Made an inexpensive mount for CO2 tank bracket
Got tired of the bungee cord mount for my CO2 tank, so decided to get something more sturdy.
Started with a Powertank bracket that a friend no longer needed. I wanted to attach this to my roll-bar in the bed of the Jeep. Sounds simple but, the problem I encountered is that all the mounts I could find were for 2.25" roll bars or smaller (not to mention most of them were fancy billet aluminum costing $25-50 each). Scramblers have a 3" bar and I could not find a mount made for that anywhere unless I had some special made ($80 each). Also the bracket did not have holes spaced for a 3" bar so I'd need to modify that a little.
After thinking about it for a while I came on the idea of using some exhaust clamps to attach the bracket to the roll-bar.
Two 3" clamps @ 3.50 each (they come in a lot of sizes if you are trying to fit a different diameter bar)
A little paint to keep the rust away
Adjusted hole spacing in the bracket to fit the 3" u-bolts)
Trimmed the u-bolts to desired length (if left full length, they'd hit the tank)
Final install works great