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Originally posted by leopards valley safaris:

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by ChrisTroskie:

Tell you something... This girl takes me EVERYWHERE!

So what if she leaks oil or if her mother company is now green?

I love her to bits and she will probably live longer than what I will

The best thing about them is they never die. They might get sick but they can always be resurrected & brought back to life...... I also think that in the correct hands, they're better offroad (even now) than pretty much any other 4x4 ever built.

yup youre right Steve, its because they are so light.
But I cant afford them, The mechanics Degree I will need to keep it going will kill me

Free 500grains

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Originally posted by JPK:

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Originally posted by leopards valley safaris:

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by ChrisTroskie:

Tell you something... This girl takes me EVERYWHERE!

So what if she leaks oil or if her mother company is now green?

I love her to bits and she will probably live longer than what I will

The best thing about them is they never die. They might get sick but they can always be resurrected & brought back to life...... I also think that in the correct hands, they're better offroad (even now) than pretty much any other 4x4 ever built.

yup youre right Steve, its because they are so light.
But I cant afford them, The mechanics Degree I will need to keep it going will kill me

You know what they say about the Land Rover, over 90% of all of those built are still on the road.

The other 10% made it home.

JPK

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Jason P:

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one of my very favourite American trucks is the Dodge Rams

Shakari:

And these few years that I have been on AR, I thought you knew what you were talking about

Up through about 2006...a Dodge 3/4 or 1 ton 4-wheel drive with a manual tranny and a Cummins was one of the toughest vehicles on earth.

I would match my 2001 hunting truck against any made.

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Originally posted by shakari:
Hey, despite all the oil leaks, unreliability & even that bloody silly centre console, they can't be too bad. They did after all manage to conquer not only Africa but also half the world!

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Originally posted by jbderunz:

But my first choice would be the light weight Samurai especially with good tires.
Most of the time tires make the difference here as the most troublesome hitch is mud when off roading.

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Originally posted by shakari:
As much as a lot of people rubbish the Fords but it cannot be denied they've been incredibly innovations over the years & although they made a few lemons, they also made a lot of very fine vehicles.
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Originally posted by Whitworth:

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Originally posted by jbderunz:

But my first choice would be the light weight Samurai especially with good tires.
Most of the time tires make the difference here as the most troublesome hitch is mud when off roading.

The Samurai is my choice as well.......it's not pretty but will go wherever I point it.

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But can you load a buff in the wee thing?

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
No, but I'll make a wager that you can't in a Defender 90 either.......

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
No, but I'll make a wager that you can't in a Defender 90 either.......

You'd lose buddy.

You can get 1 buff (& crew on top) in the back of a 90 & 2 buff (& crew on top) in the back of a 110.

The trick is to cut the buff in two & then it's no great problem.

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Originally posted by zimbabwe:
I made 8 seasons hunting in Zimbabwe and being a confirmed car person I paid particular attention to the Vehicles used. I don't think I could give enough praise to The Toyota Cruiser as being the standard all other off road vehicles are judged by. I didn't see or ride in many Land Rovers but the old ones I did just seem to run and run and run and run. They never seem to be beyond repair and in Zimbabwe at that time they had to be as parts for anything were unobtainable period. Here in the States I have driven and had them all,Ford,Chev,Jeep and Dodge over the years and I can say a Dodge Ramcharger is pretty hard to beat in any category. My grandson drives a Cummins Diesel 1/2 ton and can't praise it highly enough and he produces his own fuel from waste cooking oils. He converted the Cummins and made the refining equipment also. I had a Dodge Ramcharger 440 Magnum and there was literally nowhere it wouldn't or couldn't go. It also had the most room in it of all of the offroads. My Jeep Wranglers haven't been far behind in the performance department either but of all the offroad vehicles I have had the Jeep FC pickup was by far my favorite. It literally would go anywhere,do anything required of it with superb style. The view from the drivers seat was outstanding.The only sad thing about all of this is while the Land Rover is quite common here the Toyota Diesel Pickup never has been available or it would probably be the standard here for comparison.

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Originally posted by Ridgeman:
Sorry - my apologies. I didn't realize Ford made vehicles with coil springs that provided wheel articulation good enough to do more than jump the kerb at your local Walmart. The problem with many of you is that you don't have any experience with REAL off roading. Bouncing up and down rough roads is sissy stuff compared to what we do here down under.
We NEVER see anything American other than tricked up Jeeps out in Landrover country. Knock yourself out trying to wind up us Landy owners - we're used to the great uninformed trying to tell us what they don't know.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

Nowadays I use cut off Land Cruiser VX's. Full coil suspension and lots of reliable power. May not look very traditional but will eat the other Toyotas in the rough.

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Originally posted by fujotupu:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

Nowadays I use cut off Land Cruiser VX's. Full coil suspension and lots of reliable power. May not look very traditional but will eat the other Toyotas in the rough.

Andrew:

Life must be treating you pretty well to chop up a machine that has a showroom value of USD 140K and second hand tag not less than $40/50K on the TZ market.

Can't be much cheaper in your neck of the woods.