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01-06-2018, 12:01 AM
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Long Range Tank

Have you ever fitted a long range tank to your car?

At the moment my Isuzu Dmax holds 72litres of fuel but you can get a 127L or 150l tank fitted - it depends how much ground clearance you want to keep - the former leaves the same clearance as the present tank; the latter you lose a few cm.

Fitting the 127 litre tank would increase the range of my vehicle to 1200km from its current 700km. When travelling the longest distance I have seen without fuel is 545km but 250km to 300km is common though I carry an extra 20 litres in a jerry can. The problem with having to fill at roadhouses is that they charge like wounded bulls $1.60/L (80p/L) and more was common when the average price of fuel elsewhere was less than $1.30/L (65p/L) at the time.

Have you fitted a long range tank? was it worth the expense?
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01-06-2018, 12:31 AM
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Re: Long Range Tank

No the army would not sell me one.
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01-06-2018, 05:03 PM
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Re: Long Range Tank

I doubt very much we’d need to fit long range tanks in the uk, we’re never far from a petrol station
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01-06-2018, 06:40 PM
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Re: Long Range Tank

Originally Posted by Primus1 ->
I doubt very much we’d need to fit long range tanks in the uk, we’re never far from a petrol station
True and I reckon the tank would have to be bigger than my car.
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01-06-2018, 10:42 PM
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Re: Long Range Tank

My friend has a real tank and he has promised me a go in it
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02-06-2018, 08:59 AM
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Re: Long Range Tank

Originally Posted by Primus1 ->
I doubt very much we’d need to fit long range tanks in the uk, we’re never far from a petrol station
You don't venture to the Russian Steppes? Or eastern Europe perhaps?

They are not that far away.
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02-06-2018, 01:55 PM
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Re: Long Range Tank

Originally Posted by Bruce ->
You don't venture to the Russian Steppes? Or eastern Europe perhaps?

They are not that far away.
They might not be far away by Australian standards, but it would take me a month of Sunday’s to get to the Russian steppes...by car
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05-06-2018, 01:48 AM
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Re: Long Range Tank

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They might not be far away by Australian standards, but it would take me a month of Sunday’s to get to the Russian steppes...by car
What else are you doing? What a fantastic adventure that would be.
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05-06-2018, 04:59 PM
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What else are you doing? What a fantastic adventure that would be.
Well I wouldn’t get the time off work to do the journey justice
 

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