V7E8: The Detour to Go Further 

I love how you keep adding new things to the jeep, but it's a credit to you that you got as far as you did without all the upgrades. I think it shows that determination/desire and skill/experience can take you really far.

Extra fuel, new recovery goodies, fresh rubber....can't wait to see the rest of your North Bound Adventure! Cheers

Just randomly came across your videos for first time on Sunday, watched you exploring in my stomping grounds in Maine. Awesome. Next day i was on route 100 in Bally getting an ice cream and saw you stopped at intersection. Said to myself, where do I known that orange Jeep with red kayak from... Small world!

...and with that, my Friday’s complete. Thanks for the update Chris. Jeep’s functionality got a huge upgrade this week.

Chris that’s the cleanest I’ve seen your Jeep in months. It’ll drive better without the excess mud, etc... The new modifications should really help, and increase your confidence... Drive safely

Good luck with the new tank. You should have had them seal that sway bar disconnect so you don't get anymore water in it. Great series.

Man, I know that cornfield and shop entrance all too well. OK4WD. Such a great gem in the NW rural heart of Warren County NJ. Those guys can literally make ANYTHING happen and they do it all, top notch!

Awesome.....my hometown is Melbourne Australia ,nice to know there’s something from us attached to the Jeep

Chris I hope you never need to regret the spare tank ,but I would be paranoid about it hanging down there un-protected below the frame rails. Maybe you should consider a skid plate for it.

OK4WD mechanics ...kudos to those guys! I think another commentor mentioned "range anxiety" and I experienced the same on several of your adventures. My dad was notorious for letting the fuel level run down to the very edge of the E on the gauge. He actually did on a trip to Philly, running out of gas on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He had to walk five miles to a gas station and he lucked out that a PA trooper gave him a ride back to the car. Now I won't be concerned for you. New auxiliary tank, new rubber and some new parts should keep you on the trails and us entertained.

I love it... your really getting the reliability down in a manner that is suitable for your lifestyle... kudos! Oh, and I'm still envious!

OK4WD is simply on another level with customer service from my experience compared to the competition. I will happily wait for a package to be sent over to me on the West Coast from the East Coast. I have never physically met any of the guys but feel like I have known them for years.

Great episode fella. LRA tanks are a brilliant bit of kit, we have three big campanies here in Aus and I think the LRA product is made the best quality and value for money. Thank you for sharing your travels.

A tip for the recovery tracks. Connect them to one another with thin steel cables (I like stainless) and small shackles or carabiners for easy clipping on and off, then connect the rear ones to some place in the car, also with thin wire cables and small carabiners. This way, if you are in a nasty, gnarly muddy terrain, you simply drag them along to a more civilised road area where they can be easily recovered, instead of having to hike back, and dig them up from deep in the mud.

It’s Saturday morning, and I’m watching another episode. 🤘🏾

Great new gas tank! Thanks for the information on the tank. Have a safe trip

About time you got the second tank! Some of your videos where giving me range anxiety. XD

Good decision to install a auxiliary tank. For an overladen this is mandatory - my opinion. In Europe lots of overlanders drive because of this situation the Toyota HZJ78, which carries 180 l fuel (nearly 50 gal.) in both tanks, which allows to drive up to 1800km (1200 miles) without a tank stop.

Hi mate been following you awhile now and thought I'll drop you a comment in regards to your extra fuel tank I have a 2013 jk and have the same long ranger fuel tank, and down here in Australia you certainly have to have them, I've had mine for about 5 years and really happy with mine I'm sure you will have great results with it a great product. Enjoying your vidios I do a lot of overlanding down here in Australia regards Dan

Brand new KO2s. I know that’s a great feeling! And 17 extra gallons of gas. That’s a good day!

I don't even own a jeep anymore and I still love to watch these videos! Makes me want to do some overlanding in my new truck!

It’s always cool to see what upgrades you add to the Jeep!

🌲🚙Wish you good luck throughout the journey 👍🚙🌲

Finally getting the offroad vehicle equipped for offroading. Great job. Love your videos.

