Tonkatuff
Adventurer
Hi Guys
I wanted to start a thread to document my adventures in the Tonka truck and my attempts to make it more capable on a tight budget and i didn't think "build up" was appropriate.
First about me I'm a 34 year old Industrial Sparky and i run my own business prior to this i have been involved in Electronics and IT. I have a young family and i enjoy getting out there in the truck.
Now the truck.
A 1996 FG637 Dual Cab canter tipper ex mutdapilly research station Purchased in jan 2012 in Nambour and brought back to SA. The truck's main issue is that it had been sitting not doing much for about 6 years but it had only done 130K. Ive replaced the bed of the tray with steel as it was timber and generally tidied it up. Its my daily driver and ive now got 180K on it.
So far Ive done a couple of small trips in it.
When I bought it
Big Desert State Forest Vic (note very soft sand and bar tread rag tyres, not a good mix but we made it)
Car Park Testing
So we are off to Big desert again this weekend (running Radials this time) hopefully get some pics of how far you can (or can't) get on duals
cheers
Shannon
I wanted to start a thread to document my adventures in the Tonka truck and my attempts to make it more capable on a tight budget and i didn't think "build up" was appropriate.
First about me I'm a 34 year old Industrial Sparky and i run my own business prior to this i have been involved in Electronics and IT. I have a young family and i enjoy getting out there in the truck.
Now the truck.
A 1996 FG637 Dual Cab canter tipper ex mutdapilly research station Purchased in jan 2012 in Nambour and brought back to SA. The truck's main issue is that it had been sitting not doing much for about 6 years but it had only done 130K. Ive replaced the bed of the tray with steel as it was timber and generally tidied it up. Its my daily driver and ive now got 180K on it.
So far Ive done a couple of small trips in it.
When I bought it
Big Desert State Forest Vic (note very soft sand and bar tread rag tyres, not a good mix but we made it)
Car Park Testing
So we are off to Big desert again this weekend (running Radials this time) hopefully get some pics of how far you can (or can't) get on duals
cheers
Shannon