Will I fit?

[Dreamer]

Need some towing capacity. 3000KG would be good. Love my Vito van but business is good and need a fourby. Been on this site many years on and off. I am 6ft 2in and broad shouldered. (Hold the comments.) Will I fit comfortably in a 130? Drove Series 3's in army reserves in early 80's. Cant remember if I squeezed in or not. Bloke at Dingo CQ said height is ok. He was also over 6 ft. What do you reckon? Thank you.

[shack]

Need some towing capacity. 3000KG would be good. Love my Vito van but business is good and need a fourby. Been on this site many years on and off. I am 6ft 2in and broad shouldered. (Hold the comments.) Will I fit comfortably in a 130? Drove Series 3's in army reserves in early 80's. Cant remember if I squeezed in or not. Bloke at Dingo CQ said height is ok. He was also over 6 ft. What do you reckon? Thank you.No you will not, but get one anyway!!
Although if its a twincab at least you can change the seat rails for more leg room, but they are narrow

[rick130]

I'm 6'2", all legs and drove one for fifteen years.

With a crew cab or wagon you just put packers/spacers under the seat rails 19-22mm high and longer bolts.
This enables the seat to slide further rearward (it clears the seat box bulkhead)
This makes for a nice, comfy driving position, but you'll probably drive with the window down and elbow out most of the time!
I'm pretty broad in the shoulders and any bulky jackets in winter made things a bit, er, claustrophobic so you learn to layer instead. [emoji23]

A standard cab ute is a little close for comfort.

[87County]

even if it was a little tight you'll enjoy it for sure

extended seat rails are the way to go :)

[The ho har's]

Single cab NO you won't. H is well over 6" and he doesn't fit in one, though a duel cab you will as the seat can go back much further, H is happy driving ours [biggrin]

Mrs hh

[austastar]

Hi,
I'm a lanky 6 ft and a bit and fit in my cab chassis 130 comfortably with no mods.
Both my boys are bigger than me and only just fit in the passenger seat with a squeeze, I doubt they could drive it.
Cheers

[Lewy110]

I am 6ft 2in and fit fine in my Series 3. Also fitted fine in my 110 wagon when I had it without any mods to the seat rails.

[Gordie]

Drove 110 Canberra-Adelaide, 12hrs or so, only got out of the seat 3 times for food/fuel. Was very comfortable and not at all saddle sore. I am over 6ft.

[vnx205]

It seems that just knowing someone's height and weight is not enough to predict whether they will feel comfortable.
I am only 180cm and 60 kg, so I have no problems.
However, I was quite surprised that my BIL who is about 190cm and about 85kg found the passenger's side comfortable. That is in spite of the fact that the AC reduces the available space.

[weeds]

Ya really need to sit in one.....

I’m 6’1” and topped the scales @ 112kg...now 95.

We have a 110HT which would have the same room as a single cab and I fit now worried.....Pretty sure my old wagon seat rails were standard and I fitted just fine.

Track down a defer and have a sit in it.

[sid]

I'm 6'4 and 100kg - fairly broad across the shoulders. I drive a TD5 130 Dual Cab and fit fine with the Mud seat rail extensions. Was fine without, but installed 'em anyway and do enjoy the legroom. Honestly, I think it's just a different seating position to what most are used to. Because it's more upright it seems at first as though there's less legroom, but I don't notice it.

Do it!

[ATH]

I'm 185cm and "about 95kg sometimes...." and have had 3 Deafeners and fitted OK in the 300Tdi and Td5. But strangely didn't feel as comfortable in the Puma so bought a set of rail extenders which made it OK.
I like to sit with arms nearly straight whatever I'm driving so the extenders were essential to do that.
AlanH.

PS. The Pumas seats were not anywhere near as good as the previous vehicles anyway. Probably made cheaper under Ford downgrading of the vehicle.

[Phideaux]

There's no substitute for 'sitting in it' (and preferably, driving in it).

It's not just height and weight, it's proportions. I have 'long back, short legs'.

I'm 6'1 and far too many kilos, discovered that older Subaru Outbacks 'don't fit' (a Forester does)
(Wife's car is a Honda Jazz; I fit in that - with no leeway)
Ditto (no leeway) with my Freelander 2. That said, the one position where I do fit is absolutely Goldilocks just-right.
Many, many years ago, I tried an Italian car - (not specifying!) - left it in the showroom, no test drive; long back meant I touched the roof.

If you're talking 'professional/tradie', you'll be in and out like a (deleted!!), so you also need to think about how wide the doors open, whether there's any issue getting in-out on a slope, doors prop or not, door-sill slippery, that sort of thing.

And if you're talking towing; must check how the mirrors work with your trailer. I've got two trailers, one wide, one standard; the smaller trailer is an absolute (deleted) to reverse (can't see it till it's out of order) - the wider trailer I can (sometimes) reverse with precision.

Happy hunting!