Thread: What consumption can I expect from a 6x6 Perentie or a 4x4?

What's scary about 15-16/100K for a weighty vehicle like a 6X6.

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I guess it's a good thing that it's still measured in litres per hundred kilometers... and not litres per kilometer. The figures stated above are comparable to the 6cyl petrol landcruiser my old man has

I have seen a few internet posts talking about 21-26l per hundred for the 6x6 which is very scary!! A few posts I saw 15-16 l per hundred which is fine, but then I read a web page where they said you only get this consumption changing the diff ratio so I though I would post here to get the real numbers as I know a few here have them. I am also interested in numbers for the 4x4 and can overdrive be fitted to them? I also heard the 4x4 is longer than a normal 110 which is interesting. The tray will still be a bit small for me really which is why I am interested in the 6x6.
Chris

The PTO output is being used for the winch on the 4x4 I think, and the rear diff drive on the 6x6 but even if it was available, the 4BD1 would munch the overdrive. If you need better highway cruising then changing the diffs would be your most viable option, but if you're happy to take life easy and arrive 5 minutes later than everyone else, the you could just cruise along at their optimum speed.

I think the 6x6 would get close to 26's off road and in sand, etc but they are much better than that on the highway - as Bearman mentioned pretty good for such a large, heavy vehicle - remember, it is a light truck, not a car or even a 4x4, so comparing figures to them is not really comparing apples for apples.

Buy one, drive it and love it - you will. I've been hooked since my first drive of one and I've been working out how to buy one ever since...

4x4 - reliably 9.5 to 10 km's per litre. That's a combination of metro and freeway driving, not above 105kph.

Matt

Just by way of comparison, our 6.7 litre 4x4 MAN truck, which weighs just under 10 tonnes, averaged 24.1 L/100Km on a 12,000 Km round trip from Adelaide to Broome and back.

So I am bit surprised at people quoting 26L/100Km for a much smaller 6x6 Landie. I would have thought 16-18L/100Km perhaps, if I had to take an uneducated stab.

My 6x6 loaded at GVM used to return at worst 20L/100km......we used to belt along pedal to the metal.

Not sure you can compare a 4x4 and a 6x6 in regards to tray size, one has a tray and the other doesn't.