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 Post subject: 6 wheeler AU ute
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:57 pm 
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Was this a factory option?

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:47 pm 
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i dont believe so. there is a few places ivee seen do conversions to landcruisers and making the cruiser wagons into utes

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:17 pm 
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nope, afaik it wasnt a factory option, although some dealers sold them new (with the conversion being done by another company)

have heard several bad reports about them.....

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:03 pm 
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nope, afaik it wasnt a factory option, although some dealers sold them new (with the conversion being done by another company)

have heard several bad reports about them.....
what have you "heard"?? :?
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 Post subject: Re: 6 wheeler AU ute
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:35 pm 
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Ben_Daui wrote:
Was this a factory option?


funny you should say that. Theres one just down the road thats exactly the same as that. (6 Wheels)

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:20 pm 
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ive seen a couple they arent exactly rare so i would imagine that ford did do em, doesnt mean they did tho i guess
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:22 pm 
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We have an old HQ ute at work with the 6 wheel conversion, drives like a tank.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:30 pm 
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:34 pm 
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nope, afaik it wasnt a factory option, although some dealers sold them new (with the conversion being done by another company)

have heard several bad reports about them.....
what have you "heard"?? :?

suspension problems mainly IIRC

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:20 am 
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good idea

more axles means more wieght can be carried in the tray!

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:33 pm 
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fordfreak ef wrote:
Interceptor wrote:
nope, afaik it wasnt a factory option, although some dealers sold them new (with the conversion being done by another company)

have heard several bad reports about them.....
what have you "heard"?? :?

suspension problems mainly IIRC

i've heard of bad diffs and chassis bending on them too.
an aftermarket mob did them for dealers. They used to do xr utes as well.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:30 am 
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It was an aftermarket fitment by dealers.

problems: going up gutters, rear axle lifting drive axle and getting no drive.

scrubbing tyres, as you'd expect.

but no real diff problems, put that down to poor driving habits.

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:04 pm 
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the 2nd axle takes ur load rating from 1 tonne to 2 tonne, and yea as concorde said, driving habbits inhibit problems

 

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