2.6 tonne. all day everyday
Plus fule water and bodys, and what ever toys thay decide to bring with them.
fule i keep down just 50 bucks a fill but have 128ltrs, water empty but now can cary 100 ltrs
Thank god I'm not the only bugger who runs heavy!
I'm starting to question some of the other weights people reckon their vehicle is TBH - not sure blokes are actually using calibrated scales...
To the OP, if you've hit a winch, bulbar, driving lights, second battery, longrange tank, towbar, roofrack and a basic recovery kit you're already added 250kg to your truck.
Fuel and two occupants puts you up another 300kg, give or take.
Add camping gear, clothes, fridge and a second spare gets you at least another 150kg and you've still got nothing to:
a) eat;
b) drink; and
c): do basic repairs with.
Lets call it 100kg for that eh?
Storage drawer and a rear wheel carrier is another 100kg too. Side steps and a compressor are at least another 50kg.
That makes it a 950kg load by my count (plus a little extra for maps, UHFs, cargo barriers, gullwings, reversing lights, spare fluids and a RTT). Hmm looks like GVM to me...![]()
This is what motivated my post, the weight of some of the guys vehicles seems scary. When you read about people who like to find cavities to put extra accessories in and to avoid filling the load space to store more gear, but even if you manage to keep your loadspace empty, your truck is pretty dam heavy to begin with once it's fully accessorised. You cant really put that much more into the rig anyway, unless you are happy to go over GVM.
I think I'll just be happy to have the roof rack,fill the loadspace with gear and accessories and leave it at that.
Cheers
I have put my water tank, second battery, fridge and compressor into the load space with my home made drawer setup. This doesnt really leave me alot of room left which is good in my mind Add my wife and two little monkeys and the car feels pretty heavy and thats without the roof rack and all the camping gear, food and clothing etc.
I figure I would have to call BINGO on GVM.
ok a more complete list
all day every day
bull bar
rock sliders
i run 12.5X33X15, plus one on the back
spare wheel carrier
reinforced bonnett
skinny on the bonnett
air compresor
2Xn7 batterys
uhf radio speekers etc
water pump and plumbing
2 dome tents
all bedding blakets
shower tent and 12 shower thing
2 tarps
8 poles, axe shovel
big box of tent pegs rope mallett
Jack, tyer kit, wheel bearings, a set of rear axcles
radiator hoses cleamps, seals 5 ltrs oil
spaners, ring and opender set
socket set
plyers 3, plus circlip plyers
screw drivers, mulltymeter
fridge
2 burner lpg and 9 kg lpg bottle
1 butain burner
pots pans, eating stuff
toilet papaer gas cans, aero gard flyspray and sun block
2 kites, a cricet set, socerball, tball set. about 5 other balls
some tined food rice etc that lives in the 110
all equals 2.6 tonne. AND i am light when looking at some of the otheres i know
NB spelling, well its late and i dont care
an old survivor on a std county rim complete with a tube. and yes its 33"
thats on the bonnett, the wheel of last resort, i would rather brake a bead than driv on this. but it has saved me twice. IE the weekend trip where you kill 3 tyers = $$$$$$$
Oh i forgot, 1 large can of hairspray from coles, water profing and setting beads
and a can of fiberglass bog, = radiator fule tank repairs
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