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Weight Distribution: Why Your Ute Handles Like a Wet Sponge

  • MR4X4
  • July 21, 2026
There’s a familiar moment in the evolution of almost every touring 4X4. It starts life feeling reasonably sharp and predictable, then slowly accumulates a bull bar, winch, canopy, drawers, fridge,…
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Is Your Roof Rack Dangerously Overloaded? (And How To Fix It)

  • MR4X4
  • June 15, 2026
There’s a good chance you’ve spent plenty of time worrying about your vehicle’s GVM, but how much thought have you given to what’s happening above your head? For many of…
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How To Buy The Suspension You Need, Not The Suspension You Want

  • Dan Everett
  • December 8, 2025
We’ve all seen it. You’re rolling through a campsite and a dual-cab bounces past. It is stiff as a board and the rear end sits three inches higher than the…
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Track Tested: Outback Armour’s GVM Upgrade

  • Dan Everett
  • October 15, 2025
When you hear GVM upgrade, most people think tradies, tourers and towing, not crossing the Simpson Desert or hammering corrugations on the way to the Gulf. But that’s exactly where we’ve…
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Ford Ranger Super Duty Details And Pricing Announced

  • Dan Everett
  • June 23, 2025
Ford has officially lifted the lid on pricing and specs for the 2026 Ranger Super Duty and it’s looking like the new benchmark for serious payload, towing, and off-road grunt…
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RANGER SUPER DUTY – FIRST LOOK

  • MR4X4
  • April 4, 2025
IN BRIEF I’ve just come from the first sneak peek of the Ranger Super Duty, and can safely say that this is not only the launch of the year, but…
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What (and where) causes a bent chassis?

  • MR4X4
  • September 28, 2022
Thoughts of a bent chassis keeping you awake at night? Here's everything you need to know to keep your 4X4 on the straight and narrow
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Roof Load Limits: Know Yours

  • MR4X4
  • September 16, 2021
Every vehicle capable of carrying a roof load has a roof load limit. What is this limit, how do you find it, and what does it mean for you?  The…
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This is one way to save weight with 4×4 camping gear

  • Robert Pepper
  • June 24, 2021
Who’s got too much space? Who’s got heaps of payload left? Hmm, not many of you! If you go 4×4 camping then you’ll often be taking a lot of gear,…
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GVM upgrade in Queensland now much easier

  • Wes Whitworth
  • February 12, 2020
GVM upgrades in Queensland have become easier thanks to the introduction of LS15 which removes the requirement for a fully qualified engineer to sign-off on GVM upgrades for in-service vehicles,…
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Are Queensland towing laws changing?

  • Wes Whitworth
  • August 20, 2018
If you’ve been on social media this morning, chances are you’ve seen a few articles getting bunted around about how Queensland towing laws are going to change in the near…
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Put a bit of weight on? Might be time to bulk up your brakes

  • Wes Whitworth
  • August 16, 2018
Over the years, as touring rigs have become the norm, we’re collectively jamming more and more gear into our four-wheel drives. From canopies and roof cages, to fridges and kitchen…
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LEAKED: Jeep Scrambler Ute towing and GVM details

  • Wes Whitworth
  • November 16, 2017
With the Australian Jeep crowd collectively holding their breath for some solid details on the new Jeep Ute: The Scrambler, it appears that Jaolpnik: Truck Yeah have once again come…
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