Weight of a fully modded touring GU.

[bordertech]

Yep. Weight is always an issue, not restricted to the Patrol either. So I travel light. I only take the essentials; food, water, fuel, spare tyre and repair kit, come-along, compressor, bulbar, swag or tent, toilet paper, 1st aid kit, UHF, toolbox, and the misses. That's it, everything else is a luxury.

Not as easy as that though. eg A simple 2 week remote outback trip you will need more than the bare necessities.

[paps01]

I have a DX 4.2 tray with a Piggy Back camper on it. The camper is supposed to be 360 kg empty. I carry 160 ltrs water, 175 ltrs fuel, 3 x batteries, solar panels, winch, steel bar, 2 x spares plus all the camping gear/food/wine etc for two weeks . I have heavy duty leaf pack's fitted and bellows to assist and have had the chassis strengthened. I calculated on paper, as a lot of you are trying to do and came up with about 3,500 kg's. I took it over a weigh bridge at the local steel dealers on our way on holidays recently and bugger me, it was 4,290 kgs. That's 890 kgs over gvm. It is extraordinary how the kg's add up. I'm not sure what you can do. How people carry campers on the back of Hilux's, holdens ,falcons etc I have no idea. I think it's something you just have to run with.

[The BigFella]

last time I weighed my wagon semi-loaded it came in just under 3000kgs and that wasn't fully optioned as we so often like to indulge,,,,,,,,,,,

[threedogs]

A few years back one of my BBFs brought a Carry-on camper for his ST ute to do the TIP.
Just the camper was 800kg. I know 200s tojo have a major problem with this issue.
Should start another thread and just put total weight, fuel capacity, etc, free to just check your weight at the tip weigh bridge
My last 4x4 was totally stripped internally, best I had the weight was 2400kg.

PAPS01 how was fuel at 4.2t???

[megatexture]

ive got bullbar, brush bar/sliders ,winch, rear bar(1 spare and 2 jerrys), steel roofrack, cargo barrier,dual batt and with these mods mine comes in at 2.88 ton with a empty fuel tanks and only driver in the car .... there isnt one mod ive done i dont use regularly so i just live with it and drive to the conditions. we usualy tow a camper and its got everything in it so only thing we put in the car is the 2 waeco's and trailer weight on the towball . but would be intersting to see what the loaded weight would be with all that

[paps01]

A few years back one of my BBFs brought a Carry-on camper for his ST ute to do the TIP.
Just the camper was 800kg. I know 200s tojo have a major problem with this issue.
Should start another thread and just put total weight, fuel capacity, etc, free to just check your weight at the tip weigh bridge
My last 4x4 was totally stripped internally, best I had the weight was 2400kg.

PAPS01 how was fuel at 4.2t???

Did a 12,700 k trip to the tip earlier this year. I rarely get over 100 k's and often 90-95. Averaged 16.7 ltrs per 100 k's which I thought was pretty reasonable. Took the piggy back off this week to weigh the truck. With 45 ltrs of fuel, winch, steel bar, roof rack, second spare and two batteries 2,940 Kg's. Spec,s have the DX cab chassis without a tray at 2,128 kg's.

[Cuppa]

I have heavy duty leaf pack's fitted and bellows to assist and have had the chassis strengthened. .

Hi, your comment about having the chassis strenthened interests me. Where is it strenthened & is it possible to get this done without removing the tray (or in my case canopy). I'm going to be in a similar position to you.

Cuppa

[paps01]

Cuppa, I think you will find that if yours is an ex Telstra Patrol it will have already been done, as they did it when they were new. If you can have a feel toward the top and outside of the chassis rails behind your tool boxes (behind the cab) there should be a triangular shaped plate welded there from the outside and over the top. I saw many Telstra Patrols when I was looking for mine and they were all modified. I believe William Adams do like wise. Paps.

[happygu]

A fully optioned loaded Patrol will definitely be over 3 ton.
I went to the tip with my light 6 x 4 trailer and some garden clippings and it was 3.3 ton.

[Cuppa]

Cuppa, I think you will find that if yours is an ex Telstra Patrol it will have already been done, as they did it when they were new. If you can have a feel toward the top and outside of the chassis rails behind your tool boxes (behind the cab) there should be a triangular shaped plate welded there from the outside and over the top. I saw many Telstra Patrols when I was looking for mine and they were all modified. I believe William Adams do like wise. Paps.

Thanks Paps, I'll have look. Hope mine has been done, 'cos going by this thread it's gonna need it. I was surprised that the GVM doesn't appear to have been upgraded though. Still has a plate saying 3400kg.
Cuppa