Ideas on tray setup

Troppo,
Agree comfortable,and not overkill by any means:-) but I feel a slide on utility camper in my case will be too much weight and limit future trips....hench the tent on top idea as compromise.
F250 had ovelooked that unit...
What motor/ fuel consumption do you get from F250.
I suspect that a king cab auto combo will not be available from Toyota or Nissan

F250s and GMCs look too big for the size of the wheels on them. Need 20"

Joe
The F250 gets me about 15l/100 hwy but is still very tight. so would expect that to improve. The figures quoted here and elsehere are in the 14 range hwy. Soem report as low as 10 and 11
Which is surprisignly good for its size.
The key to this seems to be large engine 7.3 l doing the work easy.

The motor is built by International Navistar for trucks up to about 10 tonnes and is the largest volume produaction engine in its class. The yanks use them in trucks and in schoolbusses a lot. One article is saw said that were built for a duty cycle of 500,000 miles before major overhaul.

Down side is city driving where they can be abit cumbersome (although you get used to it quickly) and fuel economy goes to 20+. If you have the power it's hard not to use it.

Supply is getting tight for new vehicles and second hand values are astonishing.

Hope this helps

Chris

Thanks Troppo,
Interesting consumption figures.
The F series could be a challenge on Victorian High Country tracks, due to it's added size?.

Thanks Phil,
Will also check out "Breezeway" tents

Joe, The breezeway tent is a local Adelaide invention - by a small canvas company called Halls Canvas Goods. They fold into a smaller bundle than the Oztent, but take a few more minutes to put up. Oztent is pretty hard to beat for something that you can hang off a traytop canopy.

Cheers
Phil

Thanks for those thoughts Muddy

I'll second the Carry Me Camper as i own one!

Will keep an eye out for that....sounds very good.

Is that the one with a side profile that looks a bit like a European Wasp???? Saw one in a dealer yard as I drove past.... geez I thought the Prado was ugly when it came out but it looks pretty conservative against this thing!

Someone else described the front end as looking like a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet!

Cheers
Muddy

I had a look at the Triton at the Cairns show last week.

Ugly is not really the word for it I just don't think a word has been coined yet.

its butt ugly is an understatement! it makes the latest hilux look like Miss World