Long range tank

**rangieman** · 11th June 2018, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Slunnie

For the LRA tank, you will also need to weld the chassis outriger to ensure the forces go into the top plate instead of the side of the main chassis rail and cracking like this. Its a simple weld process to prevent this failure. Its a car issue rather than a tank issue and I'm not sure if any of the other tanks swing off the same outrigger (behind the bumper light).

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I have these tanks that i acquired not too long ago and have had to reinforce the tank mount as it was cracked with some angle iron welded to the tank and tank bracket.
Im guessing you are referring to welding their bracket they supply to the out rigger as well bolting?

**Slunnie** · 11th June 2018, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by rangieman

I have these tanks that i acquired not too long ago and have had to reinforce the tank mount as it was cracked with some angle iron welded to the tank and tank bracket.
Im guessing you are referring to welding their bracket they supply to the out rigger as well bolting?

I think that part is ok just bolted, I've never touched that part. More so the outrigger that is a part of the chassis, where it is welded to the chassis. When the factory welded it on, it is in the wrong spot by a few millimeters, and thats enough to allow the chassis sidewall to flex and crack. Its right on the very end of the chassis, so a MIG torch will fit in and weld it up.

The picture below shows the inside of the main chassis rail cracked on the very end where the chassis outrigger is welded to it. The piece supplied by LRA is bolted to that outrigger.

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**rangieman** · 11th June 2018, 11:09 PM

Yep gottcha

**Eevo** · 12th June 2018, 12:02 AM

i got 250l of fuel tanks on my d2. do i win?

**John_D4** · 12th June 2018, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by Eevo

i got 250l of fuel tanks on my d2. do i win?

Only if they haven’t fallen off

**Grahame Roberts** · 14th June 2018, 07:08 AM

Or are they all on the roof rack? Lol.

Originally Posted by Eevo

i got 250l of fuel tanks on my d2. do i win?

**Jason789** · 14th June 2018, 12:48 PM

4 or 5 gerry's is a much cheaper option.

You can now pick up 12 volt fuel pumps specifically for gerry cans on Ebay that have a very good flow rate that won't leave you waiting excessive amounts of time to transfer fuel and save the work of having to manhandle the gerry's to get the fuel in the tank.

Cheers,

Jason

**Eevo** · 14th June 2018, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jason789

4 or 5 gerry's is a much cheaper option.

You can now pick up 12 volt fuel pumps specifically for gerry cans on Ebay that have a very good flow rate that won't leave you waiting excessive amounts of time to transfer fuel and save the work of having to manhandle the gerry's to get the fuel in the tank.

Cheers,

Jason

fuel pump? what happened to muscle power?

**weeds** · 14th June 2018, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jason789

4 or 5 gerry's is a much cheaper option.

You can now pick up 12 volt fuel pumps specifically for gerry cans on Ebay that have a very good flow rate that won't leave you waiting excessive amounts of time to transfer fuel and save the work of having to manhandle the gerry's to get the fuel in the tank.

Cheers,

Jason

Might be cheaper......but dealing with 4-5 jerries on the roof would be a pain.

I had two on the roof for my Simpson.....only filled them at Birdsville and emptied during the crossing.

**John_D4** · 14th June 2018, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by weeds

Might be cheaper......but dealing with 4-5 jerries on the roof would be a pain.

I had two on the roof for my Simpson.....only filled them at Birdsville and emptied during the crossing.

Plus travelling with the 4 of us in the car, food, water, clothes, bedding, for our 3 week trip across Madigans Line in July won’t leave us with any room for 3 Jerry cans.

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