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As a 5+year EC owner with the 4.9 litre engine and the 5 speed manual transmission, I'm pretty familiar with the pros and cons of that combination. however, I was asked on the EC owners forum some months back about the new Duonic transmission (paired with the new 3 litre engine), and this was my...

Thanks guys. Hopefully we will catch up with some of you at least at some point. Flag us down if you need to!!! We'll be the nervous looking ones driving a RHD vehicle on the "wrong" side of the road!!:Wow1:

Yes all sourced here in BrisVegas as we are often called.

EarthCruiser EC4 ("Cocky") leaving OZ yesterday bound for Overland Expo at Flagstaff After 5 years wandering around Oz, we packed EC4 ("Cocky") into a shipping container yesterday bound for Long Beach Calif. Our 10 year plan is to spend 2 years in the western third of Nth America, 2...

The aussie OEM one.

The guards do an excellent job IMO. Called "Dust boot protector" in attached. From what Kym Bolton told me some time back, the Fuso FG part numbers in the US are different to those in Oz, even for exactly the same part (!).

Should be but will depend on the axle loads front and rear. And some "interpretations" of the law state that the tyres need to be rated for the rated axle load, not the actual (measured) axle load across a weighbridge. There can be a big difference between the two and this is tricky when going...

Having had an EarthCruiser (based on Fuso FG with SRW conversion) now for almost 5 years I can safely say of all the things I worry about, the drums are not one of them. However, I did notice this U-bolt on the rear spring pack from the last trip. Spot the difference (sorry, but my photos seem...

I use my sand filter all the time, even when there is no "sand", simply as a weight on the suction line. I once tried the typical irrigation PE "filters" but these tend to float which is a PITA. If you want to siphon water up into a tank, even if there is no risk from sediment, you really want...

It was one of the trips on my bucket list....However, not sure about everyone else's "bucket list" but as soon as I complete one item in my bucket I find I have replaced it with another two... Oh well, my cup (bucket) runneth over....

I was PM'd about the sand filter in the photos. Here it is. I've had it for 10 years or more and still "good as gold". Must be good quality s/s.

No (and my apologies for going way off-topic now). We had 400 km (250 miles) of literally no-road work on this trip so too far to walk (actually 700 km from human settlement to human settlement)! Plus we were pushing through heavy scrub (very heavy scrub in places) for many kilometres at a time...

I should make a correction here. Each 37x12.5 Goodyear Wrangler tyre alone weighs 73 lb (33 kg) but this is considerably less than the 255/100R16 Michelin XZLs I was using which weighed 40 kg each (almost 90 lb each). However, I think the larger, wider steel rim (17x9 inch) for the 37x12.5 tyre...

A tyre and rim combo in our EC consists of a 17x9 inch steel rim and 37x12.5 inch Goodyear Wrangler MTR Kevlars. Together they weigh just over 60 kg. I must admit I don't like alloy rims for off-road work (too easily damaged and far too difficult to repair except in major cities). Realistically...

Q 1: cleaning the top of the EC. I can easily stand on the top of the bullbar or the scrub bar or sit or stand on the roof rack and use a hose to clean off the roof. I also carry a short-length soft-bristle "broom" as this is by far the quickest and best way to clean all the outside of the EC...

No. The Canter engine is very noisy and disruptive compared to a genny (esp if you are sitting in/near the EC!!) and you need to run the engine at fast idle (at least 1000 RPM) to push much into the batteries, and at this level you are chewing through a large amount of fuel compared to the gen...

Depends. If you are basically travelling every 2nd day (hence alternator charging) OR you park in the sun (and there is sun!) AND you are not using power to run laptops for hours each day etc, then you can get by with the EC standard electrical system (3 x 68 watts solar panels, 2 x 115 A-hr AGM...

We use a stainless steel sand filter consisting of a series of disks held together. Works well and also keeps the "pick up" on the bottom of the lake/creek/bucket etc. Keeps particulate matter out but doesn't help with muddy-coloured water. PS: above photos are of fresh water running down the...

Hi John, I've been "off the grid" in some of the more remote sections of Carnarvon NP (Mt Moffatt and Salvador Rosa) for the past couple of weeks so not checking the forum. We do have satellite internet (we use BGAN, I got the heads up from Scott Brady on this) which is just a terrific system...

I have a good friend who is an excellent DIY type of guy. We had already purchased an EC in 2010 and he then decided he wanted to build something similar himself as it would be "way cheaper". In 2011 he found a 2004 Canter 4x4 (i.e. the older 3.9 litre model, so the vehicle was already about 6...