OLD 4WD OR NEW? Sometimes simple is best- Roothy

[@Cdog79]

Batesy in the GU makes it look easy. Love these older episodes. Would love to see roothy, glen and batesy together again.

[@gqwarrior6694]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's just more things to go wrong. 50 years ago we had engines that would go round the clock yet manufacturers added electronics to something that wasn't broken. Now, the electronics break or shut your motor down & you end up needing a tow. See a 4wd on a tow, 99% chance it's 2005 or newer. Ask the owner why it needs a tow, the answer will almost always be an electrical problem. See an old 4wd on a tow & you'll stop to take photos because you almost never see an old rig being towed. Short of major driveline failure, there's just nothing that can go wrong that will stop you getting the rig home. There's something to be said for mechanical simplicity.

[@whitedoggarage]

John, I watched a video recently of the Leyland Brothers going up to the tip of Cape York in the early 70s. No ferry at the Jardine River, too deep to driver through, so they pulled the Landrover through the water backwards, changed the oil on the other side and drove up to the tip. if you did that with our modern 4WDs they would probably never work again ;-)

[@crawl4x410]

Oh man!!! This is 4wd action issue 156 back in 2010 I believe. One of the best episode ever.

[@bigears4426]

Saying early landcruisers were tough , they had weaknesses just like any other , work a cruiser hard and what it fall apart ,and that goes for most vehicles

[@officialWWM]

Every vehicle needs maintenance!

[@jonathanbaru4593]

Sir, with all due respect, love from the North of Borneo. Love your videos.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

I reckon the problem with tech is not the tech, but how it is applied. When you employ tech to beep at you because of some trivial thing, or when it puts the thing in "limp home mode" because a sensor has failed is ludicrous. Tech for fuel metering, advance, gear selection, traction control, stability control, ABS is absolutely magnificent. Trying stopping a 40 series without ABS in a hurry on the road - good luck!

[@jaydenbourke3722]

Still to this day my all time favourite issue was 112 You met up with some forum members at LCMP Almost every truck besides milo and a GU had a v8

[@QuestForDetails]

this show , these shows ( group of people and trucks ) stand out above other things on the planet, not sure why ,cant put my finger on it, but the kind of group of people places and times that you just cant plan, fake, or reproduce, I try and get my fix from other channels, there are good ones out there, but nothing compares. and im not a 4wd guy, never owned one yet, im over here in CA. u.s.a. , stumbled onto Roothy vids a year ago , and been hooked since, the tucks are cool, the tracks are fun, but I watch for all the in between the lines stuff, the view, the grin amongst friends on a hard day, some good food after sunset...in my mind you guys are out there somewhere forever living free and proving the world still has wild places to wander. keep it rubber side down and thank you again !

[@braydenclark5828]

This 1 has already been posted few months back

[@AndyL940]

It was wasn’t it .. Thought I was going nuts 🤪

[@patrob100]

@@AndyL940 Yes a re post

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

No problem I’ll watch it again for the second time , it’s better than the crap 💩 on Television these days .

[@burgerjvr]

30:14 Good reason to now get some rock sliders

[@loganholmberg2295]

The best 4 wd is the one you have and actually use.

[@freedomadventures1496]

Love these old episodes

[@coldfire2812]

good job guys!

[@mickwolf1077]

What is this track called, the muddy one? it can't be far from me

[@Zeebad_1st]

Tim Bates in the early days of his hat transplant.

[@silkyrider6916]

There a part 2?

[@47Rolling]

Good how you got chopper reed in his prison greens in the front of that patrol 😎

[@Doviruses.existbaileyonodysee]

I know it's not really practical. But would you benefit by custom grooving out 2 mud tyres to chuck on the rear?

[@gqwarrior6694]

Possibly if you know how to design a good mud pattern but regrooving tyres for use on the road is illegal as is running them on the road so it would be a swap them over in the bush deal.

[@mudcodpoacher6265]

Cool to see John Cena driving a 200 series

[@gqwarrior6694]

I thought Chopper driving a Maverick was better

[@simonhjc]

Geez. Im convinced never to own a camper trailer.

[@burnsphillip8477]

Man I’m keen on getting a 4+4 ACTION BEANIE 🤞

[@markiusgalfordii9248]

The older vehicles are a lot easier to work on especially on the side of the road

[@CPOK1980]

They should have taken a R50 Nissan Pathfinder to balance out the Toyota Prado.

