Thread: Iveco Daily 4x4

Going Bush

Looks great will look forward to seeing photos of yours.

Do you know how much Grand Ridge camping modules start at.

Cheers

Can someone confirm to me that these are Australian Made. If they are I am going to buy one. Checked one out today and was very impressed. It might mean giving up the LR.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Can someone confirm to me that these are Australian Made. If they are I am going to buy one. Checked one out today and was very impressed. It might mean giving up the LR.

Definetly not made in Australia.
They are made in Italy by SCAM SpA - Light Tactical Vehicles - SCAM Spa

The Iveco cabin, Fiat engine and ZF gearbox are about the only thing common with the more familiar Iveco Daily 2wd Cab chassis trucks, everything else is from the Tactical Truck.

Any updates yet?

Look forward to seeing your continued build and evaluation of the new Beasty

cheers, Chris

This post and a few others n here show to me that there is a very real market for a 4x4 that is much bigger than a 'normal' 4x4, I went very close to buying an NT model OKA but they went leg up.

This may be it I dunno but I'm still looking as I want a vehicle I can live in for extended periods of time while traveling / touring. I don't want to tow a camper or a caravan as I want to tow a boat. It is a few years off yet but always looking. My criteria is a real 4x4 off real off road, large enough to take fuel and water for extended periods away from civilization but not huge - I.E. an ex army unimog.

Oh and relatively speaking limited electronics or proven reliability - fact is what I want may not exist :-(

Originally Posted by chuck

Going Bush

Looks great will look forward to seeing photos of yours.

Do you know how much Grand Ridge camping modules start at.

Cheers

I do not know of Grand Ridge camping modules

but here is a cut and paste from a Ridgeline document

V1: DIY KIT
Manufactured to allow the handyman or tradesman to complete the internal construction and layout to suit your individual requirements.
Price $22,900/$19,945 (Single/Dual Cab)
V2: Adventurer
The ready to explore model. 130Lt water tank, full size double bed, 120Lt fridge freezer, and kitchen area with significant storage.
Price $53,050/$50,300 (Single/Dual Cab)
Attached is a floor plan of the single cab version.
The Dual cab is 500mm shorter with the 500 taken from the area between the bed and kitchenette.
V3: Explorer
Currently under development is our fully equipped version with all the above plus hot and cold shower, toilet, large double bed, 65Lt designated drinking water tank, grey water tank, and Diesel air & water heater.
The ideal extended travel unit Price TBA once completed.
Camper options and upgrades include:
 192W or 248 W Solar panelling
 Side windows
 Inverter
 Battery charger
 Shore power
 Extra storage draws
You are welcome to make an appointment to visit us at Unit 3 111 South Pine Road BRENDALE, on Brisbane's North Side.

I have been so busy with my truck that believe it or not Ive not taken a single photo of it, Stupid me I had it next to the Defender today , they wont be together again till Tuesday when the Landy gets put on a truck for Melbourne. but will try to get some size comparison photos.

It was delivered to Brisbane by an Iveco contract driver and had 1050km on it when handed over, possibly the driver wanted to test the truck out on something other than blacktop as its normally a 850km trip.

It was scheduled to arrive at 1.00 but arrived at 4.00 Tuesday (hmm missing 3 hours and 200km add up) and I took it directly to Strathpine DoT to get registered , first drive I thought 'oh what have I done' the truck was so rough riding and back jarring on suburbain roads that I thought this is going to be useless in the dirt. Got it home to find the 9.5R17.5 Michelin XZY road tyres on 105psi rear and 65psi front , I immediately dropped the pressure to 55 / 45

I had been scoping a tray to put on the back, one that I could carry the 5 off road rims and other stuff back to Melbourne, and found a perfect Mine Spec Steel Tray from a GU Patrol 2020 wide x 2300 long on Gumtree at Mt Tamborine , 2 hours south of where we are staying at Bribie Island so went down to collect it on Wednesday.

Drive to Tamborine was a good test drive, The lower tyre pressure made a big improvment in ride, the truck other than being bouncy drives more like a car, its VERY quiet, gears and clutch are more like a Holden Barina than a Truck. Driving position is very commanding if you pull up next to a proper truck like Mack or Kenworth you are eye level with the driver.

Got to Tamborine and Jason had the tray propped up on 44-gallon drums ready for me to back under, or so he thought, still about 600mm to raise it !! I bolted some 4x4 timber across the frame and sat the tray down on them , (as the GU rails are about 200mm wider than the truck) and Jason kindly strapped the tray down to the 4x4 with speed brace.

On the way home with the weight of the Tray, (must be at least 300kg ) the truck felt so much nicer, not skittish at all like before and no more bucking bronco ride , tho I cant try it off road for now because the tray is only temporary attached, the flex in the chassis in offroad would tear the speed brace apart.

Thursday I fitted reversing camera and Trailer brake controller and converted 13 pin euro trailer plug to 7 pin Trailer plug which took some nutting out, with diodes etc as the iveco is bulb sensing, as well as a Anderson plug for the caravan. Iveco have made this easy as the Battery posetive has a fuse block with several take off attachment lugs, and body builders plugs so that no splicing into vehicle wiring loom is required.

Today I drove back to Brendale for Ridgeline guys to install the HID kit, whilst they were doing that I fitted the tow bar. I noticed the rear diff Pinion seal was weeping and checked the raised diff breather to find it useless, another truck there had same problem. The breather cap has "opening pressure .28:1.7 PSI" stamped into it, whatever that means, and it is actually a one way valve . I replace the breather ends with some free flowing Pirhana breathers from ARB.

Took the Defender for a drive to get parts and realised why my left leg looks like Schwarzenegger's , you don't notice it when you drive them all the time but, man, that Defender clutch is heavy after driving the Iveco.

Bullbar gets fitted on Monday, I was prepared to do it DIY but apparantly its not that easy as a part has to be cut off the old bar to mount the lights into the new bar, not sort of thing I can do in a caravan park.

anyway , so far -so good, very happy with the truck and you would not believe how many people looks at it and stop to ask about it,

Originally Posted by blitz

This post and a few others n here show to me that there is a very real market for a 4x4 that is much bigger than a 'normal' 4x4, I went very close to buying an NT model OKA but they went leg up.

This may be it I dunno but I'm still looking as I want a vehicle I can live in for extended periods of time while traveling / touring. I don't want to tow a camper or a caravan as I want to tow a boat. It is a few years off yet but always looking. My criteria is a real 4x4 off real off road, large enough to take fuel and water for extended periods away from civilization but not huge - I.E. an ex army unimog.

Oh and relatively speaking limited electronics or proven reliability - fact is what I want may not exist :-(

I think this vehicle will be close to the mark.


I forgot to mention, that this truck dosent feel big when your driving it, you can park in a standard carpark in Bunnings or Supercheap auto, and its Soooo easy to park, the mirrors and visibility are fantastic , Turning circle is bigger than a 110 but smaller than a 130



Will get some pics up tomorrow.

cheers Don

That's one thing I like about the look of it, the way they've got a lot of space but the actual size of the truck isn't too ridiculous. And I'll be interested to see how the onboard diagnostics work out . . . though, er, hoping that you won't need them, of course.

It's good to see your Landie experience is paying off with the diff breather and so on!

But no piccies . . .

Hi mate - any chance of having a gander before you head off? I'm only about 20 minutes away from Brendale. BTW, why are you staying at a caravan park?! Myself, and I'm sure plenty of other AULRO locals, would have been (still are) happy to put you up!