Should have bought a TD42 patrol mate, wouldn’t need the tool shop to go with it lol all jokes aside another informative video. I’ve got a GU TD42. My mates often make comment on the tools I carry. It’s a fine balance of not taking too much but enough to do the job. I’ve got a salt shift chassis flusher, didn’t think about carrying it in the vehicle. I’ve pretty much got what you’re carrying tool wise as well. I also carry a grease gun. I carry a Phillips and flat screwdriver, shifter, and multi grips in my drivers door pocket. When I’m checking over the vehicle it’s easier to grab a quick tool from the door pocket as opposed to finding the tool bag. I’ve got a roof mounted storage box where I keep all of my spares etc. one thing I did was got onto a bloke wrecking a patrol and got pretty much one bolt of everything nuts radiator bracket vehicle specific brackets etc. so no matter what I’ve should have a spare bolt in just about every situation.
@@conellisgreatadventure8864 haha I’m a fitter and Turner by trade - so for me it’s hard to minimise what tooling i need, and having the tool that will do or the tool that makes it easiest or carry both. I found I don’t need to carry a grease gun, as literally most mechanics or tyre shops around the country are happy to lend you theirs to punch a bit of grease in. In Broome I got a new set of tyres and while it was on the hoist they let me have a quick once over under it and carry out a bit of an inspection. Can’t beat the flex on a patrol - but I can’t go past the reliability and minimal problems I’ve had from my cruiser, but you can guarantee that if I didn’t carry all those tools id have all sorts of disasters lol Fuel wise we are fairly heavy loaded, sitting on our gvm. But also if I could drive without going over 100km/ph on the Highway I’d save another 2L per 100. We found it goes down to around 14-15L per 100. We also found it goes up to around 23-25 L per 100 in the NT doing 130kmph haha
Hey mate !
Hows the fuel consumption ?
Hey mate, it’s very average ha! We can get it below 16 but on average it sits around 16-18L/100k
Should have bought a TD42 patrol mate, wouldn’t need the tool shop to go with it lol all jokes aside another informative video. I’ve got a GU TD42. My mates often make comment on the tools I carry. It’s a fine balance of not taking too much but enough to do the job. I’ve got a salt shift chassis flusher, didn’t think about carrying it in the vehicle. I’ve pretty much got what you’re carrying tool wise as well. I also carry a grease gun. I carry a Phillips and flat screwdriver, shifter, and multi grips in my drivers door pocket. When I’m checking over the vehicle it’s easier to grab a quick tool from the door pocket as opposed to finding the tool bag. I’ve got a roof mounted storage box where I keep all of my spares etc. one thing I did was got onto a bloke wrecking a patrol and got pretty much one bolt of everything nuts radiator bracket vehicle specific brackets etc. so no matter what I’ve should have a spare bolt in just about every situation.
@@seventysixtracksthat makes me feel better lol not towing I’ll average 15 litres in my TD42 Patrol. Hook up the camper and I’m at 18 litres.
@@conellisgreatadventure8864 haha I’m a fitter and Turner by trade - so for me it’s hard to minimise what tooling i need, and having the tool that will do or the tool that makes it easiest or carry both. I found I don’t need to carry a grease gun, as literally most mechanics or tyre shops around the country are happy to lend you theirs to punch a bit of grease in. In Broome I got a new set of tyres and while it was on the hoist they let me have a quick once over under it and carry out a bit of an inspection.
Can’t beat the flex on a patrol - but I can’t go past the reliability and minimal problems I’ve had from my cruiser, but you can guarantee that if I didn’t carry all those tools id have all sorts of disasters lol
Fuel wise we are fairly heavy loaded, sitting on our gvm. But also if I could drive without going over 100km/ph on the Highway I’d save another 2L per 100. We found it goes down to around 14-15L per 100. We also found it goes up to around 23-25 L per 100 in the NT doing 130kmph haha