ISUZU NPS 4X4 TRUCK Full WALKTHROUGH - the ULTIMATE TOURING OFFROAD/OFFGRID OVERLAND TRUCK Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2023
- Hey guys,
In this episode we walk you through our new Isuzu NPS 4x4 truck. We show you all the things we have done & go through the interior and exterior. We are stoked with how its all turned out so if you have any further questions please comment below. Don't forget this episode is PART 5 of 6 so don't forget to check out the BUILD series in the playlist on our channel. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to like and subscribe so you don't miss out on any future episodes and watch this rig tour around australia.
Thanks for watching guys & SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!
Hello Nick and Elenya,
I hope this message finds you well. I must say, your 4x4 rig is nothing short of spectacular! My wife and I are deeply impressed with every intricate detail of your build. It stands out not only for its functionality but also for its aesthetics.
As publicans we have put our Hotel for sale and are preparing to retire and journey across Australia ourselves, we've recently invested in a 79 series ourselves but realize now that even this rig is probably not big enough. Our ultimate goal is to traverse the vast landscapes of our beautiful country, especially as I'm an avid fishing enthusiast, much like yourself. With the aspiration to venture into crocodile territories, I realize that I'd need a larger boat. In fact, I've been so inspired by both your Truck Aswell as boat's design that I'm considering something similar if not exactly the same.
Would it be possible for you to share the blueprint of your rig? It would be invaluable for individuals like me who appreciate such builds and wish to integrate some of your ideas. Maybe even consider featuring it on your channel, but as a printable PFD if possible, please as I believe many would benefit from understanding its structure and design.
Lastly, for our travel planning purposes, could you provide some details on the weight of your truck on its own empty and also weight fully fueled up food everything including, boat, and the caravan you tow? Such information would immensely help us in ensuring we make informed decisions for our own setup.
Thank you for your time and for the constant inspiration. Cheers to many more adventures!
Warm regards,
Marty and Leigh
Hey first off thanks for watching we really appreciate it !! We love the truck and have all the blue prints in a little book that we designed it in and are looking at getting them drawn up. And we will have some eps out on weights etc for you soon! You can pm if you want any further details 🤙🤠
The truck is looking awesome. The only thing I would add is to the boat, being a brace from the bottom of the outboard leg to the bottom of the V of the trailer. I think without it you could suffer some transom damage from the motor shaking about especially on rough roads. Easy job for Nick. Keep on Truckin.
Thanks Paul !!! We are defiantly doing this !!! Thanks for watching 👍
Congratulations on a beast of a rig. Looks like you'll be enjoying that for years
Thanks guys we hope so !!🤠🤙
What a wicked setup! Congratulations you guys!
Thanks so much!🤠🤙
its awesome, Im just loving the port mac connection
Hahah love port mac !!!😂🤠
What an awesome rig.....
Love it
Have an awesome weekend 🤙👍
Thanks, you too!👍🤠
Lovely Ep and cracking set up,
Thanks for watching 🤠👍
Love Susie and all your adventures ❤❤
Thankyou for watching and plenty more to come 😂👍
Rad setup!
Thanks🤙🤠
Great BIG rig well done looking forward to your adventures
More to come! Thanks for watching 👍🤠
Love it team, awesome setup
Everyone in the campsites will definitely have boat envy
Can’t wait to follow your adventures
Thanks mark !!! As always thanks for the support and hopefully we can get the boat off soon !!
Love the new tow rig. Great setup. Very tempted to build an ATW for our travels!
Sooo many temptations 🫣
Awesome set up guys, should be very proud 👏👏👏
Thank you so much we are over the moon 🤠👍
It's the perfect set up for you guys. You would have to carry so much with 3 children. You don't have to worry about weight or room. Good on ya 😊
Thanks guys we are really enjoying the truck at the moment !! 🤠👍
Congratulations to you both and your family it a fantastic set up many more fantastic trips enjoy 😉 😀 😊
Thanks so much! 😊 and thanks for all your support 👍
A nice setup there
Thanks so much 🙌
All good
Love you guys, even though the big rig is beyond us, still love your channel, just continue to keep it real sooo good 👍🏼👏🥰
Thank you so much carol !! And thanks for watching. We won’t change !!
