Thread: New Hilux Fuel Consumption

Tyers are the 70 series 265/70/16 that the patrols come out in.But instead of 265s i like the BFGs 275/70/16,great for the rivers.Widest i can go with out upsetting the gearing.I sit on a 100k/h most of the time.Im in no hurry to get attention from the blueys or wear the engine out.

Good video on Ronny Dahl YouTube of 18month Hilux review and real world fuel consumption with different tyres. He gets 11l with similar set up

Originally Posted by Forestry

Good video on Ronny Dahl YouTube of 18month Hilux review and real world fuel consumption with different tyres. He gets 11l with similar set up


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Yea good vid that one. After a few weeks and some more manual calculations plus resetting the calculator in the vehicle i’m sitting on about 10.8 - 11L for empty driving to and from work each day. It spikes as soon as I tow anything though even my light little trailer with quad bike

One of my trip Meters has been running for the past 10,000ks and it's sitting at 10.4l/100km, so that's a good average over 10,000ks, 2019 Navara stx. Has done a bit of towing in that time, horse float with couple cows in it, tandem trailer taking side by sides to and from town etc and probably a quarter to a third of those Ks have been off-road on farm etc. Doesn't really have anything done to it to add much weight though, Load Master flat deck, iron man winchbar front and sideboards and running Maxxis 764 in 245/75/16 which I'm pretty sure are same size as factory. See a lot of trucks with all sorts of shit on them that seem to be all about the look, big tyres and lift kits and bars all round etc and I guarantee you most simply setup farmers truck would do a shit tonne more sketchy shit than they'll ever do, day in, day out.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

One of my trip Meters has been running for the past 10,000ks and it's sitting at 10.4l/100km, so that's a good average over 10,000ks, 2019 Navara stx. Has done a bit of towing in that time, horse float with couple cows in it, tandem trailer taking side by sides to and from town etc and probably a quarter to a third of those Ks have been off-road on farm etc. Doesn't really have anything done to it to add much weight though, Load Master flat deck, iron man winchbar front and sideboards and running Maxxis 764 in 245/75/16 which I'm pretty sure are same size as factory. See a lot of trucks with all sorts of shit on them that seem to be all about the look, big tyres and lift kits and bars all round etc and I guarantee you most simply setup farmers truck would do a shit tonne more sketchy shit than they'll ever do, day in, day out.

Definitely, I always get a chuckle seeing the utes that drive around nice and clean with a big lift, big muds and blacked out windows and a hard lid or bunch of impractical crap on it lol.

Took mine out for its first proper workout during a week of hunting just over a week ago. Dropped the tyres right down and took on some pretty slippery clay tracks for an evening hunt. Would normally take the quad but felt like giving the wagon it’s first proper off-road test haha. Pretty damn impressed with the Maxxis Razr AT811s so far

Originally Posted by stagstalker

Definitely, I always get a chuckle seeing the utes that drive around nice and clean with a big lift, big muds and blacked out windows and a hard lid or bunch of impractical crap on it lol.

Took mine out for its first proper workout during a week of hunting just over a week ago. Dropped the tyres right down and took on some pretty slippery clay tracks for an evening hunt. Would normally take the quad but felt like giving the wagon it’s first proper off-road test haha. Pretty damn impressed with the Maxxis Razr AT811s so far

Zone15 ???

Originally Posted by XR500

Zone15 ???

A wee ways off

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

One of my trip Meters has been running for the past 10,000ks and it's sitting at 10.4l/100km, so that's a good average over 10,000ks, 2019 Navara stx. Has done a bit of towing in that time, horse float with couple cows in it, tandem trailer taking side by sides to and from town etc and probably a quarter to a third of those Ks have been off-road on farm etc. Doesn't really have anything done to it to add much weight though, Load Master flat deck, iron man winchbar front and sideboards and running Maxxis 764 in 245/75/16 which I'm pretty sure are same size as factory. See a lot of trucks with all sorts of shit on them that seem to be all about the look, big tyres and lift kits and bars all round etc and I guarantee you most simply setup farmers truck would do a shit tonne more sketchy shit than they'll ever do, day in, day out.

4WD vehicles today would die of fright if they were confronted with cocky's feeding out utes of old. 750 x 16 SAT tyres with every second lug cut out or if it was really serious a set of 825 x 16 Tractor grip recaps and wheel chains all round.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

4WD vehicles today would die of fright if they were confronted with cocky's feeding out utes of old. 750 x 16 SAT tyres with every second lug cut out or if it was really serious a set of 825 x 16 Tractor grip recaps and wheel chains all round.

Still got my tractor grips for the back and chains for the front
Where do you want to go?


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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Still got my tractor grips for the back and chains for the front
Where do you want to go?


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I've still got a set of chains too, shall we meet ?

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I've still got a set of chains too, shall we meet ?

As I have got older the more sense I have gained, sometimes!
In the early eighties every morning I would have to fit a full set of heavy chains to the flat deck landcruiser to feed out across the river on the flats, every day was a full on adventure.
Perhaps a meet up on the 42 traverse as been meaning to do it for years and never got around to it?
Just down the road from me to be fair!

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

One of my trip Meters has been running for the past 10,000ks and it's sitting at 10.4l/100km, so that's a good average over 10,000ks, 2019 Navara stx. Has done a bit of towing in that time, horse float with couple cows in it, tandem trailer taking side by sides to and from town etc and probably a quarter to a third of those Ks have been off-road on farm etc. Doesn't really have anything done to it to add much weight though, Load Master flat deck, iron man winchbar front and sideboards and running Maxxis 764 in 245/75/16 which I'm pretty sure are same size as factory. See a lot of trucks with all sorts of shit on them that seem to be all about the look, big tyres and lift kits and bars all round etc and I guarantee you most simply setup farmers truck would do a shit tonne more sketchy shit than they'll ever do, day in, day out.

4WD vehicles today would die of fright if they were confronted with cocky's feeding out utes of old. 750 x 16 SAT tyres with every second lug cut out or if it was really serious a set of 825 x 16 Tractor grip recaps and wheel chains all round.

I'd be keen to do the 42 traverse - although I think it is currently closed? Reopens 1 November.

Did a long haul up and back down the NI over the weekend unladen less a few bags and loaded with the wife and kids. Reset the consumption reader at the start of the trip to see how it went. Not too bad considering the what it was first looking like when I got it.

Originally Posted by stagstalker

Did a long haul up and back down the NI over the weekend unladen less a few bags and loaded with the wife and kids. Reset the consumption reader at the start of the trip to see how it went. Not too bad considering the what it was first looking like when I got it.

Quite interesting, my 2021 sits on exactly 10l/100km with 2 ladders and conduit tube on the roof. Apparently they don't cause as much drag as I thought.