Private RV Rentals firms.....

It's a Hilux. It's unbreakable. Top Gear said so!

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CHeers,

Mark

If you cant afford to lose it , its not for you
Cheap parts and 4 tonne 4wd vehicles dont go together.

It takes some real experience to keep a big offroad vehicle like that out of trouble offroad
Dont let the over 40s fool you.They can run it into a ditch or cook an engine as easy as the youngins.

One of the big headaches with 4wd hire vehicles is not being able to air down the tyres.
Tyre deflation takes enormous strain off the engine and driveline but no hire company seems to encourage it.

The regular players in this game have deep pockets and debt collectors who track you down ruthlessly.
They also offload their vehicle with low klms to avoid the high maintenance cost of aging hire vehicles

Your right Ross, the weight, wear, tear and critical need for skill isnt something i took lightly when i bought it...and it would be hard pressed for a hirer to accept it... Trying to explain to them the why's as to they wernt allowed to use the 4x4 for recreational four-wheel-driving would be just too hard...

the regular players must have nighmares with people's expectations...

someone trashed a rental motorhome up the Birdsville track and they had to pay for the lot. Very rarely insured for Off road

Our 4bys are not supposed to go off road either but they do. We had a beautifull Prado once that was only driven by a manager that had been detailed etc for sale. A young pretty lass come in several times asking if she could hire it and the boss said sorry no. Anyway she stated she just wanted to do a weeks gentle touring out to Hillend, Jenolan caves etc.
So he gave in and said ok.
When it was returned she took it to our Lithgow office who had never seen it before(very clever on her part). I went down to pick it up and nearly died when I seen it. The whole front was stone chipped, the tyres where worn out, and coming home I could not see through the Windsreen, which no amount of cleaning could fix. When I took it to windsreen bloke he said he had only ever seen one other windsreen so abraded by fine gravel. She also had covered 10000ks.
Turns out she had gone to Lake Eyre in a convoy. Must have been siting fair up someones rear all the way.
The worst thing was we had a client who was eagerly waiting to buy it, just waiting on money to come through. The repair cost was over $1000, which the boss wore. Stone chipes tyres etc are fair wear and tear.
So be carefull.
Cheers Pete

Heya MF.... fot the life of me i am trying to would out why someone would tailgate on a dirt-road..... surely not to slip and save fuel...
The only thing i can think of is to "strike a pose" ,so as to inform eveyone there is a "convoy"...wooohhhhh, ruber-duckie..lol..

Rb we where not their but the windsreen and the whole front of the Prado was sand blasted, so that is the only reason I can think of. City driver afraid of getting lost, dont laugh we had a new excity ferry driver who was siting 20feet off my tail on a dirt road. When I pulled up and got up him his excuse was the above. Unbelievable you only had to follow the dust moron.
Cheers Pete

Gerry he wants to rent his vehicle out is the way I read it.
Cheers Pete

Damn! Getting too old! Sorry about that, should have read it properly!
Perhaps I'm still so miffed about that rental company.

But having seen the speeds that rented campervans travel on the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley, I wouldn't be renting my van out in a fit....
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but still a good point Jok... having a look at the fine-print would have given a good indication of some of the pittfals

im like you Ter, i look after stuff too - as usual, the few who spoil it for the most...