G'day guys and girls. Just signed up, this is my second 4x4 but first Land Cruiser. My father had a 75 series tray-back utility and that was very harsh of a vehicle... next to a military vehicle pretty much, just absolutely bare and a hard ride as well.
So after needing a stronger tow vehicle to tow my 22ft, 3 tonne caravan, this was the strongest 4x4 available in Australia seeing as US pickups are not readily available or affordable ($120,000). So it was this beast and while it is still rather "primative", it is a little more comfortable than the ol'mans old utility. I am slowly getting used to it but one thing I do like is the 4.5L turbo-diesel V8 it has and the fact that it is very simplistic which makes for not too much to go wrong or break easily.
I just came from a BT-50 which is a Mazda badged Ford Ranger which was a delightful vehicle but were having issues with cracked chassis while towing 3 tonnes or over regularly. But it was an amazing vehicle otherwise.
A few pics from dead stock to current, there's a pic of a hill there that stopped me, needed lockers and a few other general pics as well as my set-up. I bought it new so is a 2012 model, and have been slowly modifying it to suit. I would love for a set of 255/85/16 tyres but are a little too uneconomical for towing purposes on such a small vehicle as I lose too much torque. I have pretty much set it up for adventuring/camping/touring and in a weeks time I will have the caravan hooked up and travelling around 3000 kilometres up to Cairns for the Cape York trip, then travel back home again.
So keen to get amongst it all and hope to get some good conversations rolling. Who knows, might even get to do some whheling over in the USA and Europe one day.
Cheers
So after needing a stronger tow vehicle to tow my 22ft, 3 tonne caravan, this was the strongest 4x4 available in Australia seeing as US pickups are not readily available or affordable ($120,000). So it was this beast and while it is still rather "primative", it is a little more comfortable than the ol'mans old utility. I am slowly getting used to it but one thing I do like is the 4.5L turbo-diesel V8 it has and the fact that it is very simplistic which makes for not too much to go wrong or break easily.
I just came from a BT-50 which is a Mazda badged Ford Ranger which was a delightful vehicle but were having issues with cracked chassis while towing 3 tonnes or over regularly. But it was an amazing vehicle otherwise.
A few pics from dead stock to current, there's a pic of a hill there that stopped me, needed lockers and a few other general pics as well as my set-up. I bought it new so is a 2012 model, and have been slowly modifying it to suit. I would love for a set of 255/85/16 tyres but are a little too uneconomical for towing purposes on such a small vehicle as I lose too much torque. I have pretty much set it up for adventuring/camping/touring and in a weeks time I will have the caravan hooked up and travelling around 3000 kilometres up to Cairns for the Cape York trip, then travel back home again.
So keen to get amongst it all and hope to get some good conversations rolling. Who knows, might even get to do some whheling over in the USA and Europe one day.
Cheers
