what is the best 4x4 of the 90's and early 2000's for towing?

x2 and I'm a Toyota owner...


Toyota 100 HDJ100R is the best but not in the 1990's to early 2000's

B1B2

Most/many 80's had a 2500kg braked towing capacity, that would be right on the limit.

Tony,
As Hamo said -
"The 80 series upto aug 1996 have a 2.5ton tow rating & after aug 1996 they have a 3.5ton tow rating."
BUT my Bil has an early 1997 80 with a 2.5 tow limit, which i thought was wrong.

Cheers,
Bill

B1B2

It is whatever is on the compliance plate, as I said, "Most/many had 2500kg braked towing capacity" In my reckoning 1990 to 1996 is 6 years then 1996 to 1997 is 2 years.

They were supposed to be changed by the dealer prior to registration, many were not as you said, that Bil has an early 1997 one at 2500kg, which is more common than you would expect.

It the Gross Combination Mass that cannot be altered on a vehicle. GCM is GVM plus Braked towing.
The 80's was made up of Gross Combination Mass (kg) 5460 or Gross Vehicle Mass (kg) 2960 and Towing Braked (kg) 2500

The GVM is Kerb Weight (kg) 2045 plus Pay Load (kg) 915 in standard (GXL) form.

As you can imagine a jump of 1 tonne towing capacity is enormous, it was the late 80's that had a similar/identical chassis to the following 100's that had a 3.5 tonne limit, but I believe that there was no ADR on the vehicle as it was tagged as commercial.

The Troopy had a 3.5 tonne braked tow loading.

We have a 1999 GU 4.2L which we tow our 18ft caravan with, we don't have any heating problems with it unless we have the aircon going and climbing hills.

Apart from that problem we are very happy with our vehicle, no other problems with it, has done a few very rough trips as well.

Cheers

D

Agree with Wayne, an 80 series with either of the turbo engines.......if you can find someone to sell you one.

Why not a 79 series ute, with turbo engine? You can tow-start a 12 tonne Cat Grader with them........as long as you don't do it regularly!

Bob.

why are they so cheap..........

they have a fly by wire motor that is so undernourished, have a car clutch and a weak gearbox

else if you want to just drive it as it comes from the showroom floor thasy are a good vehicle

cheers Robin,
I am considering a petrol dual fuel model.
Mainly because of the price but the extra power and torque is attractive.
I like the turbo diesels because of their reliability and efficency but i would like a more modern 4x4 and the modern turbo diesels are quite expensive.
So maybe i will have to go petrol/lpg.

HEy Funky,

Jeeps are great, I have a 2000 Grand Limited, great vehicle, drives like a car not a tank. Only had 1 major issue with it (losing all its water) but that is more a luck of the draw thing.

THe price of Jeeps, whether Diesel, Petrol or Dual - sure buys a shedload of repairs should you need it. THere are heaps of good mileage Jeeps around, I'm a fan of them, and the economy is good I reckon too, the V8 limited would tow real well and not add too excessivley to the consumoption, the Diesel would most probably come into its own a bit betterer in that regard maybe.

Am an AMC fan from way back (have a 1970 Rambler Javelin and a 1963 Rambler Ambassador), and quite like the older Jeeps with the 360 in them, thinking of a J10 or J20 at the moment, wouldnt take too much to talk me into it : ))

I do note that the overall posts are more on the negative side to Jeeps, me, I think they are great and many others share that view too. Check 'em out and you decide, the bang for your buck is pretty hard to go past I reckon.

HAve fun deciding

Cheers

Graeme

I've found Jeeps are bit of a lottery as far as reliability goes. In 25 years I drove back from every trip I did in my 4 Toyota's yet my new Jeep has been on the tilt tray 3 times in 3 years already & this is not uncommon. In fact in the Jeep club several of the bigger trips require RACV extra care to go! It's a pity as otherwise they're well featured vehicles with plenty of character.
Cheers Craig...............