Long range fuel tank

**rmp** · 14th June 2009, 02:23 PM

For me, a LR tank has real benefits even outside of remote areas.

For example a recent trip to Cape Otways used a bit over half a tank from Melbourne. Now the Cape isn't isolated like say areas in the NT, but when we got to our campsite, late afternoon, I didn't feel like going for a drive to find a servo, and there would be no guarantee the thing would be open. So that meant the following morning we had to be careful about where we went and what fuel we used and plan the trip to include a servo.

With a LR tank you fill at the start of the weekend and no further worries. I could give many more examples like extended High Country runs. Camp at Talbotville and a fuel trip to Dargo is the best part of two hours, which I'd rather be using for other purposes.

It's not absolutely required, but for me it's well worth it. As for cost, yes you won't recoup it, but it's more than skipping servos, I could easily have made a 60km round trip just for fuel that I simply wouldn't have needed to make with a LR tank.

**dmdigital** · 14th June 2009, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by rmp

... but it's more than skipping servos, I could easily have made a 60km round trip just for fuel that I simply wouldn't have needed to make with a LR tank.

I guess that's just another take on skipping Servo's. I tend not to think that way as for me there is only one fuel outlet and when I'm travelling its always the one you're passing when you need to refuel. But it's a very valid point and could add a lot of unnecessary wasted travel to a trip.

**rmp** · 14th June 2009, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I guess that's just another take on skipping Servo's. I tend not to think that way as for me there is only one fuel outlet and when I'm travelling its always the one you're passing when you need to refuel. But it's a very valid point and could add a lot of unnecessary wasted travel to a trip.

Exactly right. I used to think of LR tanks for your situation -- when it's either use one, jerries or cruise at 70. But when I got one I realised it just made life a lot easier a lot of the time, it's not just for the Simpson. It's just good to cruise without worrying about fuel. With a LR tank I can tow from say Adelaide to Melbourne and not be concerned about fuel. You know what it's like, you pull in for a stop over a public holiday and there's 20 vehicles lined up at the pumps and all you want to do is relax during your stop, not sit there in a queue. By picking my fuel times I can avoid all that grief. I actually tend to refuel at small local servos when the time suits me, not when it suits the car, and often have a bit of a chat with the owner for local info. I just think it's right to pay a little extra for fuel and support the area you're travelling in.

**peterall** · 14th June 2009, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by rmp

I just think it's right to pay a little extra for fuel and support the area you're travelling in.

That is a really good point RMP. All the small local traders in our great south land need our support and if we only fill up or generally shop with the 'big boys' e.g. Woolies and Coles, more and more small businesses will be forced out of business.
The bonus is the local knowledge you can glean from the local traders.
Long live small business in Oz.

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