Dual cab choice

Kev is "sorta" right..... at least he was on the right track; he just got a bit side-tracked with his choice of donor vehicle and the number of cubes under the bonnet.

Sooooo....the answer is: MY RIG !!! hahahaha

Same sort of room in the rear seat etc; tougher drive train and with a 6.5 V8 Chev Diesel donk up front.... pure bliss!! hahaha

Okay; I'm outa here and no further correspondence shall be entered into.

Roachie (TIC)

But you are slowly upgrading key components to Toyota ones as they are more reliable Roachie hahahahaha

And a yota chassis wouldn't have broken....LOL.......and LOL some more

Hi Notso,

I'm interested in more info about the Triton, what sort of economy do you get towing/not towing; do you take it off road and if so what is it like, particularly the suspension? any other comments welcome

Cheers
Evan

I have been getting some really great economy out of it.

I can drive from Forbes, to Melbourne and return and average about 8.3 litres per 100 ks.

This is mostly around 95 to 100kph.

Towing the van it gets around 14.7 litres/100ks average.

I've had it as low as 12.7 Litres/100ks and as high as 16/100.

Power and torque is exceptional, it is the manual.

Off road, limited but it has the optional rear locker and I've had occasion to use it once or twice.

It is fine off road but not as good as my Patrol was of course, less articulation is the main issue.

They do much better with a set of decent tyres instead of the standard Dueller HTs.

Have a look on this site.


Triton Forum

The Mitsubishi-Motors web site indicates 2,500 kg max towing weight. Probably a little light for your proposed size van.

Cross Toyota off the list as well, the rest are probably all suitable.

PeterD

yeah try getting parts for that in the bush

With the Duramax diesel engine and Allison trans, nothing major is gunna let you down.

Yeah, I was leaning towards the brakes, universals, transfer, and what if you get a roo under the front, ac units, radiator and steering conponents....just a thought

Last time we crossed the Simpson there was a bloke and family with one of those flash BMW 4x4, had a broken disc rotor. Only took 5 days to get that to him from Sydney to middle of the Simpson. Anyhow Anthony states he's not likely to be in the "darkest jungles and wants reliability" and for plenty of room in the rear of a dual cab you can't easily beat the Chev or F250.