Master
SubscriberAfter being at Stockton beach the other day, I saw a Toyoto Landcruiser Dual cab with a bit of weight in it and it made me wonder how much weight can you carry onto the sand in your Defender. I only ask cause I don't want to get caught out. My logic tells me significantly less.
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Master
i have been looking for a photo of my old mans landy from when he used to work as pro fisherman on Double island and Fraser island. I can tell you it will carry a lot I have seen the landy with the front wheels almost not touching the ground and he drove thru 2 soft sand cuttings and then about 20-30 mins along the road to Tin can bay. And made mince meat of the f250 that was following also loaded. You can carry more than you can fit on there IMO
Master
SubscriberHaha. The picture in my head kind of scares me. Be interesting if you can find it.Originally Posted by omnibus
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Master
loaded to the hilt with mullet one of the best shots they ever got TONNES AND TONNES of mullet, I will keep looking admittedly it was a while ago so its a leefer not a deefer.
p.s by 'shot' I mean the net going into the water not the photo shot although good photo shot
ChatterBox
3.5T over 800km of sand dunes, admittedly its the desert but the same at Fraser and Moreton. 15psi all good
Jason
2010 130 TDCi
ChatterBox
Why could you carry less on the LR?
You can fit the same size tyres, they're lighter, and have more clearance, I see no logic, unless you merely based it on power.
Master
SubscriberYes I guess it was purely based on engine size. But stock tyres also
I'm not sure if they should be wider or fine as they are.
I've done Stockton at GVM in my 110 - as a test run for the Simpson.
No dramas on Stockton and none in the Simpson either - tyre pressures are critical to every offroad situation.
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SubscriberSeriously..... does your Defender even lift ?
It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".
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Master
We were at full GVM ( maybe a bit more) on Fraser, the weight helps when pulling out other cars. I drove around him in the even softer sand to get in front of him. Tyres had 15 psi in the front, 22 psi in the back.
Worst section on Fraser when we were there last week was the Ngkala Rocks bypass. We watch two Land Cruiser 79 series utes were having two or three goes on the way south, but my Land Rover just walked up it first time in second gear low much to their disappointment
ATB front and rear lockers and 33" tyres help a bit though
On our trip around Australia, we were even heavier, as we had our inflatable boat and outboard, more food and another 75lt of fuel. We drove through the sand to the aircraft wreck off the Anne Beadell highway, there are just some wheel tracks that go through the sand dunes, no clay caps like in the Simpson. No problem at all.
You just need to make sure your springs as correct for the full weight you carry, or you will be hitting the bump stops.
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