How Far Can You Go?

Ramblinman

Observer
I have been wondering about other set ups. I am interested to know how far your rig will take you without a refill.

Pls list your Make, Model, Year, Gas or Diesel, and how far a Jerry Can will extend your range.

My 1998 Chev Z71/Gas, Hawk combo takes me about 400 km (250 Miles) - each Jerry gives me an extra 75 km (50 Miles). I know I am typically over GVW

I suspect that this is not great, tank is smallish. I generally get 15 Mpg and drive 120 Km/h or 75 mph.

I am interested to hear how far others can go.
 

bob91yj

Resident **************
I swapped the factory 26 gallon fuel tank out of my crew cab short bed Dmax for an aftermarket 45 gallon tank, gives me an easy 500 mile range fully loaded and flat towing my Jeep.
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IdaSHO

IDACAMPER
I have a range of nearly 600 miles.

No jerry cans needed.

'96 Powerstroke.

3.55 gears

heavy old camper

38 gallon capacity

Averaging better than 15mpg
 

JIMBO

Expedition Leader
:sombrero: My '08 Jeep JKUR is good for about 503 miles/w one 5gal jerry can !

Now that's at hiwy 60 mph, off-road at 25 mph/4wd, might be about the same, but IDK-

:costumed-smiley-007:wings: JIMBO
 

eggman918

Adventurer
Unloaded I can go 1300,but in normal "road trip" configuration 1100 I have 65 gal with room for 4 jerry cans on the trailer but where we are that space is normally reserved for H2O.
I am running a 4BT with 3.55's and 31.5" tires,I plan for a 50% reduction in range when not on highway and in gallons per hour when truly off road.
On a side note the cummins does not take the mileage hit when loaded/towing the the gas motor it replaced.
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Loaded with trailer ~11,500lbs CGVW
 

peneumbra

Explorer
I have about 90 gallons of fuel capacity on my ton-and-a-half, which works out to about 1,000 miles. I usually don't carry any aux. cans.
 

Quasimoto

Observer
2005 Dodge 2500 4x4 Hemi, 4.56 gears, 37/12.5R17 BFG AT tires, with all my kit for camping.
130L (35 gal) main tank
205L (55 gal) aux tank
On highway about 1500 km (940mi) with 1/2 tank (70L) left for reserve.
Back roads about 1100 km (685mi) with 1/2 tank left for reserve
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Now that I am running heavier 38/15.5R18 Toyo MT's I imagine I'll lose some distance.
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1911

Expedition Leader
Pls list your Make, Model, Year, Gas or Diesel, and how far a Jerry Can will extend your range.

Toyota, Land Cruiser, 1980, gas. On the highway, I can go at least 220 miles but usually a little more on one tank, depending on the wind (head or tail).
I can carry three 5-gallon jerry cans outside the truck, which theoretically would extend my highway range another 180 miles, but I only use them off-road and I don't keep track of miles or MPG off-road; varies too much depending on the terrain and how much time you spend in low range. I do know that I can spend 5-6 days off-road in Southern Utah without filling up.

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doug720

Expedition Leader
800+ miles.

1986 FJ60 with a Isuzu 4BD2+5spd, stock tank and a 18 gallon saddle tank for a combined 42 gallons. Over the 24K miles since the diesel swap, it has averaged 20.3 mpg.
 

Jr_Explorer

Explorer
Unloaded I can go 1300,but in normal "road trip" configuration 1100 I have 65 gal with room for 4 jerry cans on the trailer but where we are that space is normally reserved for H2O.
I am running a 4BT with 3.55's and 31.5" tires,I plan for a 50% reduction in range when not on highway and in gallons per hour when truly off road.
On a side note the cummins does not take the mileage hit when loaded/towing the the gas motor it replaced.
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Loaded with trailer ~11,500lbs CGVW

That is one AWESOME rig!
 

Mundo4x4Casa

West slope, N. Ser. Nev.
Rig listed in sig. 34-gallon main tank with two, 5-gallon yellow #2 cans on the rear rack. With the Lance Camper on going 45 mph (like on secondary roads) at least 550 miles, even rolling 10,300 pounds down the trail. Moving slower, the TD sips fuel and that range can be extended even farther. Driving 70 mph down the interstate, the range drops precipitously to about 425 miles. But, if you can move that fast you are not in a third world country so there is fuel available within that interval. I only put the rack on if I'm really going to be remote for a time and the trail does not need maximum departure angle. I used it in Death Valley a couple times.

jefe
 

goodtimes

Expedition Poseur
I get a safe 500 miles out of 34 gallons of diesel in a '99 dodge w/FWC.

With the camper, I average right at 17.5mpg (hand calculated over multiple trips), so theoretically I should get 595 miles - but I never feel safe going that far.
 
2000 Jeep Cherokee 2.5L Diesel:
28.3 mpg or 8.3L/100km.
If you don't go faster than 90km/h/56 mph, a fillup of 83L/23gals will give you a distance of 1000km/620miles.
Enjoying the ride you get around a safe distance of 850km/ 530miles.

But I guess it is a military thing to fill up as often as possible and never to go below half.
 

Iain_U1250

Explorer
On my Land Rover Defender, with a LRA 120lt fuel tank, I can get 1000km in "normal" stop start/highway mix. When fully loaded with a RTT etc, on road at 90-100kph around 850km. Dirt road/Off Road we only get around 700km safely, but can stretch it a bit if the going is good to around 850km.

On a trip along 1350km on a very rough track and occasional off-road excursions, we used around 200lt of fuel.

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My goal for my Unimog is 1500-2000km range, so will carry around 400lt of fuel.
 
In a Unimog U500 with camper, full-up weight about 26-27.5K lb, it gets average 8.5mpg on paved highways at 50-60mph. I carry a 40 gal "main tank" and two 61 gal aux tanks for total of 162 usable gal, so that is about 1380 (2250km) highway miles. On bad roads (<20mph type) it has a range of about 8-900 miles. (1300-1500km).
MB has published somewhere a formula for the U500: 20L/100km + 8L/hr. So at 33kph = 20.5mph average for "bad roads", that is 44L/100km = 5.4mpg, range of 870 mi.
It's actually probably 16L/100km + 8L/hr + factor for air resistance at speeds over 65kph, ranging from +0 to +20%
So if I use that formula for 33 kph it is 40L/km = 5.9mpg
At 25kph 48L/100km = 4.9mpg

Charlie
 
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