Carnt wait for new adventures❤ you guys
Thank you they will come :)
Good Afternoon 😊 Beautiful rig 👍🏼 Awesome 👌🏽💯 Thanks for sharing legends 👏🏼👏🏼 Greetings Mates and Cheers 🍻 From South Africa 🇿🇦
Thanks so much for your support 🤠👍
Suzie looks the goods, well done 👏
Thanks mark 🤠👍
BIG RIG
Thanks for watching (:
Guys, absolute beast, werrr in WA, and once we seen this we started to look here, be great if you could make a build pdf, no costs cause thats personal and all states change costings, cant wait to see this bush bashing, and a simpson run. ✊✊
It varies so much each state doesn’t it!! And we can’t wait for the Simpson !!!
I like your transport and what you have done, the boat looks like my Quintrex 420 busta. Great boats. Have fun
Thanks 👍 we love it! Works so well for us (: yes the boat is a 4.2m aqua master (:
She’s a biggin 👍Love the fit out can’t wait to see Suzi in action and Reel Naughty 🚤safe travels 💕💕
Thanks Steph !!! Won’t be long 🤠👍
Awesome truck guys the setup looks 😎,just remember to leave the bung out on the boat😱
For sure!! Hahah we always leave it out now haha🤠👍
This is absolutely the best idea for travelling Oz. I've seen other tubers with Rams etc, but in reality this far surpasses them for practicality at half the cost. Well done to you both... Very smart 👌👍
Totally agree - we are super happy that we did the research to make the best choice for us and our fam 🙌
You are so wrong, this nps is so under-powered and torqued plus its too high.
Fantastic guys, the big girl is beautiful. Let the adventures continue, 👍 cheers.
Thanks, will do! 🤠👍
Awesome walk around and now I know why you wont air down because it will take for ever to air up with the compressor you have.
You need a Oassis 24V Compressor not cheap but you will look forward in airing up the tyres.
Cheers
Johnny&Rene
With the amount of juice onboard Suzi a 240v compressor would be an option, you get a lot more air and a lot better value.
I agree with you there, either that option or Endless Air, which is essentially the same thing but running from a belt drive in the engine compartment, and they do a kit for the NPS, although this is the latest model of NPS so it may be slightly different. I'm currently running a 24V ARB twin unit on my NPS and if/when that dies, either of those options is certainly the way I'll be going.
Hahah thanks guys just had a look at these and they look like a good bit of kit !!🤠👍
Set up looks good. I would recommend that you put some light truck suspension seats in the front to save you backs in the future. Stratos have the seats
Hey Karl will be something we look into down the track they cost a pretty penny 🤠👍 thanks for watching
Good on you all
Keep safe & enjoy Life
Cheers
Thanks, you too!(:
Nice one guys keep up the good work 🍻🍻🍻🍻🥃🥃🫣🫣🤫🤫
Thanks David we will try 🤠👍
When it rains at least you be able to catch and store water in Reel Naughty just hook the hose up to the plug and have long showers , Just a thought . Best wishes ...
We never thought of that 😂 but we will be doing that for sure !!!! Thanks for watching
Looks great mate..
Well thought out.
Ticked alot of boxes..
RTT for the desert trips?
Bloody oath Rick !! 👍 they are coming up 😉
Great Rig. I was thinking something similar but went in a different direction. What put me off was 1. Child Restraint Seats - How much did the Engineering set you back? 2. How is the ride quality for a commercial vehicle, smooth/rough? 3. Is the high clearance an issue when going bush? 4. Is it 4x4 or 2WD?
Hey there certainly not for everyone. But all these questions will be answered in next episode. We are loving it though 🤠👍
Love it. So the big question… what’s a set up like this worth? Genuinely interested as this is a dream set up for me.
