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kiwijims


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The Australian 4WD Industry Council of Australia have just released a statement regarding changes to GCM re-rating for vehicles undergoing a Second-Stage-of-Manufacture. As of July 1, 2018, there will be no more GCM upgrades permitted on new vehicles.

https://mr4x4.com.au/no-gcm-upgrades-new-vehicles/

K.J.



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and that can only be a good thing
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From what I have been told by a Lovells outlet  , its a proposal only at this point and being considered as there are quite a few businesses that are affected by this proposal that will go bust , the govt has to consider all factors b4 it gets passed thru. 



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here's one result of an overloaded ute.....

bent-ute.jpg?resize=640%2C480

To much weight behind the rear axle.

K.J.



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blaze wrote:

and that can only be a good thing
cheers
blaze

 agree for most of us that are happy to work within the confines of our vehicles limitations this means nothing,but for those that believe they know more than the thousands of engineers and designers world wide who are paid billions every year to design said vehicles then its just another loophole to try and find.



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Too many obviously overloaded rigs on the road, time to get real.

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Desert Dweller wrote:

Too many obviously overloaded rigs on the road, time to get real.

 Aint that the truth!



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yobarr wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:

Too many obviously overloaded rigs on the road, time to get real.

 Aint that the truth!

 X2

Aussie Paul. smile



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I was driving thru Bendigo beside a Navara with a 5th wheeler attached,every time he changed gear the chassis would bend about 3 inches some times more,it was scary to see so I got out of there before it would collapse

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