BIGGEST 4WD IN AUSTRALIA ?? Crazy F450 Build!!

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Welcome back to The Explore Life! This week we're checking out Cale from ‪@ECOFFROAD‬ Aussie First F450 with Liquid Springs! With GVM and GCM becoming a growing worry for many travellers, this American inspired build is possibly the best solution to legally and comfortably tow all the gear, but without stepping into a full blown truck!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Build Concept
01:26 - Engine Work
02:46 - Barwork & Front End
04:30 - Wheels & Tyres
05:31 - Suspension Pt.1
07:14 - Wrap
07:37 - Sidesteps
08:07 - Roof Rack
08:55 - Suspension Pt.2
11:46 - Tray & Canopy
15:49 - Inside the Cab
18:45 - Test Drive
20:36 - GVM, GCM & Payload
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The Bush Company: www.thebushcompany.com.au/
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Redarc Electronics: www.redarc.com.au/
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GME: www.gme.net.au/au/
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Пікірлер: 188

@flysoutbackadventures 23 күн бұрын

My only complaint is I'm not rich enough to have one of these. So glad these liquid spring & dually to single rear wheel along with the front track correction kits from EOG in the states have made it to Australia. If i ever run into this guy on the road. I'll probably reck his pain job, I'll be drooling so much, ( providing I have a step ladder 😂 ).

@quagar6982 24 күн бұрын

Won't be long now, someones going to buy a road train and trun it into living quarters 😆

@theexplorelife 24 күн бұрын

😂😂

@christied3645 23 күн бұрын

😂

@punk46664 23 күн бұрын

I've seen a family do it with a HR and trailer. The truck half was a complete fold out camper (including the pet bird). The trailer had a vitara, tinny, and full workshop in it. Some sort of engineer/fabrication. They were travelling full time.

@quagar6982 21 күн бұрын

@@punk46664 Ha ha, brilliant

@tomkelly3896 21 күн бұрын

Its been done already🤗

@IamHerbie 23 күн бұрын

I saw this one at the Brisbane 4x4 show. Its a bloody monster. Credit to EC crew for a brilliant build

@ibwatchnutube 24 күн бұрын

Looks mad well done

@snafu22 22 күн бұрын

the best part was at 18.20…..” you don’t have to touch these things, that’s where you save a bucket load of coin”……haha, meanwhile $400 g notes later!

@TACTICALNOMAD 23 күн бұрын

The F-450s and 550s come with the Dana Super 60 front axle which has a high pinion differential. That allows for the tight turning radius of the truck.

@rich7447 22 күн бұрын

The 350s and 250s came with the Dana 60 (M256) up until part way through 2023. They did not get the wide track version which is what sets the F450+ apart.

@johnjoel8204 21 күн бұрын

this truck should go on a wet muddy full of mud bogs with the guys from 4WD-24/7. that would be one hell of a trip adventure and one hell of an episode.

@harrishunter9923 18 күн бұрын

Probably would be too big for them to get it out of a bog hole

@thebobbersidecarbuild2770 14 күн бұрын

I would say it would more suited to do a trip with All 4 Adventure

@carldryan 24 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t be frothin trying to find a car space to park it.

@theexplorelife 22 күн бұрын

Make your own mate

@jetset8888 23 күн бұрын

What a weapon

@jamberoobigsplah924 23 күн бұрын

New dream build

@ozyrob1 23 күн бұрын

What an unbelievable waste of money. 😂

@almostthere2024 20 күн бұрын

Are you kidding? That thing is a beast. Why not, if you can?

@Sabumnim666 22 күн бұрын

Love this truck that suspension is the ducks guts and you have the same power as the ram eater pretty much. Brilliant.

@bogged2theeyeballs695 24 күн бұрын

Weights aren't a big secret when they're on the side of the truck. 🤣🤣🤣

@theexplorelife 24 күн бұрын

😂

@coreyhutchinson4033 19 күн бұрын

F450 and F550 are proper pickups!

@__beer__ 22 күн бұрын

Just buy a bus at this point.

@khimani 17 күн бұрын

😀😀😀😀😀

@Skipper_geriatric_chihuahua 9 күн бұрын

My Lanta, what a truck!

@erker6423 Күн бұрын

We have 2 F-250 6.7 Powerstroke, bought them in 2023 with some miles. The previous owner had already put on lift kits with air suspension, 37", beadlocks on 23", etc.. These trucks cost us 115 k (usd). One truck came with a canopy whith liftable roof, cost another 20 k. These guys are Euro 6 d, so they run on Add blue (Diese. Exh. Fluid, DEF)..... Towing ? 7.9 tons.....regular maintenance every 10,000 km, that is it. The F-150 is a huge seller in the US, and it is available with a small 3l diesel...

@EdFluke-cd5xx Күн бұрын

F150 doesn't have the diesel anymore here in the states. The EPA has made it almost impossible for diesel engines to pass testing. The f150 diesel was only available for a very short time, I've never even seen one.

