Long range fuel tank

**rmp** · 12th June 2009, 04:52 PM

I have a Brown Davis aux tank (cheers Caver ;-) ). The fuel filler clicked off at 107.5L. It was easy enough to get 110L in, might have trickled a little more in had I tried. So that's 192L of fuel, call it 185 usuable. Enough for a few trips to the shops ;-) Or if we use Jamo's figure of 89.9 (assuming he wasn't confused with an FM station

), close enough to 200L and not a jerrycan in sight.

I do like long-range tanks on trips and not having to bother with refueling queues at the end of a day's drive when you should be kicking back with a cold one instead.

**Garry** · 12th June 2009, 05:17 PM

I got my Kaymar bar and Long Ranger tank fitted last Friday, all was good until Saturday when the Aux fuel gauge was reading empty.

Thankfully the fuel was still in the tank as I managed to fill my main tank up on monday, off to ARB again for them to look at it again on Wednesday

On a positive note I get my bullbar and winch fitted on Monday ready for the weekend up at Land Cruiser Park

G

**CaverD3** · 12th June 2009, 06:08 PM

What 'MY' year is your D3? Will the Brown davis tank fit MY07 and later?

**rmp** · 12th June 2009, 06:23 PM

Mine is an MY08.5 TDV6 and the BD tank will fit. They had to make some make modifications as the D3 design had changed a little.

**CaverD3** · 12th June 2009, 07:52 PM

Yup there was change from MY07 they added bits near the spare wheel. Glad they used yours as the guinea pig. So it should be backwards compatable.

WazzaACT · 12th June 2009, 09:14 PM

I have done pretty much the same as TimJ and generally pretty happy. My Kaymar has two wheel carriers. Two things to be aware of are the extra weight of fuel and rear wheel carriers at the rear of the vehicle and the need to swing away the wheels carriers for rear access. On balance though for long range travel it is a good set up.

**Neil P** · 13th June 2009, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by WazzaACT

....and the need to swing away the wheels carriers for rear access.

That's the real pain of this placement vs. roof

**rmp** · 13th June 2009, 06:44 AM

Some carriers can have their arms removed for around-town use.

**Bushwanderer** · 14th June 2009, 12:54 PM

I believe that the 4x4Intelligence new design can do this, as well as being able to remove the pivot spigot.

Best WIshes,
Peter

**dmdigital** · 14th June 2009, 01:08 PM

I need a range of 750km to get out of town to the Stuart Hwy. For this I've traditionally fitted a long range tank or carried 2 x 20L jerries.

Here's my take on this as I'm considering it for the Puma (the 45L side tank from FrontRunner).

Long Range Tank will cost me about $850.
I already own 4 jerry cans and with the camper I have storage for all of them.
If I haven't got the camper in tow I need storage for the fuel in the vehicle.

The last point is what is making me consider getting the long range tank and why I got the long range tank in my first Disco. Carrying extra fuel in Jerries takes up space on the vehicle. The cost side is never going to really be recovered, so why worry about it. About the only bonus of a long range fuel capacity out side of remote areas is the ability to skip the expensive fuel stops on the highway.

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