a mate tows a 2 axel trailer with mt 200lt drums on board stacked 3 high about 48 drums in total behind a landcruser is now looking at a 2004 v8 falcon to replace it. any ideas what this will be like! hes just sick of road users and diesel.
splinter67,
Aug 4, 7:39pm
Hope he has a big wallet the fuel cost difference will be huge
chris_051,
Aug 4, 7:47pm
I've had 1.5t a few times behind my 5.4 falcon between akld-wgtn and returned 16.5-17l per 100km holding 100kmh everywhere very strong engines great for towing,from my experience the old 6 cylinder cruisers are thirsty for what they are before adding in RUCs,two complete different vehicle though. The SOHC 5.4 are the same as what's in the F150 and f250 which are rated to over 5 tonne btw.
msigg,
Aug 4, 10:17pm
Yea the v8 falcon will do it no sweat, the 6 falcon will do it easy as well. The landcruizer will be cheaper to run than the falcon, eapecially if you already own it. ownership is the key. If you have to sell then you will never recouperate the lost dollars in fuel.
chebry,
Aug 4, 10:31pm
Towing speed is 90kph.
mugenb20b,
Aug 4, 10:33pm
90.100.same thing.
7tasman,
Aug 4, 10:39pm
its a streight swap no cash to change hands. land cruiser done 380000k were the falcon only 160
chebry,
Aug 4, 10:43pm
Easy to see youve never towed anything big and heavy it takes quite a bit of torque and fuel to get those traffic tickets
kdcentralni,
Aug 4, 11:13pm
I'd round up some scrap metal and head to a scrappy with a weigh bridge and ask him nicely how much your trailer ways un hooked on the bridge. Sell him the scrap (excuse being there) and look for a 6 cylinder Falcon if it's under 2 tonne as I think it will be and you will be looking at 14l/100k. Although if it's a straight swap clean deal the 8's hold value well so just do that.
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