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<blockquote data-quote="Lesgold" data-source="post: 591075" data-attributes="member: 9840"><p>I know your pain condor. There is very little wriggle room as far as weight goes on modern utes. Ran into the same problem as you 18 months ago setting up for a WA trip. My weights were so close to the mark that a slab of beer would have put me over. My wife and I took out and weighed nearly 50kg of stuff to give us a buffer. This occurred at 2am on the morning of the trip due to a lack of sleep worrying about the problem. Extra detector coils, a second pick, food and clothing all hit the junk pile to get the weight down. Adding a long range fuel tank a couple of weeks prior to leaving worsened the issue. Forget about a bull bar. That was never a possibility. I reckon the next ute will have upgrades done before it is registered for the first time to give better legal carrying capacities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lesgold, post: 591075, member: 9840"] I know your pain condor. There is very little wriggle room as far as weight goes on modern utes. Ran into the same problem as you 18 months ago setting up for a WA trip. My weights were so close to the mark that a slab of beer would have put me over. My wife and I took out and weighed nearly 50kg of stuff to give us a buffer. This occurred at 2am on the morning of the trip due to a lack of sleep worrying about the problem. Extra detector coils, a second pick, food and clothing all hit the junk pile to get the weight down. Adding a long range fuel tank a couple of weeks prior to leaving worsened the issue. Forget about a bull bar. That was never a possibility. I reckon the next ute will have upgrades done before it is registered for the first time to give better legal carrying capacities. [/QUOTE]
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