I just purchased I stock land cruiser from the original owner with 118,000 miles. I want to build it into a global travel vehicle during the next 3 years. I have a vision in mind. Since I understand these vehicles are prone to overloading I need to figure out what OME HD suspension, lift and other mods are necessary to get to the maximum safe operating capacity. I need to choose a tire size that is available globally if possible. How heavy can you build and load one of these and still consider yourself safe at say 70MPH?
Once I have the weight I can work backwards in choosing what I can and cant live without. The first thing that comes to mind of shedding is a heavy winch & winch bumper in lieu of a front and rear locker instead. I have 4 wheeled gutless Prado's on the beaches & jungles in SA and never needed a winch. We don't plan on doing any serious off roading. I'd like a winch but I'd like 40-65 liters of onboard water system & a long range fuel tank instead if it came down to choosing. It looks like I can have everything I want based on the builds on expedition Portal but I never see the weight information given for these fully loaded builds. Any help with the platform/foundation starting point & fully loaded weight details is appreciated.
Sean
Once I have the weight I can work backwards in choosing what I can and cant live without. The first thing that comes to mind of shedding is a heavy winch & winch bumper in lieu of a front and rear locker instead. I have 4 wheeled gutless Prado's on the beaches & jungles in SA and never needed a winch. We don't plan on doing any serious off roading. I'd like a winch but I'd like 40-65 liters of onboard water system & a long range fuel tank instead if it came down to choosing. It looks like I can have everything I want based on the builds on expedition Portal but I never see the weight information given for these fully loaded builds. Any help with the platform/foundation starting point & fully loaded weight details is appreciated.
Sean