POD
7th March 2013, 04:21 PM
Just had a 2-night solo jaunt up in the high country and gave the 130 a fair workout in some challenging steep terrain, very pleased with how it performed. I found the long wheelbase was not as big an issue as I thought it might be, some severe switchbacks that always used to take 2 bites in the Rangie with a 100" wheelbase still only took 2 bites in the 130, dragged the belly a couple of times but never got hung up. Before I went I removed both swaybars and the inner coils from the rear to maximise articulation. Never missed them, still handled quite well on the Licola road and I will never get anywhere near maximum payload. Rear tyres scrub on the underside of the tray/pod at max travel which is annoying, might have to look at a suspension lift at some point.