you are placing them.

[jeff1]

  It seems that a few of use on the forum carry 25lt containers in our cars, on Wednesday I had to do an emergency stop, some idiot pulled out without looking, I was immediately aware of the container behind the driving seat pushing forward and it did so at such a force that it has broken my driver seat    one can only imagine what damage they could do in a serious impact, food for thought as I had previously had 2 of them behind the rear seats while taking the kids to school, I think if you are carrying these in the car some serious though needs to go into where you are placing them.

If I carry 25ltr containers, I strap them down with a ratchet strap, Mine was used for holding harrier jump jets on the deck of an aircraft carrier, I fix it to the seat belt anchors in the back, I have had to pull up sharp and they never moved.
I think a lot of guy's on here strap them in?

[master cleaner]

this is exactly the reason why i bought a van with a bulkhead , i used an astra estate for 3 months and had 6-8 containers in the back and a 125ltr omnitrolley , i started having serious doubts about what would happen in a smash so i quickly changed to a van and a securly fitted 400ltr tank

thanx
gary

[ronaldo]

I carry 10 25 litre barrels on the back of my pick up every day plus 2 backpacks and a trolley and stacks of other bits and pieces that us wc,s use every day without any problems, if i break hard they arent going anywhere, at the end of the day a car is a car and its purpose is to carry people !  not barrels of water, and work equipment , you need the correct tool to do the correct job, and a car isnt it.

[AuRavelling79]

OK Barrel boy here!

In my Honda Estate I have a 125L tank, four barrels x 25L and a 16L backpack.

This is how I store them.

Front passenger footwell - 2 x 25L barrels squeezed between front seat and dash.

Front passenger seat 1 x 25L barrel laying on seat in a wooden frame.

Rear seat - two thirds/one third type the two thirds section behind front passenger seat is led flat with 125L tank longways and up against back of front passenger seat.

Other third of rear seat upright with seatbelt in place and trad gear on it.

One 25L barrel in far back behind upright (one third) rear seat.

Backpack behind 125L tank in far back

Battery and pump and reel in far back

Brush in bowl attached to top of 125L tank.

Pole (Unger) down passenger side of car from front foot well to back.

It's crowded but works and yours truly has no water directly behind him!