Hey cam we are doing a vid on this in the next week or two but as Suzie sits around 200k 🤠 thanks for watching
Awesome set up guys, Elenya 4 child restraints Huh! 🤔Mmmm I wonder 🤔R u gunna b a glutton for punishment like I was 🤣Nah it’s great, plenty of helping hands u won’t get bored 🤣🤣❤️Enjoy, take care Safe travels 🥰🍻
Hahahahah😂 she has been talking about this lately !! We’re in trouble 🤦♀️
@@elnick.adventures 😳😮. Waw! Good on ya , 🤣👍🏻❤️🥰
Wow that is a awesome rig but it is too big just saying hope you enjoy it just a 4x4 and a caravan that is us😅
Hey frank we are finding it suits us. Everyone’s setups are different aand i reackon that’s a good thing as Everyone is different. Safe travels and thanks for watching 🤠👍
Great set up . Just wondering how your tyre compressor goes ? We’re thinking of buying one after seeing you guys with one .
Hey guys we haven’t really put it to the test yet but for the price it’s going great so far !!👍
@@elnick.adventures thanks for the reply 👍🏼
Very cool setup, well done.
What's a rough total cost for Suzi completed?
Hey Brett we have a vid about this in the next few weeks but all up around 200k 🤠👍
Hey guys, looking into hitches at the moment for our truck build.
I couldn’t quite see what you have.
Heading toward airsafe but very expensive.
Could you let me know what hitch you have and an honest review on it. Cheers guys.
Hi Adam - we have a gen Y hitch, seems to be going good! We havnt had any others to compare it too but we are happy with it (:
@@elnick.adventures yeh awesome ok.
Thanks for the reply
It's too big for me. I like being about to drop off my toy haulier and drive around town without height restrictions.
Hey Steven we haven’t had an issue with heights yet but totally see we’re your coming from 🤠 thanks for watching
Saw a long wheel base iveco and it’s tanks blew the izusu away by about 500 /L
Wow that’s impressive !!!👍🙌
Seen you at Wee Jasper a few weeks ago
You should have come and said hi !!!🤠👍
@@elnick.adventures so could have you....
How much for a build like this guys? Interested as I want one lol
Hey Richard all up was around 200k including the boat we will have a bud on that in the coming weeks 👍🤠
Can't wait to see that video. I'm interested in build & running cost too to compare with other options like 4WD & trailer etc. It's interesting people spend so much on a 4WD & then they have to spend more just to be able to use it for caravanning because they've reached their weight limits.
wow what a rig what type of licence you need.
Light rigid licence (:
Love the new rig
What’s the fuel economy on something like that ?
Around 22 L per 100 klm🤠👍
@@elnick.adventures oh not to bad thought it would be more
So you have done the Isuzu upgrade yourselves? I have been considering the same & I live in the Illawarra, would like to know more please.
We have a bud coming out on this in a couple of weeks stay tuned 🤠🙌
I’ve ordered one through ATW. how do you find the stock seats
Hey congrats guys !!! We don’t know any different but when we’re fully loaded it’s not a bad ride at all. It’s a bit harsh with nothing on it 👍
Bit disappointed in it 4wd abilities, hopefully letting the tyres down would improve it
Oh really! We are loving its 4WD abilities - its forever surprising us (:
Great set up guys...! love to chat with you regarding a possible collaboration ...!
Thanks 🤠 and will do we have a bit going on at the moment (kids in hospital) but will be in touch
@@elnick.adventures nooo..! Hope all is ok with the little ones. Excited to talk to you guys…! Chat soon. Scott & Kylie
Did you mention engine specs ? Did I miss that bit ??
Will it cruise at 80kph with van, what's revs is engine doing, fuel economy when you been in a few trips, would luv some of this kind of info as she is a big rig
Hey will cruise at 100 on the highway but we have done a vid on these questions it should be out in a couple of weeks :)
How many speed is your gearbox in the truck?
Hey it’s a 5 speed 🤠
Did you win powerball
we wish! haha (:
What is the mileage litres per 100 as that’s the major cost in travelling OZ
Hey Stephen it’s 22.5 towing the van 🤠👍
What’s the big girl like on juice compared with the dmax?
Around 4L more per 100klm we sit at around 22.5 in the truck 🤠👍
That’s not bad it’s about the same as the 79 I drive for work
🇿🇦♥️♥️💙💙💙
Thanks for watching 👍
Will never see it in the United States bummer.
