Thread: What do you get after a D3?

One of my brother in laws has a BT50 that he brought to tow his off road camper in the bush.

At Christmas time we stayed on his 5 acre property out in Orange in our caravan, it rained very heavilly for days. When we decided to leave he was of the opinion that there was no way we could tow the 2.5 ton van out given the amount of water still running down through his property which is on the side of a pretty steep hill. He based this on getting stuck several times in his BT50 while driving around the property in similar weather conditions.

There was much fuss about how we wouldn't be able to do it without getting stuck that it ended up pi**ing me off so much that I bet him $100 the D2 would tow the van out without issue.

Needless to say I didn't get the $100 even though it drove straight out first pop. But I did get a begrudging acceptance in the end that the old Disco was more than likely a superior 4x4 vehicle to his near new BT50 that he was so proud of.

I wished him well going off road with his camper considering he struggled driving around his property when it was wet.

cheers,
Terry

Had a quote of $1100 to do the full front end rebuild and realign. Assuming that includes the upgraded ball joint size (ie: replaced wishbones), sounds like a good deal.

Update: I'm keeping the D3 and also ordered the new Faultmate from one of our esteemed forum members. There really isn't an option out there that replaces the D3 unless you go to the D4 or a later model & the D3 is too high end to trade easily. Private sale would be fine but we all know how much that isn't.

Thanks all again for your very helpful input, it assisted the process greatly.