Thread: FFR fuel tank capacity ?

On a trip from Canberra to Adelaide in my '86 Isuzu County, was averaging about 10-11 L/100km and that included pretty hard going into head winds on Hay Plains. I have about 68L tank I reckon, not sure what FFRs have. So I was refilling about 500km or so, or a bit more often if there were no towns for a while.

If FFR are the same as 6x6’s they will have a 60L maybe 62L

I have an FFR - from memory it’s a 65l tank... I fill up at 400km mark - I never like running tanks low..

Ean, don't forget you'll have a couple of jerry can holders on the car - maybe 20 litres each fuel &/or water

Originally Posted by 87County

Ean, don't forget you'll have a couple of jerry can holders on the car - maybe 20 litres each fuel &/or water

Yep I see all of the ones at the Vic Auction have them on the back but at the other auctions they are removed and just the holder is there.

The boy in me says we fly down, jump in. start her up and head off on a road trip to Darwin and deal with any issues as they come bag of tools, couple of spares like a fuel filter and a fan belt, bit of food and water , what else could we want.

The business side of me says , tell my mate , sight unseen except on the net , pay the $$ and put it on a truck .

Cheers Ean

Ean, don't depend on getting a jack, wheelbrace and tool roll. I'd say the majority get "lost".

Sometimes, if you meet the right person at Grays, they'll "find" a set for you but don't count on it.

But it's not expensive to put a set together for your trip from a bunnings and/or supercheap (they're everywhere in the big smoke). They also have jerry cans.

Originally Posted by 87County

Ean, don't depend on getting a jack, wheelbrace and tool roll. I'd say the majority get "lost".

Sometimes, if you meet the right person at Grays, they'll "find" a set for you but don't count on it.

But it's not expensive to put a set together for your trip from a bunnings and/or supercheap (they're everywhere in the big smoke). They also have jerry cans.

thanks for that - I didn't expect there would be so if successful I will fly down with my tool roll as luggage and we can pick up a jack at any of the car places as you say. The ones he is looking at show the gauges working so assume they at the least start. A friend is driving a truck to adelaide and said he can take a few things down to the depot if I wanted to send any extra stuff like a fridge or extra tools.
i won't get ahead of myself so will let him win 1 first then worry about the finer details.

Cheers Ean

Ean, I bought a FFR in June last year in Melbourne. No jack, no wheel brace, no tools. Nothing. Having said that - it had a full tank and started first pop. It then sailed through a roadworthy with nothing needed at all... But reading other people’s experiences - I was lucky...