@91mattmiller 18 күн бұрын

What a work of art!! If you can afford it why not. 😮

@joshbaker6252 23 күн бұрын

Does more money err um equal more performance and value for $$ or is it bigger the chassis bigger the tyres? My $55k everest with 33” all day and we will both arrive safely

@joshbaker6252 23 күн бұрын

Love to be 6’5” just to check the oil ha

@Blkcmb 24 күн бұрын

Love it, this is the way to go now days

@MicahBell_1860 23 күн бұрын

Hey, Baker! Watch it with the Bloody Nora's!! That's my mum's name!!!

@maine-lygamingtips2039 23 күн бұрын

The only piece of kit the big girl is missing is rock sliders for the rear shock mounts. Those super expensive liquid suspension parts really need to be treated to special protection...replacing one easily is not a thing.

@chrisbeling7350 24 күн бұрын

That's one big girl❤😂stunning

@thomjanson9644 21 күн бұрын

Good to see someone who isn’t 5 foot stepping out of one of these.. seems to be the go 😂

@alanbrady2399 24 күн бұрын

Awesome Episode. This is the best channel on YT

@brendanrust9275 23 күн бұрын

lol 350k plus for a truck to just drive on a high way. There’s a reason they don’t work out here in in Aus!

@TBird89 23 күн бұрын

Spot on… many klms on the bitumen before reaching the dirt destination.

@dagsbouch 23 күн бұрын

Noice.

@officialmallcrawler 22 күн бұрын

The truck needs a front bumper with a ladder attached. haha

@jamieh4x4 24 күн бұрын

I have a feeling this is one those, if you have to ask how much it costs you can't afford it

@JustEnjoyLife88 23 күн бұрын

😮 anddddd I am straight to the EC build website 😂

@valeriedeakin9904 23 күн бұрын

That is one beautiful truck, love it!!

@ChrisDADLUX 22 күн бұрын

Nice rig. But who wants to spend that kind of money on a build plus you also need to get your truck licence. Seems like a good tow truck but as someone else said you could buy a house on the water or even pay to leave your big boat parked up and still have food at hone 😆

@graveltravelcanada 22 күн бұрын

Mint

@bamafencer12 23 күн бұрын

As an American I love that Aussies are driving these toys. I'm personally prefer GM/Chevy, but this Ford is well built! Enjoy it!

@peterwest5661 18 күн бұрын

Mmm only if you need a manhood extension

@brucemartin8519 23 күн бұрын

Try Yukon gear and axle company. The best of the best.

@cyclemoto8744 24 күн бұрын

I get it, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But my eyes hurt when looking at the proportions of this thing.

@daveo1559 24 күн бұрын

Yeah its the answer for the few who have 600k to drop on a car.

@theexplorelife 22 күн бұрын

Half that

@daveo1559 22 күн бұрын

@@theexplorelife must have got the car for a bargan. Dont see them for under $250k n i know mods would have run 100k easy. Maybe abit more than half yeah? Remember we dont have sponsors n need to pay retail and labour costs.

@andrewt3952 23 күн бұрын

Frothing? Hardly. Would go well with his moustache

@jbm8444 22 күн бұрын

You could see the GVM on the door early on in the video , but great to see a build that everyone can afford.

@anbu999 24 күн бұрын

6.7l V8 still need a tune to tow a boat. That rather disappointing. #salty

@theexplorelife 24 күн бұрын

Definitely doesnt need it from standard, but with tyres that big you’d expect it

@traviswruck3637 23 күн бұрын

Seen this at the brissy 4x4 show the horn rekt my day as im deaf in 1 ear and i get tinitus bad the guy honked it inside a building as i was standing next to it. It was painful

@TheTripleDubya 24 күн бұрын

Anything over 8t GVM sees you pulling into every weigh bridge, even if you did get a F550, you’d want to limit it to 7.9t yeah ?

@ECOFFROAD 24 күн бұрын

Correct 👌

@AJsGU 22 күн бұрын

The weigh stations are not a big deal. I have a Unimog (12t GVM) and it never bothered me.

@TheTripleDubya 21 күн бұрын

@@AJsGU I’ve had my dealings with them in a former life, there’s not much love there for them.

@jerry50bmg65 24 күн бұрын

Cha Ching!

@mnixon8163 18 күн бұрын

Sick truck, would not fit down hardly any tracks I frequent

@blackcreekorganicfarm296 17 күн бұрын

Correct a beach going rust bucket

@leviwally3687 23 күн бұрын

41s look small on that

@ekim72 22 күн бұрын

You went plaid. 👍

@deanlavender18780 21 күн бұрын

can we stop trying to normalise spending insane amounts of $$$ on rigs like this, this is sheer madness.

@Cruizer2021 24 күн бұрын

Yeah bro just whip down to woolys and grab some milk ..or not

@jerrybow8779 24 күн бұрын

Spending this much on a rig to tow a 4-5t boat seems pointless. If you can afford the 500k+ for the rig you might as well just buy a place on the water and not have to tow your boat around🤷🏽‍♂️

@AlwaysSearching.. 24 күн бұрын

If someone has the money to spend 500k on a rig to tow a boat I’m sure they have a house on the water already. As he said it’s going to be set up for touring

@smithys3512-lg5yx 24 күн бұрын

Once we have the money in 50000000 years, the point will be clearer hahaa

@theexplorelife 24 күн бұрын

I’ve found Lots of people nowadays are selling up homes to do their trip around Australia. This is a potential solution for the bigger towing needs

@willieperawiti512 23 күн бұрын

Can't beat life on the road

@davideyers9405 23 күн бұрын

Meet a guy who built a bus to go around Oz for a year, 12 yrs later him and his wife were still going around. There's a buyer for everything.

