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[v8tuff]

I believe that these trucks are worthy of more attention then they get, and since ih8mud is the best site anywhere for landcruisers, we should have something to go on for the Montero here.

Post up any information you have about the montero, and any links to good stuff.

I'll start with what I know:

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We'll see where this goes...

 

[TobyB]

I know mine can tow...

can tow well over #3000 while loaded with another half ton.

A pair of bags on the rear axle and decent shocks. I use an
equalizing hitch, but it's really not needed, just comforting.

1989 4- dr.

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[Brian Macgyver]

I agree
I had an 84 Montero for several years before I had my 80 series Land Cruiser. I 4-wheeled that truck much harder than I have used my LC. I beat the Montero and drove it hard. I nearly rolled it several times. I put 100,000 miles on that truck, and then sold it to my friend.
Aside from my desert baja, that is the rig that has the most favored memories for me. I took my new-born daughter wheeling in the Montero. That truck had the inscription on the rear window, "Don't roll the truck, you might wake the baby"!
My daughter had her first initiation into rough-trail wheeling in that truck. She had an electric seat. I could push a button on the dash, and lay her seat back. Then she would go to sleep. She would sleep while we drove on trails that hadn't seen a truck in 30 years. The trees in the middle of the trail were 3" thick. The washouts were three feet deep.
There was one time when we traveled over 100 miles on backroads until we nearly ran out of gas. We had just returned to Globe literally on fumes when we found the local steakhouse. We filled up, and then ate some steak! It was some great grub! Then we found a motel that could take us, our two dogs, and our tired kid for the night. We went home in the morning.

 

[Brian Macgyver]

In fact that same Montero is currently sitting in my shop. It is awaiting a new set of brake lines. It currently has over 380,000 miles on it. It makes my 80-series locked Land Cruisrer look like a teenager!
My LC is just a kid!
But then the Montero has never been rolled over, unlike the Land Cruiser. Not that I didn't do my best, just that I failed to have that kind of mishap in the Montero.

 

[Brian Macgyver]

IMHO
The Montero really deserves its own website. It is one of the toughest little trucks on the second-hand markets. The little short-back built from 1983-1989 is every bit as strong as most Land Cruisers. Compared to the Jeep of the same era, the short-box Montero/Raider is much heavier. The Jeep weighs in at 2500 lb. The Montero weighs in at 4010 pounds empty. It is made out of real steel!
Like the ant, either one can carry many times its weight up a hill. The Land Cruiser and the Mlontero are two of a kind.
I have personally run one of these trucks to hell and back.
I have seen these trucks survive the work to end WW11