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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 10:02 AM
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Up in the North Maine Woods, if you don't plan your route properly - you can end up getting stuck out there due to running out of fuel. Its why you have to check in and out at the ranger posts - so if you don't check out they come and find you (maybe, hopefully)

My brown trout fishing lake up yonder is 90 miles from the nearest town.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by GavinC
Im genuinely curious what trips in the lower 48 / Canadian provinces/Mexican tamales? would make use of a long range tank.

I struggle to find where I can get more than 400 miles from a gas station.

no doubt these places exist, and I salute those who get there but where are they?

I can whack an extra 5 gallons of gas on the car no worries and not have to address the expense of a long range tank. I could drive to northern Alaska without worry.

I lived in Queensland for many years. Long range tanks were a practical necessity for many folks. I’m the states I just don’t see the need. Civilization has taken hold in the interior.
I agree it would be a luxury here in the US. As I mentioned it was with towing that I saw my range drop by half. I do think that had to do with speed but it just got me thinking. Saw it on the website and I thought, boy it would be nice to not have to keep stopping for gas. Not number one on my list of mods but I like to know my options and carrying 10 gallons is probably the alternative which is a lot on the roof. If it were AVgas that would be 60 pounds. Would be nice to add that weight down low.

Knowing if it is even legal helps me take either take it off my list or keep it there way at the bottom.

I have been watching some of those videos of the Owyhee River or in the Desert and I could see spending a week or more away from towns. Also going up into Canada or down to Mexico I could see wanting to limit my stops.

 
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Old Mar 17, 2025 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by GavinC
Im genuinely curious what trips in the lower 48 / Canadian provinces/Mexican tamales? would make use of a long range tank.

I struggle to find where I can get more than 400 miles from a gas station.

no doubt these places exist, and I salute those who get there but where are they?

I can whack an extra 5 gallons of gas on the car no worries and not have to address the expense of a long range tank. I could drive to northern Alaska without worry.

I lived in Queensland for many years. Long range tanks were a practical necessity for many folks. I’m the states I just don’t see the need. Civilization has taken hold in the interior.
depending on conditions, etc., fuel mileage can drop dramatically. A few years ago in my LR4, for which I’d normally get over 300 miles on a tank, we did the white rim trail in Canyonlands NP. It is nominally a 100 mile route. It rain, it snowed, was muddy, we were aired down, did some of it in low-range and damn near ran out of gas
 
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