Must be some Telstra Workers out there

You may have to change the subject heading.......

Must be some Telstra EMPLOYEES out there

I'm sure you'll understand.......

Cheers

Wolfie

Not a fair comparison as Telstra used to have the old 75 series and 80 series and only a couple of 100 series. Now Telstra have the current model nisssans.

I tell you one thing after having seen how these guys drive them in the outback I would not be buying one at the auctions after they have finished with them.

Its easy to see they don't have to pay for them drive them like mad men.
Scared the crap out of me on the Gary Hwy a few weeks ago absolute bloody reckless.

Davoe,

I have just recently purchased a 4.2 Nissan Cab Cassis for my L/scape biz along with 3 Hilux 3.0 to replace Some Couriers. Very happy with the Nissan so far as are my guys (FYI they drive it more than me) and is more than up to towing 2 800kg + comercial mowers or a 2ton + Tractor/ Slasher around all day plus the towing trailers. When loaded the trailing set ups for the bigger ute are heavy dudes indeed.
Never owned a 79-75 series so I couldn't comment on how they preform on a daily basis of yakka in the field. I did test drive a 79series when I was searching for a large ute and I probably would have gone the 79 if It wasn't beyond what I had budgeted for. It had better preformance from 0km onwards and seemed like It would have been a great H'way driver. The interior was better for a work orientated vehical to.
The Nissan is great though. No complaints here.

As for Telstra. I would say Telstra (or any other large biz that needs a large number of vehicals) makes a short list of what vehicals that would suit them and approch the manufactures (in this case Yota n Nissan) and ask them to tender for supplie of, for instance 2000 Patrols or 79 series optioned how they want and wait and see who comes up with the better dollar figure.It's more than likely they would work it this way.

One thing this evaluation wouldnt take into consideration, but anyone who has worked on 4wd's will tell you, a yota can be worked on with a hand full of spanners, even to the point where different size heads to nuts are used so you dont need 2 of each size spanner for a job, where as some of the other vehicles on the road need many more tools, and spanners etc to be able to carry out some work on them successfully.

Try the mining industry over telstra. Toyota still going strong.

Telstra tossed Toyata for Nissan and Holden for Ford a while ago. Having worked there I would imagine that no thought whatsoever went into the abilities of the vehicles just the cost of them.

Utemad

Here in Armidale, NSW, Telstra use mostly Mazda Bravo, with a custom back, and a few Patrols. I guess conditions are rather less rugged so a lighter vehicle is more appropriate.
Phil I