How big is the fuel tank in your SUV?

[Redneck in training]

I am working in Pilbara, Western Australia. Seems to me that the cars have much larger fuel tanks than the US version.
First picture shows amount of fuel to top the tank when it was initially only about half full.
The second picture shows why.

118 l = 31 gal
632 km = 393 miles

 

[moored4]

I;m confused! Are the tanks larger cause it gives you something to drink if you run out of water????:confused2:

 

[Redneck in training]

I;m confused! Are the tanks larger cause it gives you something to drink if you run out of water????:confused2:

You can live without fuel but not without water. The sign means that there is no service station (gas station) or in fact inhabited place for 630 km. If you have car trouble or accident you should have enough water so you can survive until somebody drives around. And I tell you there is not much traffic and the summer temperatures are close to 120F.
The place is big like US from Mississippi east and inhabited something like 50000 people. That is the reason of emphasis on water instead of fuel.

 

[tcartwri]

My Explorer is about 80L bone dry. Good for 600Km on the hwy. The bigger suv's are in the 110 to 140L range.

I recall renting a Pathfinder for work and it had a tiny tank with a range of only 400Km. I wound up carrying two jerry cans in the back so that I didn't get stranded.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Hmm, for our Grand Cherokee I would have to carry few jerry cans. 75 litres gets me - say - 350 km with a reserve.

 

[tommu56]

632 km = 392.706 mi.

I think most vehicles can go 400 miles but that would be cutting it close

I have a 06 dodge ram 2500 diesel and regular see drive to empty 750+ miles on it with a full tank. but last fill up was $110.00 and change and I wasen't empty fuel was $4.29 a gallon.

 

[dave1949]

The tank in my 2011 Ram 3500 diesel is 52 gallons, it is a cab chassis model that I had the platform-dump bed put on. I don't know yet how far it will go on a tank of fuel, it only has about 270 miles on it, but it's going to hurt the day I have to fill it up.

To get a rough conversion of km's to miles, multiply km's by 0.6, 100 km = 60 miles.
Dave.

 

[Reg]

There are/were some US trucks/SUVS with fuel tanks that would be downright SILLY anywhere but suburban USA.

Built for ....err, kinda difficult to understand, maybe cruising the ice cream stands on a summer's evening, or clubs and bars ?
Too fancy to make dump runs with, or actually pick up lumber and scratch the bed (-:

There are also some downright WEIRD looking machines on two wheels that have tear drop shaped fuel tanks - perhaps a (US small) gallon or so ?
They have LOUD engines with little/no power, but displacement comparable to a 4 cylinder car.
GO figure..... it can't be about GETTING anywhere.

My truck has a nominal 50 gallon capacity, but that comes from a silly little standard tank of about 23 (small) gallons and an optional tank of about 27 gallons.
Diesel, so without a trailer or heavy load I'm good for about 1,000 miles of GENTLE highway cruising at moderate speed, 700 or so of trailering.

 

[MossRoad]

My 1993 Chevy Suburban has a 42 gallon tank and a 350ci engine. I have gone over 700 miles on one tank, averaging about 18mpg on the highway. I try to fill it when it hits half a tank, though, just to lessen the shock at the pump! :laughing: A hundred bucks will buy a lot of Snickers bars. :licking:

 

[Reg]

32 km = 392.706 mi.

DANG, them is BIG Kilometers, bigger than any I have ever seen (-:

Now, there are US gallons and Imperial gallons, but I know NOTHING of GIANT kilometers.
My 32 Km are usually closer to 20 Miles.

Prove me wrong, I have a thirst for knowledge.

 

[Egon]

The tank on mine seems darned big when filling up but seems darned small as soon as the driving starts.

 

[tommu56]

DANG, them is BIG Kilometers, bigger than any I have ever seen (-:

Now, there are US gallons and Imperial gallons, but I know NOTHING of GIANT kilometers.
My 32 Km are usually closer to 20 Miles.

Prove me wrong, I have a thirst for knowledge.

I fat fingered it 632 was the actual #

 

[dmccarty]

My truck is 38 gallons. My usual driving I fill up after 650 miles give or take. Though the last tank lasted a bit over 700 miles. At fill up I usually have 6 gallons left or about 100-120 miles.

Our SUV has a pretty small tank and gets bad mpg. I think it might have a 22 or 24 gallon tank and we fill it up on trips around 400 miles.

I think the old Ford Excursions had 42 gallon tanks. With the old 7.3L diesel they could go over 800 miles on a tank depending on how fast/slow you drove it. The Excursion gets better mpg than our SUV.

Later,
Dan

 

[jonyyuma]

Our big suv is 18 gal at about 450 miles. The small crossover is 13 gal at over 350 miles. Definely not gas-hogs, I really don't enjoy buying gasolines since it went above a Quarter a gallon..Dang, a long time??

 

[paulrk]

Our small Jeep Patriot has a 13.5 gallon tank and we get 29 MPG.

 

[Redneck in training]

I think the rule here is when you see a gas station get water and fuel. You never know how soon you will see the next one.
We drive for some sight seeing and swim in one of the gorges in Karijini park every Sunday. That is about 700 to 800 km round trip. You have to bring everything with you and have two spare tires because most of the driving is on unpaved roads.

 

[tcartwri]

I think the rule here is when you see a gas station get water and fuel.

When I'm working in remote areas, this is my #1 rule.

 

[WH401]

My Excursion is 44 gallons. I can get about 750+ miles out of it doing all highway, but probably closer to 800.

 

[Rancher Ed]

My Excursion is 44 gallons. I can get about 750+ miles out of it doing all highway, but probably closer to 800.

Same here. We have an Excursion and if it is all highway we can get right at 800 miles (1280km) on one tank. We don't normally run it all the way down and go 650 to 700 miles between fillups.

We had a Suburban before we got the Ex and it also had a 44 gallon tank but didn't get as good mileage and would only do about 700 miles (1120km) per tank.

Ed

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I am working in Pilbara, Western Australia. Seems to me that the cars have much larger fuel tanks than the US version.
First picture shows amount of fuel to top the tank when it was initially only about half full.
The second picture shows why.

118 l = 31 gal
632 km = 393 miles

Uh...I see some water just beyond the sign...