That is a nice looking aux gas tank. If only they had fabricated it to sit above the lower portion of the frame. But it should be okay with overlanding type trails. The new tank and plumbing might have stirred up some crap in the old tank, causing that stalling you mentioned. Anyway, you may want to think about changing the fuel filter if it keeps stalling as that is one symptom of a clogged fuel filter. It's part of the fuel pump assy in the factory tank, so it may be a pain to drop the factory tank to change out the fuel filter. Hopefully it will clear up on its own. Good luck!

It would be nice to do an episode on the back story of what started all this for you. Your first videos don’t really have a “beginning” of what prompted you to just all the sudden start exploring and living out of your jeep

Some people think that isn't a lot of miles on those but considering how much you're on forest roads and gravel, I think that's a decent amount of mileage out of them. If you did more pavement, I think you could easily get about 50k. Great video once again! Keep up the great work!

Nice opportunity to catch up with Cole and celebrate your mom's birthday. My mom turned 80 on Tuesday, so we're heading to Shady Maple for Seafood night. Safety Travels and God Bless!

I enjoy the Jeep build episodes. Keep up the great work. I look forward to all your adventures!

Great video. Really glad I found your channel.

Another Great video in the Books, Crissi enjoyed the video immensely.

This is a great mod. Thanks for the website I knew there were some guys importing these tanks to U.S. I'm planning to do this on my 2 door.

I would have bought three jerry cans and a funnel to avoid all of that! lol

Awesome Video Chris, One of my favorites. The tank is going to serve you well, speaking from experience. 17 Gallons, A much better solution to Rotopax for a larger quantity needed, Less of a theft issue also.

70 hours this week ,,, saved your video for Saturday night. Awesome. Didn't know those tanks were available.

Very underrated mod this is a perfect mod for an overlander

You got a lot of hard miles on those tires! I also am interested in that fuel tank. What a good idea and innovation.

COOL! GLAD EVERYTHING WENT AS PLANNED! GOD BE WITH YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY AS ALWAYS ! BE SAFE! HAVE FUN! ENJOYED AS ALWAYS ! YOUR MOM MUST OF BEEN SUPRISED , PLUS WAS ABLE TO BE WITH YOUR SON TOO !

Chris I really love your Jeep. I'd love to have a set up just like that. Maybe one day I can make that happen. Thanks as always for sharing. Oh, and HBD to your Mom. :)

Hi Chris. Always enjoy watching your videos. One day, I hope I can leave Jersey and travel the roads like you. Safe travels sir!

From what I've seen in your videos when you were "extreme" 4x4ing you have plenty of room between the ground and your new tank....keep on truckin.

Great video Chris... Wish I could find a shop like that here on the central coast of California.. Safe travels and thank you. 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Damn, you beat me! Love this show!

Finally :) very happy to see you using MaxTraxs great vid. G.

Best mod ever. I’ve been ogling these tanks for years!

Cape Breton in Nova Scotia is beautiful!!!

I could'a been first, but I didn't have anything to say at the moment...lol Great video, new things is one of the best reasons to have a vehicle. The new tank idea is great, but now it's sputtering. A lot of vehicles these days with Emissions systems, the fuel cell has to be pressurized. By adding the second tank, the system may lose pressure if it can backflow into the second tank. To correct that, a manual brass fuel line shutoff valve will need to be installed between the two tanks.

Another great video. Time to get packing for our 11 day excursion to Colorado.

Great video thank you!

I loved my aux tank in the Northeast Canadian areas. I’m not gonna say it’s necessary, but for sure less stressful. Especially if you plan to cross into Labrador on the ferry from Newfoundland.

Finally, he bought some MAXTRAX!

It's likely too late to help, but there is a ferry from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia that would save a lot of driving.

Always great content, thank you!

Well now that is pretty cool. I never even knew an auxiliary fuel tank existed for JK's. They even have them for 2dr JKs as well. Neat.

Everything on Jeeps is so nice and tiny. It's adorable :P

Nice upgrade Chris 👌,keep safe .

