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Funksolid

Funksolid

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Hey I am trying to figure out what is cheaper. Flying one way to Vancouver and Driving my HZJ73 back to Calgary OR Having it shipped out here.

Could someone please ball park your diesel mileage on your 1HZ? And on a 1HD-T, so I could roughly figure out what is going to be the best option.

I got a quote from SeaRail on shipping my vehicle on a train for $554. Does anyone know a better way to ship a vehicle from Vancouver to Calgary?

Thank You Kindly :-)

Andrew
 
there is more to consider than fuel milage, you have plane fair, food, fuel, time, and you are driving an unknown vehicle through some very desolate areas and if a tow should be needed or repairs that will kill any sense of savings...
i have a truck with just 21,000 km on it's way right now... by train. in the long run you save by shipping and a lot less worries. i drove the first few out and it was an adventure....
 
Your fuel consumption if its running ok should be around 12-14 litre per 100klms.

Unless you know 1HZ and Landcruisers like the back of your hand, I would be inclined to take Crushers advice and stick it on the train.
If something goes wrong on the way you will be at the mercy of god knows who trying to get yourself and your vehicle home
 
We did the drive. It was easy. Just go over the vehicle before you leave.

We flew in. Picked up the vehicles, got a hotel, drank and then left in the morning. Just take it easy through the mountains and you will be fine.

If you have problems it would give me a reason for a road trip.

You do have to consider the time off work too.

We didn't want to wait for the vehicles.

Here's some posting on Searail.

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39802&highlight=searail
 
there are lots of guys who do the drive, for me if you can't wait or are itchen for a road trip then go for it. but in my old age i can wait...
one thing about it, either you will love the truck or hate it by the time you are home...
 
JDMGoodness said:
Picked up the vehicles, got a hotel, drank and then left in the morning.]
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there is your answer in a nutshell:
drive with a hangover, the day is just a haze...
 
The Road trip

Thank you for all the advice. We (My friend and I) are buying LC's from KK Trading... They claim to do a lot of fluid changes and mech inspections, and do a test drive before they ship it. So going by their website I think that it would be cool to drive home (but cars are cars I know).

Has anyone heard really bad stuff/good things about KK Trading?

To be honest I want to do the road trip, because it would be fun. But sitting on the side of the Hwy1 in the middle of nowhere is also not very fun.

My other thought is that if we do and Though Bill Of Lading, and have the LC's land in Calgary then customs should be easyer because if we have problems our LC's are in town.

Any more advice?

Thank You
 
Send it on the train and take it for a good raod trip after you have inspected it and test driven it. Even though they do good work at KK - they just do things differently in Japan. Almost every vehicle I have recieved has needed a total brake overhaul even though the people in japan say the brakes are fine. They may be fine - but not fine according to Canada standards.

My trucks get 500kms per 64 litres at 120km/hr average combined.

regards
 
the road trip would be fun, for sure. if you decide to drive take some tools with you and a FSM. the 1HZ is a simple engine to work on. as long as you are somewhat familure with land cruisers then go for it...
almost all the trucks i have recieved are in great shape but the first few were a learning process. the very first truck i recieved in was a HJ61 with no O/D so the entire drive from Vancouver was in 3rd. the milage sucked, the noise was louder than i anticipated due to the rpms and it blew a tiny water line just blocks from my home in Calgary... if it would have blown on the side of the road somewhere in BC then that would have been a PITA...
(of course i had NO tools with me and no cell coverage in most areas)
if you do drive then best of luck to you... it is a beautiful time of the year to be in BC...
 
If you do go to Vancouver to pick it up, make sure the speed warning buzzer has been disconnected before you hit the road. It's loud, really loud, and only doing 104kph on the road to Calgary can be a little scary!
 
The first thing to consider is do you want to learn to drive a RHD at the waterfront in Richmond and have to deal with the traffic getting out of Vancouver. It's second nature after a few weeks, but checking those blind spots and figuring out where you are on the road can be a bit unnerving...

Having driven the Coq a half dozen times, you need to understand that 1HZ's don't like altitude - Do a bunch of reading, and get an understanding of how to drive the machine... Expect 70 km/h at the top of the snowshed hill.

Do yourself a favour, and have the resonator replaced with a chunk of 2 1/2 straight pipe before the drive! Refer to the pics in post 10 of this thread https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=72355

Give me a call when you pass through Salmon Arm, and I'll buy you a coffee.

Jim
 
Thanks Jim!

I have test driven 4 LC's from a car dealership, and had no trouble with the RHD. I know it takes a while to re-wire a couple of instinctive driving habits, but generally it was easier than I thought to drive.

I found that on the HZJ73 that it does not have any real "blind" spots because of the windows and stuff. Calgary has some serious traffic, and merging in it was not too bad (Drove to my girlfriends house to show her the LC).

I am reading as many threads as I can, trying to soak up all the info on here before I drive my LC home from Van city (and to try and not be a dumb ass about my purchase). I was born there so navigation and BC drivers are no strangers to this guy.

Unfortunately I dont have access to any tools in Van, so it will have to wait on the exhaust modifications until I get back to Calgary, but I will bring my big tool box there on the flight, and my friend is bringing his tools too.

Are there any more suggestions on stuff I can do to try and cut down the breakdown odds? And where is the over-speed buzzer? (I drove a U Haul with one and I almost killed myself)

Thank You for the coffee offer too! I will let you know when we know what is going on. KK Trading is just finding our LC’s right now. Could be a couple of weeks or months, but I will let you know.:beer:

Thank You

Andrew
 
Andrew:

I picked mine up in Kits, Friday afternoon at 5, Halloween, raining...:whoops: ........kept turning the darn wipers off!:doh:
(Didn't leave town until Saturday AM)

My HZJ73 didn't have a buzzer connected :grinpimp: - have never looked to see if it has one.
 
I've done a lot of whining about my fuel consumption but it's still around 13 to 13.5 l / 100 km on my 1HDT. But Nick and others have been more like 10.75 to 11. Wish I could say I'm there, but I'm not. And as far as I know, I'm a gentle driver. I'm still trying to figure out if this is normal or not, truck to truck variance. I can't explain it, but for whatever reason my consumption is pretty steady no matter what I do. So maybe I'm a near worst case scenario? Only diff is my buddy I KNOW gets the 10.75 has a full 3" exhaust and much milder AT style tires. Still not sure if that explains the diff though.
 
Funksolid said:
My other thought is that if we do and Though Bill Of Lading, and have the LC's land in Calgary then customs should be easyer because if we have problems our LC's are in town.
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You can't pick up your Cruisers from the dock until you provide clearance from Customs (unless you're a bonded carrier). I wanted to save time and complete the import paper work and pay GST/duty locally before travelling to Vancouver, but Customs said "No".

Another consideration; your sea insurance coverage ends once your Cruiser's wheels leave the ship. The dock, where your Cruiser will stay for 3-10 days, is not responsible for any loss or damage. You may want to consider a short term storage policy.

Don't forget to bring a spare battery in your tool box. Both my batteries were totally drained; a 20 minute boost from the Volvo got it to start.

My tyres had lots of tread left and looked fine in the pictures but were very old and rotten. I topped them up to 30lbs and they lasted less than 300km.

Road trips are fun. Breakdowns on road trips suck.

Perhaps,
- buy a storage insurance policy
- pay a broker to clear customs for you
- have the Cruisers flat decked to ATEB
- have ATEB do a thorough service/maintenance prep like they do for Rising Sun Imports
-fly to Vancouver and enjoy an uneventful roadtrip home

G'luck, -Steve
 
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