The GMC CCKW

What about mounting a jerrycan on the running board of the closed cab?

Mine is set askew. I would like to set it straight, but I don't know if I would fill it then. It may be a bit heavy.

The truck Ive got was from Holland and had can's mounted on both running boards ,which rusted hole's in the running boards and was hard getting in & out of the cab. I mounted some on the rear mud flaps that seem to work the best for me.

My 40 CCKWX has the can mounted on the end of the bed right by the drivers door,fom the look of it it has been there a long time and seems to work OK. I don't know if there was a proper place to mount them,from old pictures it seems they mounted them any place they could.

I had a can on the DS running board and it eventually broke the step hanger. Not there anymore....

I have a gas and water can on the back of the mudflaps in the rear. Much better!

One advantage of an open cab truck.

My open cabs do not/will not have them there either. The OC is difficult enough for us to get in and out of as we get older. No need for anything to make it more difficult. YMMV

I looked at my step hanger. It seems very strong. I don't figure how it could curve or break? But you're not the first to tell me that Doc.

Dr Deuce and Snow man, do you have any evidence of a period habit to put them on the rear mudflaps?

Some time back, I seem to recall seeing pix of the cans on the mudflaps, but don't have a pix.

The Chev had a bracket that went from the battery bracket to reinforce the stephanger on the pass side specifically for a can.

My truck has the jerry can brackets on both running boards. I concure with the difficulty for us older drivers to get in and out with the can there, but I suffer the consequences just for the appearance. I have a 44 dated water can on the passanger side and a 43 dated gasoline can on the drivers side, and of course the obligatory canvas water bucket.

armydriver wrote:I have a 44 dated water can on the passanger side and a 43 dated gasoline can on the drivers side.

You should exchange them. As the fuel tank is on the right side. Fuel can is heavy and you would labour to carry it around your truck.

quote="armydriver"]My truck has the jerry can brackets on both running boards. I concure with the difficulty for us older drivers to get in and out with the can there, but I suffer the consequences just for the appearance

I agree with you Army, I leave mine alone because thats where they were on my truck and thats were there suppose to be.

JIM 42CCKW

T;hanks for the suggestion 777AAA, I really never thought of that.

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Page 76 in GMC, The Universal Truck

It shows a gas tanker CCKW with an empty jerry can holder on the pass side mudflap. Picture from 1945

Thanks Doc. Cool picture.

Look at this picture from in the book "GMC un camion de légende" of Jean-Michel Boniface. This CCKW was unloaded from a ship in Tunisia in 1958 (french army).

Look how the have fitted two jerrycans on the rear mudflap. It definitely shows they are strong enough!

The mudflap mounting is strong enough. I have had a gas and water can back there for years. Both full.

Hi i have my cans on both running boards and on rear mudguards and four behind the bumper beside the winch .They had them where ever they could as far as i can suggest, one example shown on page 95 in The GMC a universal truck by jean-michel boniface shows 353 medical unit shows four cans on the rear mudguard