What did you do to your 120 today?

[120D4D Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close 120D4D]

Worried about how much it weighs now took it to a weigh bridge. With full fuel and me and my daughter on board with all of the drawers full of 'gear' it weighed 2700 kgs. It has a dual battery system, fridge and drop-down fridge slide, sovereign bar etc. Now with my wife on board (65kgs) and say our normal 'carry on luggage (50kgs) only leaves me 100kgs for the tow ball weight. Don't like my luck to keep the GVW below 2900kgs. Expect it could get up close to 3000kgs.

Should I be worried?

I would avoid overloading my vehicle, Toyota set a GVM for a reason!

As mjr also said, you should have get a laiden weight for each axle also - with the van/trailer attached too. - Bearing in mind if you use a WDH some of the ball weight will transfer to front axle so you wont want to be near the GVM and front axle limit and then hitch up...

[OldGreyFart Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close OldGreyFart]

OGF did you get a front rear split? I weighed my 120. No bodies and mostly full of fuel and got to 2.6t but the split was ok with front axle loading under the maximum (no winch or wench) so I just forgot about it after that.

No I used a weigh bridge at the local wood merchants - may not be accurate though. Without me and my daughter in the Prado it would have come in at 2535 (I weigh 100 and she weighs 65kgs)

[BlakMoth Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close BlakMoth]

Asked $750 and recieved $700 so not sure if that is good or not but I was happy with it.

Sounds good to me. That's all I'm gonna chase.
Just dropped the car off to ARB to get new bar and winch fitted.
Now I wait 😃


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ARB winch bar, Runva 11xp and AMTS sexy red recovery points were put on yesterday.
Just home from work so I can now finally go over it in daylight.
Will wire the winch up on Saturday and cable tie up the plastic wings in the wheel arches too.
I'm guessing wiring up a winch isn't too hard. Should I bother rotating the gearbox though? Also need to find a place to put the isolator for it.


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How come my rig doesn't have all the bits labelled?

[Mattfunk 120 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mattfunk 120]

Looks good mate


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[Mattfunk 120 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mattfunk 120]

Ahh didn't realise you had mud country I thought they were fun country which I have.(& no white writing) . How do they go , mine are still great in mud and rocks & not too noisy


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How come my rig doesn't have all the bits labelled?

I have no idea. Maybe they think I'm Forest Gump


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Ahh didn't realise you had mud country I thought they were fun country which I have.(& no white writing) . How do they go , mine are still great in mud and rocks & not too noisy


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They're great Matt. Bit noisy but I can live with it


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All wired up this arvo. Also put on the number plate hinge thingy.


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Installed the Steinbauer and drove to Newcastle and back with the trailer on. Much smoother power delivery. No visible diesel smoke thus far, however it drops back gears a lot easier when it sniffs a hill now. Did a bit over 600klm's so will refuel next week and do another fuel consumption test to see if it's better than the chipit fuel wise.

[Gypsy4wd Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gypsy4wd]

Looks much better there Blake, I went and ordered my ARB bar last week....
Not available until 19 January 2015!!!
Must be mining the metal for them..

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Looks much better there Blake, I went and ordered my ARB bar last week....
Not available until 19 January 2015!!!
Must be mining the metal for them..

Thanks John. Maybe they close down for a while over Xmas? I must have gotten lucky. Only took a month from order.


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[slammed1974 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close slammed1974]

Added some whether shields all round - boring mod but something I have wanted and to do for some time.
also replaced all four disks this week, fresh oil, air filter pollen filter ...etc

[Gramps Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gramps]

Replaced the transfer case oil today as well as the engine oil. Spent a bit of time degrease the underside, washing the rig and cleaning the inside.

Son #1 wanted to help out rotating the tyres today, which was pretty cool. He was able to do everything except putting the rim back on. Apparently the best part was using the rattle gun to take off the wheel nuts.