HBD to your Mom! Congrats Chris! All the right parts in all the right places. Excellent product explanations but did you ever get out of the pancake 🥞 batter!?!? 😂

Very nice addition!!! 😁👍

Very cool and smart upgrade for your kind of travel. Knowing that this tank will, in fact, allow you to get further and further from civilization I would highly suggest adding a few spares to your redundancy kit. First and foremost would be to order a backup electric transfer pump. That new tank will be rendered useless if/when the electric pump takes a dive on you in the middle of nowhere. Second would be some hoses of various diameters for punctures or leaks. Slip each hose into each other and then just zip tie the whole lot somewhere out of the way until needed. Finally, a handful of hose clamps varying in sizes/diameters.

Awesome add one. New tires are the best.

I had an aux tank on my 76 Bronco. Factory installed, manual valve just next to the side of the drivers seat. Could go all weekend off road.

BFG All Terrains ...uhg! BFG's aren't know for great wear , 35K isn't very good. The other reason I don't care for them is my son had a set on a F150 ,every time he took it on a logging road here In Washington he would put a rock through the face of one . After the shop re placed the third one (under warranty for free) at about 25K he had them pro rate him a set of Toyos, end of problem. I've had a lot better luck with Goodyear for mileage, although i am currently trying a set of Dick Cepek's on my Wrangler. That extra fuel tank looks trick, I'll have to check them out and see if they have anything for a Jeep YJ. Good adventures and ale care.

I drove to Nova Scotia and went up towards Meat Cove. If you see a gas station, STOP and top off.

I want a dual fuel tank on my JKU. Been thinking about it.

Auxiliary fuel tanks are subject to California's anti-tampering laws. Installation of auxiliary fuel tanks on emission controlled vehicles is prohibited unless the auxiliary fuel tanks have been evaluated and certified by the Air Resources Board. Think I’ll stick with the two 3 gallon Rotopax I mounted on my Smittybilt tire carrier I installed myself with slightly modified installation. Smittybilt says limit to 2 gallon Rotopax but I am not carrying the oversize tire and mounted the Rotopax with minimal eccentricity.

My first F 250 diesel came with BFG all terrain and I got 33K miles out of them only replacing them when a nail went through one of the sidewalls. Great tires.

The fuel tank is a pretty great mod and I am excited to see what exploring it will allow in the future. I gotta say though BFG all terrains I feel are a kind of overrated tire. I also don't understand why with all the off roading you do you don't have a mud tire or hybrid tire. You are so often in situations where you would benefit from a mud tire. I have not really come across someone who has ditched BFG AT's for something else reputable that was more aggressive and regretted it. The off road advantage is obvious but what may not be is most of the time wet pavement traction also winds up being better to. In my case I ditched BFG AT's for Cooper ST MAXX and literally every metric is better. They are actually quieter at highway speeds too but the wet pavement traction is just so much better it's hard to believe. My BFG's were cut and chunked up pretty bad too. I have taken the Coopers back on the same trails and worse and there is barely a mark on them. Highway manners from MI to Central Mexico were no problem as well. I would not be afraid to experiment with something else next time and really of all rigs you should have something better than AT's on it. As always love the content. Often the highlight of my week.

Let us know if the Jeep is riding low in the back because of the hundred and seven pounds of extra fuel plus the weight of the new tank.

You probably had air in the fuel system, I'm a big fan of BF Goodrich tires I have a set on my 4x4 Chevy Silverado.

Cool stuff !!

I"ve got the same tank in my JK. Love it!

Check to see if you have one of those crappy little inline fuel screens in your fuel line. If so it could very well be your intermittent stalling problem.

They should have made that tank a little smaller and give it some armor. 16 gal and a skid plate.

Golden, maybe I’ll cross paths when you’re near home someday… my only gripe is tire brand choice. But that’s a big debate topic I’m sure you’ve heard it all before 1000x haha

you were lucky that the shop owner allowed you to take vedio of the whole process.

you were overdue for tires. ;-)

I strap extra fuel to my Hummer H3 whenever I do long-range trips. Thanks for sharing :|

Did you have them check your sway bar disconnect? Wonder if there is a seal gasket that is missing that is allowing water into the mechanism?

