We travelled in a 110 from UK to RSA via west / central / eastern africa. We had between 4 - 6 jerry cans on the roof - all 20 litre, fuel and water. They were the last to be filled so where we didn't need as much fuel, we left them empty. We didn't have any major problems with the weight. We started by racheting them but moved to putting a chain across in front of them through the handles, and padlocked on to the roofrack on each side with rachet strap over the top. (chain is an easy fix where as bar has to be obtained). We didn't get any real adverse handling, admittedly the roof rack bolts on to a full roll cage, don't know how well it would work straight onto gutter rails. If you can get it down in the vehicle then great but this really wasn't a big problem having them on top. Eventually corregations and stone based roads in Ethiopia caused the welds to crack on 2 fuel jerry cans, would of been better in a proper rack but that costs more money. Picked up two really good racks from Safaricentre in south africa, imagine footloose probably sell them here but for a bit more money.
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