Recent content by TWILLY

Snow country here and a strong proponent of full-time 4WD. It's safer, easier, and more predictable. All our cars are, and have been for decades.

Show me the data! Let’s see that spec sheet and production vin plates. It’ll be interesting if turns out that Toyota misled this reviewer on payload.

The LC 250 "exclusive bed kit" harkens to LC 80 "active vacation."

According to tech specs, the LC 250s range up to 5575 lb curb weight depending upon options and trim. I am curious to know the origins of the 5037 lb value published on the website.

LC250 curb and gross weights from tech stream data earlier posted on (then removed from) this forum are here: Thoughts on LC250 Remote Touring Capacities - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/thoughts-on-lc250-remote-touring-capacities.1333702/ Those data show curb weights up to 5575 lbs.

It's refreshing for a review to be predicated in part on payload. It's often not even mentioned. But the payload he cites (from Toyota's website) is several hundred pounds more than what was published on tech stream data.

The plot thickens. Website: 1688 lbs Tech specs: 1360 lbs Press truck: 1100 lbs Next up: Door-listed spec on production trucks.

I've ridden in them loaded and unloaded. They're built to carry loads, and, just like a touring bicycle, they are a bit rude unloaded (owing mostly to rear leafs) but soften up considerably when used as designed (carrying a load).

Data! Thanks.

An alternative view is that a Land Cruiser like the 250, which Toyota advertising touts for its “expedition” capabilities, should also be rated to carry a heavier load than, like, a Kia Sorrento.

What about the diesel do you prefer to the hybrid?

Yeah, it’s a lot of juice and I think an under-appreciated feature that I expect we’ll hear *a lot* more about once these trucks get out into the world. It’ll make electrified camping a breeze—fridge, stove, etc.

True.

Nope. I don’t d*ck around with cameras while driving amidst semi trucks.

Yeah. The fact that the hybrid four produces so much torque—and more torque than the six—had me convinced that it would receive the bigger diff. Hence my surprise when the opposite was true. I still don’t understand this, and look forward to learning why.