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Old 11-09-2015, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pgc hunter View Post

No need for pertrol cans, the furthest site is 45 minutes drive. Just keep the fuel tank filled.
City Grasshopper much to learn...

Rough road/washboard corrugations = shaking car to poop. EASY possibility of dislodged fuel lines, shaking debris into fuel system etc, not to mention possible punctures of tank and fuel lines by sticks, rocks etc.

45 min each way = 90 min return... in a BIG Falcon, that's enough fuel (BTW, is that a converted hearse?) I drove a similar vintage Falcon across Australia - I carried fuel, 3 spare tyres...(plus a rifle, pistol, flares, knives, air compressor, LOTS of water, oil and fuel).

Don't underestimate the Outback or it will turn around and bite you on the bum!
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