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Desiboy

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Have a dissent front and back bumper with overland panel with some recovery tools, sliders, rack with a pair of maxtrax and an aluminum bridging ramp, larger fuel tank (which was full at 29 gallons), 35" tires including spare, rear drawer and fridge, have deleted the 3rd row, had 120 lbs of cargo and weighed vehicle at CAT scale:
Gross weight: 7580 lbs
Steer axle: 3400 lb
Drive axle: 4180 lbs
Given GVWR is 7460 lbs will need to reconsider some planned mods or upgrade some vehicle components (perhaps stiffer rear springs)
Anyone else facing similar issues, any suggestions/solutions?
Thanks
 
Perhaps an airbag with a spacer above the current spring (keeping the spring light and pliant) at the back maybe the preferred way. Interested in input from folks here...
 
Australia has legal requirements for GVM upgrades and can be used as reference. if you search for LC300 Australia GVM upgrade you will get lot of options. Most of these are focused on coil springs and shocks and formal certification.
below is link to one site. hope this helps.

www.touringsolutionsaustralia.com.au

300 Series GVM Upgrades GVM Upgrade with Touring Solutions Australia

Build your 300 Series right with a GVM Upgrade.
www.touringsolutionsaustralia.com.au www.touringsolutionsaustralia.com.au

another link which includes detail discussion on GVM upgrade.

 
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It's a Land Cruiser. Abuse it and keep going.

I've had 3000lbs of logs in the back of my Tacoma, drove it down the highway with the suspension on the frame for 20 miles. Didn't skip a beat.

In Africa we kill these things and they keep coming back for more. I wouldn't sweat it.
 
Love the vehicle, it held up to Moab trails last year without unexpected drama tho I will plan on some suspension tweaks so that rear end doesn't sag with passengers, luggage.
Thanks for your input ghazzali and Docyota
 
Desiboy said:
Love the vehicle, it held up to Moab trails last year without unexpected drama tho I will plan on some suspension tweaks so that rear end doesn't sag with passengers, luggage.
Thanks for your input ghazzali and Docyota
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Show us the thing all built up. 👍
 
Desiboy said:
Love the vehicle, it held up to Moab trails last year without unexpected drama tho I will plan on some suspension tweaks so that rear end doesn't sag with passengers, luggage.
Thanks for your input ghazzali and Docyota
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it's a safety issue too so better get it right.
 
Elephant hill. Chicken corners and some others

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Juggling wife demands for 3rd row and the payload of 1190 lbs seems to be pretty tough.

A roof rack for ~100, rock rails for 200, additional fuel tank for 100, then you're already down to 800 lbs. Assuming you want to be able to use the 3rd row occasionally, that's about all the permanent mods you can put on and still use it fully loaded with passengers without going over gvwr.

I also wonder how going over gvwr affects the AHC...
 
MRego said:
Wow...did not expect all that. Super cool. Are you in H2 in all these pics? Did you do a sensor lift?
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I am in H2. No sensor lift. I also removed the 3rd row, while I would have liked to keep it, it was quite unusable bith for passengers and for cargo with the seats down. I retained the aluminum frame to protect the battery and put a 1/2” baltic birch wooden board. Is working out well
 
Desiboy said:
Have a dissent front and back bumper with overland panel with some recovery tools, sliders, rack with a pair of maxtrax and an aluminum bridging ramp, larger fuel tank (which was full at 29 gallons), 35" tires including spare, rear drawer and fridge, have deleted the 3rd row, had 120 lbs of cargo and weighed vehicle at CAT scale:
Gross weight: 7580 lbs
Steer axle: 3400 lb
Drive axle: 4180 lbs
Given GVWR is 7460 lbs will need to reconsider some planned mods or upgrade some vehicle components (perhaps stiffer rear springs)
Anyone else facing similar issues, any suggestions/solutions?
Thanks
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Hey Desiboy -- saw your GVWR post. CAT-scaling your 200 at 7,580 against a 7,460 GVWR is exactly the kind of honest math most people never do. I built a tool (Rig-Locker) that works out payload, axle loads, and CG for a real loadout -- 33 years of aerospace weight-and-balance behind it. Free beta right now, and I want people who actually weigh their rigs to tell me what's broken. Want the link?

Brent
 
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