No experience with the fuelpaX, but plenty of experience with Rotopax containers. I don't see any problem with these containers, as long as you have them securely strapped down. Any constant moving / vibration of the container, causing it to rub against something will surely wear a hole. I would highly recommend using their mounting plates. Can't be that price on their website, I paid double that for my 3gal rotopax tanks. Good Luck!

 

Well I ended up buying 2.

We are debating if we want to buy their mount and plate or not. It's a tough call for us when we'd only use them a handful if times a year. We don't really want to drill holes and mount them up for the very little we'd actually be using the FuelpaX.

 

As long as their not constantly bouncing and rubbing against something, you should be fine.

 

A guy in our riding group just bought a 3.5 gallon FuelPax. He hasn't used it yet though.

Here are my 3 gallon RotoPax.......

 

Holy jeezuz man.... you got a lot of weight set far back on that rack! I bet you can wheelie like a madman! lol. Not sure I'd be climbing too many hills with that setup.

 

For a ride we have next month, we are going to try strapping them down and see how that works. We're going to put a piece of carpet on the rack before strapping the FuelpaX down and see how that works. If that doesn't work for us, we'll then order the mounts.

 

The fuel pax only has a 1 year warranty and the rotopax has a 10 year warranty. That should tell you something. I use the rotopax and am completely pleaded with it. To me it's like the difference between a Can Am and an Arctic Cat.

 

I think these would work great for carrying extra fuel in/on trailer. You never know when you will be short of gas.

 

Anybody come up with a Rotopax mount using the LinkQ mounting on the Outlander Max?

 

Don't think it would be that hard to do. Take two LinQ mounts, a piece of decent gauge steel or aluminum plate, a die grinder to cut the LinQ holes and a RotoPax mount to bolt to the plate and you should have it. It would be mounted flat on the rack though and take up most of the rack space.

 

Just figured I'd update on the fuelpax. First let me start by saying I have never actually handled the original, thicker walled Rotopax can so I can't compare them to each other.

I am extremely impressed with the fuelpax. It is built well and heavy duty (in my opinion). Obviously it is thinner walled and less of a warranty than the rotopax but I honestly think this will work just fine for our needs! Using it a handful if times a season, it should hold just fine as long as it's well secured.

 

Thanks for the feedback!

 

Be sure to relieve the pressure in them as it gets warmer. Swelling from being pressurized will cause them to become mis-shaped and could lead to failure.

 

I ended up having a guy at work CAD it up and got the plate water-jetted out for about $60. 1.5" L angle brackets on Linq brackets as you suggested. Came out well. Thanks for the idea!

 

Very nice setup. I'll take one.:smile