Are bigger diameter tires wise on a small engine? We don't want to strain its guts out, do we?
Just got a mini dumptruck
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Both of mine spend 80% of their time in the woods on firewood duty and I've never had a radiator problem, one of them I've owned since 2005 the other since 2018.
Think I will pass on the tin can coffin.
Meh, don't spend time looking at your phone and your probably safer than average! lol We travelled around Australia in a Hi-ace camper van with our toes about 14" behind the bumper. My plan was, A -pay attention and don't drive into an accident, then if plan a fails, B - tuck your feet in before impact!
Really if your not driving at night, or with the crazy commuters, or suicidal citidiots on a long weekend holiday, trundling around in the country and small towns in anything is pretty safe. If you look at the IIHS death rates by vehicle type, very large pickups are only about average for safety so driver quality and driving situations has them not much safer than mid-size sedans judging by death rates...
3 cylinder on its side? Man it’s so clean!
Yeah kinda surprised me first time I saw it. It is totally laying on its side. I guess it makes it easier to fit
Mine gets me around my property just fine. It's not the best off road suspension and I would think that at least some of the 4x4 are going to be better in that regard. That being said I just creep around and I am not trying to win any races so for me it's fine. If you shop around some of these come with a low/creeper gear. Also I think you can get some aftermarket suspension upgrades. Might be something I look into for the future.
One of mine has a 2 speed transfer case with a 4 speed transmission and I hardly ever use low range, the other has a single speed transfer case with a 5 speed transmission that also has a super low (like a granny gear) low gear that you can only shift into when in 4wd. Both work really well. One of my "best buy" purchases.
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