Volvo-Berti skrev:
using jerrycans in France is not allowed over a maximum of 10 L. Even my car is a station wagon, which does not have a closed trunk.
Ceyal35 skrev:
you can transport in a vehicle up to 333 Liters in closed jerrycans (of less than 60 lters each) provided
- you have a fire extinguisher
- jerrycans are specifically designed for gas transportataion with specific United Nations mark on
- jerrycans should not lead a single drop of gas to escape, be firmly strapped and should not move when braking, cornering, etc...
- the car used for transportation is cleaned afterwards
Corresponding French text in
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/leginauti ... burant.htmBye
Volvo-Berti skrev:
the regulations Ceyal talked about are called "ADR" and mean the regulations of transporting dangerous goods on streets.
i know them, too, but they differ a little in each country, caused by the option to become regulated stronger by the administration
Volvo-Berti skrev:
aryan skrev:
Do you mean to say is that the French website stating max 666l is incorrect or that the german ADR rules are just different from the French?
no, the regulations are not different, maybe Ceyal read them in French and maybe he has not the background i have....its my job to manage transports of dangerous goods here in the hospital, where i work.

I must say that I am a litle confused now but 60L seems ok in both Germany and France as long as you have a ABC fire extinguisher which I have (in our camper car at least) and do not smoke in te car, which I don't.
Volvo-Berti skrev:
aryan skrev:
Anyway we don't need that much, 60L is more than enough for extra range isn't it, at least my 40l was and almost german and french ADR proof

Volvo-Berti skrev:
but who wants nearly open fuel cans in his back without any metal between the fuel and the inner room??
Of course that is up to you to decide, but from what I read now it is not prohibited?
In my case (a hatchback) there is only a plastic trunkcover above the luggage and the jerrycans, not very different from the situation in a stationwagon exept from the (symbolic) cover.
/Aryan
yep, the feeling of transporting 60L flammable liquids just behind my seat is not really a nice one
okay, a hatchback really doesn't differ a lot

its only a little bit smaller...and maybe more unstable than a Volvo tank car

Excactly, that is why I only have 40l, 60l would not fit in with our other luggage
The stock fuel tank is more exposed and likely to start to leak in case of an accident than a couple of jerrycans that you put just behind the rear seat.
/Aryan