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Submitted: Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 07:19
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Lloydy
Has anyone successfully carried extra fuel inside the car?
I have been told that with new containers and putting them inside the
red, white and blue striped bags will stop the smell.
Has anyone successfully used a water bladder with no leaks
and how did you tie it down??
Lloydy
22 days to the Cape in July
Reply By: Member - Raymond - Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 09:12
Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 09:12
Hi Lloydy
How much fuel do you need to carry?
Petrol or Deisel?
Do you have a roof rack that you can put them on?
Water Bladders: several in my club have them and no problems, they are fitted in the floor
well behind the front seasts and strapped to the
seat mountings.
On fuel, the longest distance without fuel would be 400Klms on the whole trip
Raywanderin' in retirement. victor 2010
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Follow Up By: Lloydy - Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 09:28
Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 09:28
Raymond
2 x 20 litres
V8 petrol
No roof rack
The trip that I will be doing has 3 days where I will need this much extra.
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Reply By: Member - Cocka - Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 13:41
Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 13:41
I agree with Truckster, if it isn't then it should be. I believe good management is a balance of optimism and pesimism, look at the worst possible scenario - what is likely to happen in an accident, what happens if fumes slowly leak and you get an electrical spark from something - BOOM.
Make some other arrangement or forget the trip.
Good quality water bladders don't leak - cheap ones do.
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Reply By: Rob - Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 16:48
Sunday, Apr 06, 2003 at 16:48
This is for diesel!
On the Canning, we had 3 x Plastic Jerries = 60L + 4x20L emptied oil
drums. We emptied first the drums then the jerries into the vehicle
tanks at the start of each day. Then put the empties on the roof rack. One of the drums had a slight leak from the lid.The others worked
well.
The vehicle was a 1HZ cruiser with sub-tank. Tip - make sure your containers are sitting on a flat level surface within the vehicle and are securely ratcheted down. Also
check them daily for leaks.
After a 10 month trip - we only occasionally used the jerries (e.g. Gunbarrel, Canning, Simpson or to avoid high fuel prices). The drums
worked
well and could be picked up for free from servos and binned
at the end of a trip section - freeing up space.
I'm not sure of the legality of non-approved fuel containers - but they did the job & I would use the same idea for the next trip instead of buying jerries which only saw occasional use.
Rob (flameproof jacket on!)
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Follow Up By: Member - Bob - Monday, Apr 07, 2003 at 09:51
Monday, Apr 07, 2003 at 09:51
Rob, even if you paid 40 c more a litre for a 100 L that's an extra $40. In the scheme of things that isn't much really. To deny the punters who provide fuel at remote locations a few bucks means it is less economically viable for them, and the practice is less likely to persist. This isn't a flame, but I am reminded of people who drive across town to get fuel for a cent a litre cheaper.
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