Ultimate camper behind a Prado

Thanks for that. I have only seen one Prado with an Ultimate and it was a diesel. We currently have a petrol but hinking to upgrade to new diesel model. Not sure I can afford the fuel though.
Thanks

Not sure if you can afford the fuel ?? Do you mean in a diesel ??

Fuel will be dearer......but overall fuel costs will be lower...

Good constructive answer. Any new 4wd is overpriced, but 1000's are sold.

Or, maybe he was referring to the Ultimate Camper as being an "overpriced phone booth"?

If so, all I can say is that we are a family of 5 and we manage to live quite comfortably for weeks at a time in the remotest of locations..... that is all we require; horses for courses I'd have to say.....

Roachie, we thought you lived in a house at Kadina...

G'day Keith,

Mate; where do you get that info from?

I've owned an Ultimate for the past 9 years and reckon I _might_ have a bit of first hand knowledge on the subject.

I can lift the jockey wheel of my Ultimate off the ground ONLY if/when the boot is empty. This would be an estimated 40kg. This isn't likely to ever be the case when you're travelling! Once you load the boot/nose-cone up with all the usual gear (and the boot is HUGE and can/does get loaded up with up to 120kg of gear), there is the normal/recommended amount of ball weight bearing-down on the back of the tow vehicle (about 120kg at the coupling and GTM is 1200kg).

Hoping this clarifies the position for you....... I would not wish to see you spreading unfounded gossip about a trailer (I presume) you have never owned and never towed.

Cheers mate

Roachie

can you not see the photo. i have been towing a tvan for 2 years and have driven desert tracks and thousands of k's in the Victorian high country. i was informed by ultimate when purchasing my trailer that the ultimate would never exceed 80kg on the tow ball.
you will never experience a problem as with your setup the patrol would be about 4000kg.
just a bit of a difference to the 2000kg Prado
Keith

G'day Keith,
Of course I saw your TVan in the photo......my reference to quote:

"I would not wish to see you spreading unfounded gossip about a trailer (I presume) you have never owned and never towed."

was in direct relation to the Ultimate Camper..... I was not inferring that you had never towed a trailer. Sorry if that's how the quoted sentence came across. On reflection, I should have added the word "which" in there so that it read:
"I would not wish to see you spreading unfounded gossip about a trailer (ie: the Ultimate) which (I presume) you have never owned and never towed"....

Be that as it may, I still know of plenty of Prado owners etc who have used their vehicles quite successfully with Ultimates. I seriously doubt that a Prado would weigh as little as 2000kg when set-up for an extended trip of the type which most owners would embark upon. These mid-range 4x4s are only marginally smaller/lighter than their bigger brothers and quite capable of handling a modest-sized trailer so long as there is some positive tow-ball weight.

Cheers

Roachie

G'day Roachie
Sorry for my fast over reading of your quote. as before i was told by ultimate that at full load the tow ball weight would remain very low, and have found the higher force of the TVan very effective off road. maybe the figures i was given were from an overenthusiastic salesman?

Both trailers have there advantages and disadvantages and which every you decide to purchase you will take more pride in than the 4wd you use to tow.
i know i do.

Regards

Keith

Thanks guys
For the debate, I think I understand that the Prado will be fine, diesel is the way to go, and to check the tow ball weight issue a bit further.
Cheers