I agree with the characterization of this chassis as "a delivery vehicle that can operate in unpaved areas." The small tires, low diffs and transfer case will always limit it, especially in soft sand and deep mud. We chose the chassis specifically as a "base camp" concept, in other words, take us as far as it can or we are comfortable driving it, then get on the dirt bikes to explore further. This will inherently prevent us from reaching truely remote areas with the chassis & camper. To acheive true "go anywhere" capability we felt we'd have to move up to a larger chassis, i.e. MOG.

I don't know much about tires in this area, but have had the XZYs recommended to us and did a bit of research on them. (the brochures and specs for the stock tires and the XZYs are on the web site at: http://www.hackneys.com/mitsu/index-chassis-photos.htm

At the last possible moment I had our fabricator modify our spare tire storage compartments to fit the XZYs, but we haven't tested them. I have my doubts they will fit laterally in the compartments.



The XZYs are 3" taller and would give us 300 lbs. more axle capacity on the front. They are not readily available in the US, so we would need to source them out of Canada, most likely as take-offs of their Army's G-Wagons, or from NZ/OZ or Europe.

Agreed. We'd save 238 lbs. We may be precluded from taking two due to weight considerations alone. Another complication is crossing land borders with three vehicles and two people.

That is a great suggestion! Thanks! Appreciate all of the feedback.

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