i have a 89 f150 that is on full time gas,what i would like to know is does anybody else use only lpg,is it easy to get when you are travelling further inland,my truck has beenon full lpg for years with no problems and have towed my mates drag car to the races often enough to know how it goes towing and the fuel consumption,which surprisingly is not a great deal more when not towing,but the remoteness of some places might be a worry,not going bush,truck is not a 4wd,if any you guys can advise will be appreciated.
moamajohn said
07:56 PM May 19, 2016
Hi Greg I started touring on gas ,no big deal ,however when you go to certain places it can be unreliable.In these instances Icheck ahead and I think you may be able to access a web site that may be dedicated to it .Cheers John. PS please remove your full address from your Profile for your own security ASAP !
Fringe Dweller said
08:58 PM May 19, 2016
G'day 150Red . I had gas & petrol . Went from Coffs , Moree , St George , Mt Isa to Darwin . Then Adel , Melb . Back up Hume , Pacific
to Coffs . Never had trouble with getting gas . With a 3.5t m/h was getting 12mpg , bought a WW2 l/h drive Jeep on a car trailer in
Coober Pedy then got 11.5mpg . Do you have "petrol backup" . I used to run first 15.20min on leaded replacement , then switch to gas
for the rest of the day , on "climbs" I would use petrol , did not have to , but it was how I like to work the motor.
Ethanol said
10:12 PM May 19, 2016
Hi 150Red, I went right around Aus last year, it wasn't that there was no gas but I could not get gas at about 10 places ( I documented them all for further reference ) Their bowsers are either stuffed & the repairs I was told are becoming massive in $$$, some places were waiting for the repairs for weeks, others were not bothered with it because of the hassles & were not renewing it You will definitely need Petrol backup if you intend to go around. This was my experience last year & I come to the conclusion that they could not be bothered as they also said LPG was not worth the trouble. I did come across a repair man near Streaky Bay SA & I asked him what was happening, he did confirm that it was very expensive to service the LPG systems & that's why some people are not fixing them.
Just for interest I travelled from Norseman To Ceduna across the Nullarbor & only used petrol for about 70 K's & I think that was because of a dead bowser.
Cheers
Mike
150red said
07:15 PM May 20, 2016
ok guys thanks for the info,because the truck is dedicated gas theres no lines pumps or tanks so when we do start travelling i will prob have to make sure i can get gas before i go,i have been doing that before when my wife and i go on lost weekends,but other than that,using the system i have i am limited to lpg only.
but where theres a will theres a way.....cheers
laurieoz said
08:56 PM May 20, 2016
My last MH was a Ford / Sunliner - gas and petrol - I was happy the petrol tank was still there - on gas most of the time but run out a few times
i have a 89 f150 that is on full time gas,what i would like to know is does anybody else use only lpg,is it easy to get when you are travelling further inland,my truck has beenon full lpg for years with no problems and have towed my mates drag car to the races often enough to know how it goes towing and the fuel consumption,which surprisingly is not a great deal more when not towing,but the remoteness of some places might be a worry,not going bush,truck is not a 4wd,if any you guys can advise will be appreciated.
G'day 150Red . I had gas & petrol . Went from Coffs , Moree , St George , Mt Isa to Darwin . Then Adel , Melb . Back up Hume , Pacific
to Coffs . Never had trouble with getting gas . With a 3.5t m/h was getting 12mpg , bought a WW2 l/h drive Jeep on a car trailer in
Coober Pedy then got 11.5mpg . Do you have "petrol backup" . I used to run first 15.20min on leaded replacement , then switch to gas
for the rest of the day , on "climbs" I would use petrol , did not have to , but it was how I like to work the motor.
Just for interest I travelled from Norseman To Ceduna across the Nullarbor & only used petrol for about 70 K's & I think that was because of a dead bowser.
Cheers
Mike
but where theres a will theres a way.....cheers