🤞🤞maybe one day!
whens the new video dropping?
Today at 5pm
cost ?
Our latest episode reveals all 🙌
Where you sleep
In the roof too tent and we also travel with a caravan 👍🤠
Hey guys - what do you 2 do for work, and how did you afford all this, plus apart from YT revenue, how do you get to travel FT?..... I know you are really young and a builder and Nurse - Are you an RN/EN/AIN????. Mate - whhat kind of builder?. Not trying to be a jerk etc - however your rig is over 200K. Do you rent or have a mortgage or nothing etc. I am a Nurse Practitioner in Remote Area, and Wifey is a Hairdresser - so we can both work anywhere. Just seriously asking as we want to do an extended lap - build an NPS like yours, and travel FT for 1-2 yrs.... I wish I did this at your age - but I was too busy working as a nurse all over te world....
Hi Matt - sorry for the late reply! I (elenya) is an RN and Nick is a builder.
We started travelling in a rooftop tent and a 3.5m tinny and have saved and saved! It’s all down to budgeting and going without.
You guys would have no issues picking up work (:
interesting I am curious how a young couple with a baby can afford a vehicle and a caravan and a boat I have seen many young couples do things like this but no one ever tells how they can afford to buy all this stuff and dont tell me Loans, have a good journey take care look after yourselves i am jealous
Rich parents 😉
It's all good and Fun while the TH-cam money keeps flowing in to offset the costs !! But the big down side is constantly moving and changing your original plans of how you where planning on traveling just to feed more content to the tube.
Hey youtube for us pays our fuel that’s it 🤠 we still work to fund our trip just like everyone else works and the day we let youtube and view count etc dictate we’re we go and when we go will be the day we through it in we didn’t start our channel for any other reason than our kids can look back on our adventures. Thanks for watching 🤠🤙
We wish 😂 we made all this happen 💪
Hey Lee we have actually done a vid on this as heaps of people want to know it is coming out in a couple of weeks. Thanks for watching 🤠👍
Whay s small viewers??
Thanks for watching 🤠
Blows me away it can only tow 3.5 tonne,my 05 F250 can tow 4.5 tonne, manufacture's have some weird engineering decision's of their vehicles, anyway nice jigger enjoy..
Your f250 will be off the road for 3 months if you ever need parts 😂
The NPS GVM is three tonnes over that of an F250, and that means being able brake all that extra payload the F250 can't carry and doesn't have to stop. With an 11 tonne GCM the Isuzu and trailer combo is two tonnes more than the F250s GCM of nine tons. The Isuzu might 'only' have a towing capacity of three and a half tonnes, but overall it can haul around (and stop) two tons more than an F250 and trailer.
@@richardtimms6645 pfffft ive had the Ftruck for 14 years its never let me down towed some big weights been everywhere in it,wouldnt own anything else you can have your useless other 4x4's that soon as you put a box a beer in them u need a GVM upgrade LOL 🤣🤣🤣
The towing capacity is actually 4.5 tons🤠👍 gvm and gcm are just the numbers you have to stay within 🤠
@@elnick.adventures Ok 11 tonne GCM 4.5 tonne sounds much better for a truck that size so if you tow a trailer at 4.5 tonne the truck can only be 6.5 tonne gotcha anyway nice set up Nick well done Enjoy.
Super basic??? The isuzu npr they gave us in the states is laughable! They really bending us over the counter for just a 4x2 npr at $65k US! We need the 4x4 models here badly
Oh wow! Crazy how it’s all different in different countries (:
People driving around with stupid shit like a boat on your roof is the reason australia is getting so strict with gvms and all the bullshit. If you really need all that shit to go travlling maybe stay home and just go on guided tours or somthing..
Hey Sam thanks for your concern but our boat isn’t on our roof it’s on our tray so I guess that means we can still go travelling and not stay home and do guided tours ? Thanks for watching 👍🤠
And comments like yours Sam are a great example why Australia is full of jealous Karen’s 😂
way more practical than these ridiculous built up 79 series getting around.
We loved how practical it was for us (: plus it came in a lot cheaper (: thank you for watching 🤠