Long Range Automotive Vs Brown Davis

Both have a good reputation, have you priced a Longranger tank or the ARB Frontier Poly tanks?

I have a Longranger in the D4 and a LRA in the 100 series.

Over the years I have had numerous from Longranger without any problems.

Cheers, Baz - The Landy

I've just installed an ARB Frontline poly tank on my hilux, does look very good BUT be prepared for it to hang lower than the oem tank, it sits about 100mm below the chassis rails, so there might be some effect on ramp over angles, 145 litres and $1183 installed.

Hi mate

I have a BD 153L in my hilux and no probs. best thing at the moment is the low price of deisel.

As Tony mentioned, Longranger and LRA are different suppliers, I've had an LRA for a couple of years now and travelled some pretty rugged terrain with no problems.
Cheers

Anyone used LR tank from 4wd systems in Adelaide .They are also made in Adelaide ..

We bought a B/Davis 65lt auxillary for our NW Pajero and have never been able to cram more than 53 litres in from empty, when I took the car in to B/Davis their answer to the missing capacity was "(drum roll)" fill your car in servo's that lean away from the pump and to fully empty, stand the nearside wheels on a kerb !! Seriously--- I kid you not !!

Have a Long Ranger in a 100 series.
This truck does a fair bit of bush bashing and the tank now has a large dent right on one of the rear corners where it came down on a rock. The tank has not split and all the welds are intact. Pretty bullet proof units.

Others have reported that LR are extremely helpful with any tank repairs should you puncture one.
My experience dealing with LR is extremely positive.

I have LRA main and sub tank on Nissan Patrol. As Malcolm says my main tank has had a big hit with no leaks. My sub tank split where the internal baffles are welded and they fixed it straight away and only charged me 2 hours labour, which i thought was good as the tank had to be removed, patched, painted and re-installed. Both tanks are well out of warranty and have done some hard yards. Cape York, Simpson Desert, Kimberley, Maralinga etc.

I have a 180l LR in my 100 series. Good fit and no problems after 50k with some hard tracks and a few dents.

I looked at the Brown Davis, Long Range Automotive and Long Ranger tanks. Went with the Long Ranger and it is excellent. Would recommend it. Haven't looked at the plastic tanks that ARB supply but my dealings with ARB Darwin have left me with such a poor opinion of ARB that I would not touch them.

I've had all three, Longranger from ARB, LRA from Lilydale and Brown Davis from Bayswater. I currently have Brown Davis tanks in the TuckTruck. I have managed to break all three over the years, two were leaks and the other was a mount. The big difference is after sales service and on that issue, ARB are extremely poor. If you take a Longranger tank back to ARB, they'll refer you to the manufacturer who will in turn refer you back to ARB. In the end, you're better off getting it fixed by people who know what they are doing (like Brown Davis or LRA).

Both LRA and Brown Davis provide excellent after sales service should you ever have an issue and that's what is important in my mind. Back in 06, I fractured three LRA tanks in quick succession in my Navarra while on a 13 month round Australia sabbatical. LRA were so perplexed, Roger flew to Alice Springs with a tank and fitted it himself and then took it for a drive to isolate the issues. A bit of engineering on the spot and it was fixed. The tank is still in that car and functioning perfectly.

In 09 the mounts on the subtank in my GU broke forcing me to drop it out in the middle of the Talawana Track. No issues, Brown Davis asked me to bring it back if possible (which I was able to do) or they would replace it when I got back. No problems, fixed the issues and provided extra strengthening. Brown Davis also fixed the LongRanger tank that ARB were reluctant to touch despite my GU Patrol being an ex-ARB show car! They reinforced all the side joins with Pacman like braces. That's another big difference a s well. The engineering of the tanks. Both LRA and BD are superb. Have a look at the reinforcing on those tanks compared to your common garden variety after market tank including the Long-ranger.

If you intend staying on the bitumen, then perhaps any old tank will do. If you intend driving on a dirt road or outback track, best you get an LRA or Brown Davis.

I have posted on this issue on the forum before and posted photos so a search should find those.

Cheers

Mick