Thanks I was going to use old fashioned Jerry cans extra tank make better sense

I just had the same problem, it would stall and then cut off the engine... turns out it was the ignition coil on the 5 th cylinder and the crank shaft sensor.

your electronic sway bar device in the front. I don't see you seal it. Boaters use some sort of silicone goop to seal their seacocks etc from leaking. I think that is your issue. That goop would keep the water from getting in to foul that spring. Just a thought

My husband and I love watching your videos, thank you for sharing. A while back in one of your videos you said you had “Internety things to do” we thought it was so funny! We quote it often: “ I have Internety things to do” you should make it into a T-shirt! Also, we kind of noticed that you like CheezeIts, you have to try the Italian Four Cheeze-It’s, they are SO good! a kick in the mouth,,, but in the best way! Lol

I'm not sure if the new system has an overflow protection device to keep the main tank from getting overfilled from the secondary tank. Getting the fuel level all the way to the top will push too much fuel into the Evap system. This can cause performance issues, charcoal tank saturation and Evap system failure.

We need to get BF Goodrich as a sponsor!!!

Oh sweet. That's my shop where I had most of my work done to my JKUR. Good guys. How long did the Long Ranger tank take to install in billable hours? I'm debating between this and the GenRight. Thank you for sharing.

Very cool!

I find it ironic that somebody here in Melbourne makes fuel tanks for Jeep when hardly anybody in Aust has them.

Those new gas bills are gonna be sticker shock for a bit. Curious if there is any loss of MPG with the extra weight.

Have you considered adding amateur radio to your toolbox of gadgets ?

Watched your video and became very interested in the idea of an extra fuel tank so I called long range America and when I first called them I got the tech support line and that guy couldn't answer a simple question so he told me I would have to call back and ask for the sales dept. I wondered why couldn't just transfer me. lol what a joke this place is. So I called back and spoke to Ward Harris in sales. I quickly found that Mr. Harris was clueless and couldn't answer the simplest of questions about his product i.e. gas tanks. I was interested in a smaller size so when I asked about a smaller one he replied why buy smaller if you don't go big why buy one at all, I was baffled at his answer. Plus when he asked if I had a four door and a 2 door Jeep I replied it's a unlimited then he said I don't want to know what you call it, is it 2 or 4 door and I said it's a unlimited which is a 4 door then he wanted to argue with me about it and I told him that's not my made up description that what the manufacturer calls it, unlimited is 4 door lol. This company is really screwed up and they don't know simple product info. I'm sure the product is a good one but the people here are just plain useless.

GenRight also sells a nice though expensive 40 gallon unit.

What’s your range with both tanks full?

in Toyota land cruiser VXR 1998, we call SUB TANK

mmm.2 days to install..just bolts right in.

I wouldn't use those wash rack brush. Those brush will scratch up your paint job leaving spider web scratches.. Those wash rack brush are very dirty and have fine sand hidden in the bristles. I've seen people intentionally grush the ground for the next person to use. Best to bring your own brush.

So the transfer pump will not auto shut off correct? Also is there only one filler neck? how do you fill one tank or both. I kinda missed that in the video.

Does anyone know what suspension mods or wheel spacers he uses in order to run those 315’s?

I'm eager to see your take on Newfoundland & Labrador. Born there & came to the US in 1996. I camped across the island in 1993. Short trip but really loved the Great Northern Peninsula & crossing to Labrador where I drove to as far as the road went, back in 93 to Red Bay. If you are going in August, you've picked a great month. Colors change early in Nfld. Make sure if you go to St. John's have some Ches's Fish & Chips dressing and gravy. Oh, and hope you enjoy the Cape Breton Cabot Trail and you hit it when the fog isn't covering everything.

wow only 32,000 miles I had a set of bfg ats on my old truck that lasted 55,000 miles and i was daily driving it. I have a set of bfg ko2 all terrains on my jeep wrangler tj and only have 22,000 miles on them and they still look brand new

Stalling out after driving for a bit? Wonder if it's a venting issue...