Landcruiser 200 series longrange fuel tank

It seems that the designers are not even allowing for our tendency to be a bit overweight ourselves growing up on good Aussie tucker and the day will come when a 4WD with all seats occupied will be technically overweight. Some say, that the limiting factor to increase the GVM is the wheel bearing size.

I know OME/ARB do a GVM upgrade for the 70 sereis models.
But this has new leaf springs etc.

Not sure this is possible with a coil sprung vehicle, it all gets back to what the engineer can come up with on the numbers for the overall package (chassis strength, braking etc).


You have many choices in life to make, brand of car, the wife or the mates, the hair dryer or fishing rod, case of wine or carton of beer, the portable toilet or the tiny.
At the end of the day the vehicle owner knows what his payload (or should know) is and you need to make some desicions on what you add to the vehicle. A longranger fuel tank is just one accessory (along with camping gear) which will make up the mix of what people will need to consider.
If you choose not to have a longranger tank you just simply might not be able venture up that track you heard about at the campfire last night or may not be able to plan a trip to some of the far away places we all dream of going.

No mater what you decide at least you will be out there somewhere enjoying yourself :)

We actually use Cole Herse switches which are generally regarded as good quality.
But we are now using a new Australian made switch with all new models, which will be phased into older models as time goes by.

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