Thread: Suitable Touring Vehicle - Toyota 100's Factory TD Wgn vs LR Defender Wgn?

Hey Marcus ,
When I was young & single we did the CSR and a lot of the central Deserts and now I'd like to be able to take the family back out there to experience the area as well. When we done the CSR back in '89, there was only the one fuel dump at Well 23 if my memory is correct. So we had to carry a fair bit back then. I know things have changed now and there's more options in refueling, etc, but when you're out in the middle of nowhere and you come across an area that u might want to explore a little bit more, well then if u have ample fuel, then u can go and have a little explore. If you are only carrying enough fuel to get u from A to B + a bit extra, well then u may have to forget about that little side detour and who knows what u are missing out on.... I like to do a bit of exploring on the side when we go touring and having the knowledge that I have enough fuel on board is good to know.....

I mainly posted this fuel carrying post as I was curious to know what those guys who drive defenders and do the more remote touring, what sort of fuel capacity they carry on board. I've quite often seen LR's with Jerrycans on the roofrack or hanging off the rear, etc and it got me thinking....

Originally Posted by Chops

As a point of interest Rob, how often do you plan on these long outback excursions?
We are planning plenty of trips outback, and hope to be able to stay out there working if we can organise it.
For this, I'm planning on an extra tank,,, size yet to be determined, but if it wasn't for the fact we know we're going to be out there a fair bit, a couple of Jerry Cans would do just fine.
Our stock as a rock Puma has a workable range of around 550k's a tank, which leaves I believe about 80-90k's in the tank.

I guess being able to bypass expensive fuel is a bonus, but really, when's alls said and done, if your worried that much about the cost of a tank of juice or two, perhaps you shouldn't be out there. If anything major should break, your going to be up for a whole lot more than the fuel cost, and that's just to get you to civilization.

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Ean..... Is that all under the vehicle in aftermarket LR tanks ??

Gday Rob,


Yep, the D3/D4 are like the 80 series cruiser, they have the spare wheel under the rear of the vehicle, so ours had it removed and a Long Range tank installed before we bought it.
Standard tank = 85 odd ltrs
Longrange Tank = 100 odd ltrs


Cheers Ean