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[Godwin]

Over the past two weeks I've racked up ca. thousand miles. The cloth manual 4Runner seats are more comfortable than the electric leather Lexus seats. This week the LX450 was a tow rig for a 15' aluminum boat and handled this job well. The boat and trailer were hardly noticeable and mileage was decent at 12 mpg. This site is a backroad boat ramp on the Choctawhatchee River of SE AL.

 

[Godwin]

Drove about 500 miles over three days towing this load, a 19' Carolina Skiff loaded with turtle traps. A heavy load. Most of the driving was interstate at 65+/- with mileage running ca. 9-10. This is about what I had expected. Also had the AC on the entire time.

 

[Godwin]

Youngest son @cruiserinsanity borrowed the LX450 today to make a 400 mile round trip run to pick up another broken down car. Cruiser can handle the towing duties, but it's slow and gas mileage is miserable. Car is a 4WD Honda wagon with a 5 speed plus a lower than normal gear when needed. More info here https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/alvins-vehicular-misadventures.1320594/

 

[Godwin]

Swapped out the climate control panel because the one that was with the Cruiser had the AC button jammed in and the button would not disengage. May be a fix for this but I did not want to dig into the panel. Found a relatively cheap one on ebay and it works. Because this is a LX450 I needed the panel with the Auto button (I'm not a fan of this function).

 

[Godwin]

Worn out 265/75/16 BFGs are gone and have been replace with 285/75/16 Yokohama Geolandars. New tires are noticeably taller than the old. This is my 5th set of the Yokohama MTs, first set on the 80, previous 4 sets have been 255/85/16 that I run on the FJ60.

In the second pic, off in the background, is @cruiserinsanity dead Toyota truck and 4Runner collection, plus a blue Subaru Forester.

 

[Old Nick]

Worn out 265/75/16 BFGs are gone and have been replace with 285/75/16 Yokohama Geolandars. New tires are noticeably taller than the old. This is my 5th set of the Yokohama MTs, first set on the 80, previous 4 sets have been 255/85/16 that I run on the FJ60.

In the second pic, off in the background, is @cruiserinsanity dead Toyota truck and 4Runner collection, plus a blue Subaru Forester.

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Truly excellent tires. Running the same in my wife’s 80 and the Piggy.

 

[Godwin]

Winch cable refresh. This 8274 was rebuilt with an increased HP motor and Albright contactor but the cable was old, perhaps original to the winch. Maybe still ok use, maybe not. I did not want to have that uncertainty when using the winch, plus my cable end crimping was questionable. I replaced the 8274 cable with 125' of 3/8" steel cable, same as used on a 12K Warn winch. Discovered that the original 8274 hook is too small to be used on the slightly larger cable, so going to run a shackle until I replace that with a hook.