Hi everyone, I purchased this truck. It's in my garage safely after an adventurous drive home. I suffered two near catastrophic tire blow outs. The first passenger rear tire went flat in Wilks-Barre, PA, and then 7 hours later, the driver rear tire, just 25 miles from home. I let my dear neighbors know that I was back in town at 4:30 am this morning with clanking chains and flashing tow truck lights. 'Tis the season, right?
All four tires are near-full tread Michelin Alpin with a manufacture date of 2011. The truck has split wheels with inner tubes. I am not sure why the tires went flat. I was not driving over 65mph and they were inflated. I drove almost 18 hours straight, and thought perhaps the continuous heat was not great for inner tubes? Then again, it was no warmer than 28° F the entire drive. Any hunches welcome. I am considering the original toyota 42601-60262-03 wheel and BFG AT KO/2s 235 85 16 as replacements.
Thanks to a number of folks in the Land Cruiser community who helped me consider this and several other 70 series pickups over the last 1.5 years. I looked at several trucks in Europe and even pondered building a 75 from the chassis up. This truck with its low kms has turned out to be nice and more or less all there. The 3b is strong and clean with no leaks. I managed to get about 880km per tank. The driveline looks good. Not sure what's going on with the 4WD. The body has been resprayed and it looks good. It isn't ready for concours d'elegance, but it is just fine. I am sure I will come to understand its former condition over the next several years if/when any rust comes through. Truck included all service records from new, and again, it has 67,000km.
Really glad to be here.
All four tires are near-full tread Michelin Alpin with a manufacture date of 2011. The truck has split wheels with inner tubes. I am not sure why the tires went flat. I was not driving over 65mph and they were inflated. I drove almost 18 hours straight, and thought perhaps the continuous heat was not great for inner tubes? Then again, it was no warmer than 28° F the entire drive. Any hunches welcome. I am considering the original toyota 42601-60262-03 wheel and BFG AT KO/2s 235 85 16 as replacements.
Thanks to a number of folks in the Land Cruiser community who helped me consider this and several other 70 series pickups over the last 1.5 years. I looked at several trucks in Europe and even pondered building a 75 from the chassis up. This truck with its low kms has turned out to be nice and more or less all there. The 3b is strong and clean with no leaks. I managed to get about 880km per tank. The driveline looks good. Not sure what's going on with the 4WD. The body has been resprayed and it looks good. It isn't ready for concours d'elegance, but it is just fine. I am sure I will come to understand its former condition over the next several years if/when any rust comes through. Truck included all service records from new, and again, it has 67,000km.
Really glad to be here.
(mud salute)