[@rickybourne9119]

Did glen grow up to become that bloke on the chaser?

[@lastknownlocation8760]

Looks like Stoive really enjoyed himself

[@Alex1vu]

It's better to put on a snowchains before crossing thoose clay slopes...

[@finnnicholas9283]

This is a re post

[@patrob100]

Yes it is.

[@TAM-gz5tc]

I do not understand any body pulling a trailer off road. On the beach it is like draging an anchor and off road the same. It also over works the drivetrain causing potential failures. I run a 1982 landrover V8 WITH BF GOODRICH 31X10.5X15 ALL TERAIN FOR GENERAL WORK AND MUD TERRAINS FOR MUD WORK. UNSTOPABLE.

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

And I totally agree with you mate - bloody stupid what some people do to tow caravans where they shouldn't and it rips up tracks so we all wear the blame. Once I got paid not to say that....

[@officialWWM]

I hate these modern 4wds! They are far too complex, too sensitive, too refined and too easy to break. They are also impossible to fix in the bush! I love my 23 year old Jeep. It goes everywhere, it’s reliable and it’s basic. I can fix most things myself!

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Totally agree. Well said.

[@officialWWM]

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY thanks mate :)

[@vtwindad1549]

RIP Steve

[@stevenvanes2928]

And RIP Jack the dog as well.

[@silkyrider6916]

What happened to him?

[@stevenvanes2928]

Steve had a heart attack and Jack got a tic.

[@silkyrider6916]

That's horrible news.

[@μυθοπλαστηςμυθοπλαστης]

New 4wd? Its a thing?

[@mullerandre95]

Best 4x4 is a rental car, any rental😁

[@matthutch5919]

Funny so much praise for the Mavric. Next to nothing for the Patrol yet a Mavric is a Patrol simply rebadged. Toyota head's just can't handle a Nissan doing something better & easier 🤣🤣

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Yeah yeah - fair enough tho mate. Good comments!!

[@OverlandAustraliaAdventures]

Hey John, if the hat has pups can I have one....

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Hahaha - Mr Vella banned me from ever wearing it again on camera - and the Handbrake binned it because she hated it too. Bugger. Never was good at fashioon....

[@BushAdventuresAustralia]

I did not know that Tim Bates was in a 4wd Action episode.

[@BushAdventuresAustralia]

@@jasegonebush1883 yeah interesting but it must be because he is a victorian.

[@BushAdventuresAustralia]

@@jasegonebush1883 True that.

[@Producable]

@@jasegonebush1883 spoke to Tim on the old forum when producing that trip and yeah we included a local because he was a top bloke. Still is

[@The_Bushman]

Tim was in a few episodes in total maybe half a dozen or so

[@BushAdventuresAustralia]

@@The_Bushman oh i didn't know that

[@scottdaviesvk2sdx319]

LOL blame the dog!

[@billw6182]

Very funny, historical nonsense at the beginning of this....Oh yes when Toyota showed up to Aus. the clouds opened up and the sun started shinning , and the angels were singing ...lol. Jeep helped win a war (as Ernie Pile, war correspondent said, "The best thing or development, to come out of the second world war for civilian use after the war, was the Jeep"). Everything can and does get bogged when off road, including the great time travelling Toyota lol. Jeeps and Land Rover Series and Defenders are some of the best, capable off road vehicles ever produced. While Jeep was winning the war, Toyota was building Trucks for the emperor and their insane war effort, thankfully they didn't win. As a testament to the two icons Jeep and Landrover......Toycopyota was just that, a copy of the basic off road design of these great marques. Granted it was funny though, that the arrival of Toyota was some kind of watershed moment for Australia....Good on ya mate...lol!!

[@fairlane2020]

This is an old episode.

[@brentmcd12]

yeah I thought the same .. like I've recently watched this episode ? must of been here on roothys channel ??

[@davidlovejoy3602]

Wrong gear selection on the auto's....again. You guys really need some training...

[@officialWWM]

Take a shot every time someone says mate…

[@jaineshwarlal9233]

I just know that Toyota's are not as reliable as they used to be.

[@gqwarrior6694]

No brand is now they're all filled with electronic crap to break.

[@pbartolomeo05]

Couldn't continue to watch. Ads every 2 minutes.

[@mangiblotarinawabag4964]

You're doing it wrong then.

[@einfelder8262]

Ads? What ads?

[@pbartolomeo05]

I was bombarded with ads, literally every minute. I didn't do anything but click the link to watch the video.