Rocky I think I will stick with the Paj.

 

This is a topic that is causing much wringing of hands at our place at the moment .

We are going on the road full time and so want a tow vehicle that will last . We want to be towing something around the 21ft mark and so probably 2.8 to 3.0 tonne . This is doeable with some of the dual cabs but they will be operating at their limit all the time and so I'm extremely dubious about the under 3.0 lt engined vehicle's like the fortuner or amarok . I know we could jump to a 70 or 200 series cruiser but budget is an issue (hense the hand wringing)

Seriously (controversially ) looking at the Jeep G C .

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Vaughan wrote:

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Don't go Jeep

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Gday...

     

Cheers - John

2.8 to 3 tonne?

Initially, I think that the 2.8 litre Turbo diesel engine in the Fortuner would be way too small for that sort of weight.

130 kW at 3400 rpm and 450 Nm at a reasonably low 1400 rpm, with a power to weight ratio of 62.1W/kg.

Then I looked at what the venerable 100 Series LandCruiser 4.2 litre Turbo diesel puts out - 151 kW at 3400 rpm and 430 Nm at 1800 rpm, with a power to weight ratio of 60W/kg

Suddenly the Fortuner looks like a possible alternative to the 100 Series, as it weighs less and has similar engine outputs.

However the Fortuner's towing capacity is 2800 kg, whereas the 100 Series has a 3500 kg tow capacity.

So the Fortuner would be possibly overloaded, and therefore uninsured, depending on how much you are towing.

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