long range fuel tank

I see that you are SA so give Humpback caravans a call in Port Wakefield. They make them. Click on this link.

http://www.humpbacksmartvans.com.au/html/humpback__________contact_us.html

They have their own Aluminium welding shop on site.

Hi nick b,
I have one on my 2011 triton and have had no problems with it. Ironman have a great warranty so should you have any problems they will fix it.
Andy

Do Ironman make their own tanks?? or are they just rebadged by another manufacturer. I have just fitted a LRA (LongRange Australia) tank to my BT50- and at this stage very happy with it.

I can't comment on the Ironman long range tank but would offer a word of caution in regard to all aftermarket tanks. I fitted an Opposite Lock LR tank to my D40 back in 2008 when I bought the car new. It lasted just short of 4 years before the inside of the tank was rusty and rust particles were clogging up my fuel filter - and of course it was out of warranty (another story I won't go into here). Anyway I looked for another tank and settled on a Long Range Automotive tank. I went for this make as it was made from 3mm aluminised steel rather than just painted on the outside like the OL one. Other manufacturers also use aluminised steel also but didn't make one in the size that I was looking for.

Does your Trident have a tray or is a tub -- If it a tray, consider a under tray tank poly tank

I am about to swap out my alloy aux 150 Litre tank to a 80 Litre poly tank ,mainly due to ground clearance


A 80 Litre poly fuel tank DPRV80S-MK -- They retail for about $382 -- I think the filler pipe kit is about $75 , Should be able to setup to gravity feed the fuel to the main tank to make life easy. Being under tray the tank should be well protected.

Cheers

Hello Nick. Instead of a fixed under floor aux tank, I went for a seperate removable poly tank with its own pump and hose just like they use in the back of utes to service earthmoving equipment. Mine is 100Lt and suitable for diesel only. Cost was about $750 and the advantages I find are its ease of use, ability to transfer fuel to any vehicle, can be hard wired or powered from other sources (in my case the anderson plug), when the vehicle is sold the tank can be moved to the new acquisition and not donated to the new owner, you get nothing extra for a vehicle with a LRT fitted.

Good luck, Peter

Hi Nick!
I put a 90 litre poly tank in back of my ute. It is gravity fed into main tank via a solenoid valve. Total cost was $300. Gives me total of 160 litres.
Wayne

Hi Nick

I have fitted a Ironman tank to my 2006 Triton three month ago and had no problems . I a now getting around the 1300klms out of the new tank ,the problem you will have is the fuel calulator on the trip meter in dash will only calulate on the original tank (75 ltr). The fuel gauge works but it stays full to approx 900 klms then drops to the quarter mark and it gets better, when the fuel light come on you still have 45 ltrs in the tank so you have to work off your odometer from then on. I have put a thread on this forum regards a new trip meter . Members have come back and given me advise on some alternatives but I am still contact the distrubers . I will keep in touh when I know more ..Hope this helps


John