@Chris_topher1117 24 күн бұрын

Second 🧐

@emmitt169 24 күн бұрын

Third🎉

@gustill1445 24 күн бұрын

Looks cool but give me a Unimog any day of the week over this. Fraction of the price and Probably better on fuel As well

@AJsGU 22 күн бұрын

I have one. Definitely cool and bigger but slow, noisy and very basic interior even modified. 21-25 l/100km for my Unimog is definitely not too bad.

@DarrenBoxhall 24 күн бұрын

What's with the multiple lights rather than light bars.

@MarkSmyth 24 күн бұрын

Generally you see a higher output of light with better direction distribution too

@TheTripleDubya 24 күн бұрын

@@MarkSmyth just hope they don’t get counted as seperate lights, if so, more than four !

@theepicqronictraxxgary7982 23 күн бұрын

@@TheTripleDubyaThe ones up top count as a 1light/bar if they all turn on at once. Light bars that turn on with multiple stages are technically counted as multiple lights even tho doubt you would ever get pulled up on that lmao

@maxcullen3427 23 күн бұрын

Accent and attitude so reminds me of AUS love it

@-PORK-CHOP- 24 күн бұрын

While this looks fantastic, it's no good driving around town, pretty much useless offroad, won't fit down any tracks unless you want 500 pinstripes from the scrub, needs 20m to make a turn, accessing stuff in the canopy would be a pain, need a 2 stage ladder to get to the RTT, put 40+" tires on then hang the exhaust down too low, looks good but just impractical.

@theexplorelife 24 күн бұрын

The suspension let’s it lower down an inch lower than factory. We’re taking it to cape York so we’ll find out all those questions 👌

@-PORK-CHOP- 24 күн бұрын

@@theexplorelife Cool, can't wait to see the big girl get stuck and break the winch trying to get the elephant out😂, Keep Nav away from it or you you may never see it again 😂, Don't get me wrong it looks beautiful, but I would take your Ram over this in a heartbeat.

@Natures_Doctor 22 күн бұрын

As an american I agree 100% I almost never see these f250+ diesels offroad on trails unless they are towing buggies, they are too big and heavy, I think if it had a big camper on the back it would be worth it to get out and camp in luxury

@Forthesakeofit221 23 күн бұрын

Need to be 7 feet to reach in.. oooh wait.

@Deatomizer 24 күн бұрын

If you go big you need to go F series. Ford has big locked down to a science.

@user-lx3bv2fd6b 21 күн бұрын

maatee my MAN truck gvm is 12500kg and gcm 29000kg

@NateH-qd7bm 24 күн бұрын

Cool truck but I think Matts ram looks better than his rig

@chehansamarasinghe 18 күн бұрын

tyre width looks like 33, for appiarance is smaller

@baileymathieson8442 23 күн бұрын

Mize well just buy a second hand earth roamer, would cost the same 😂

@WuzzA21 24 күн бұрын

Qld police frothing over the tyre protrusion happening here.

@dalep-i4844 23 күн бұрын

Registered as a truck it’s legal.

@MakingMoneyyy857 23 күн бұрын

Flex. Love the look of the new yank tanks.

@darcyaquilina1446 24 күн бұрын

Fourth

@dn059 24 күн бұрын

Alright this is getting out of hand now 😂

@nasosnasos8054 22 күн бұрын

Price ?

@youreasnake4548 18 күн бұрын

$350-400k. START SAVING!! Personally rather have a built 70 and a fuckin Ferrari for the cost of this thing, but each to their own!

@MrBigad77 24 күн бұрын

Silly

@philliprobinson2902 22 күн бұрын

Excellent machine all quality very very nice indeed, that's a truck, no car man!

@1q2w3e60 21 күн бұрын

Won't last long in the bush. White elephant

@tomkelly3896 21 күн бұрын

Best part is ..its junk...will be in shop for reapairs constantly

@barron204 24 күн бұрын

Nice, but not in my price range.

@kudaz4433 23 күн бұрын

THIS MADE ME SUBSCRIBE AWSOME UTE ? TRUCK I GUESS 😍

@danielb8901 20 күн бұрын

I have to ask what sort of gas mileage do you get? Also what is the fuel capacity of this rig?

@ECOFFROAD 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment. We are currently on a Cape York trip and averaging 18L/100km. Towing the boat at 4t we average 20.5L/100. Very happy with the economy . 👌

@johnrogers5825 22 күн бұрын

Little guy with porn-star moustache frothing lol. How will it go on tracks where generations of standard width 4wds have been going? Outside the track line, destroying bodywork, paint, and the environment.

@scottpop11 22 күн бұрын

why?

@daveo1559 24 күн бұрын

I can hardly fit my ranger and 15ft van most caravan parks in the country u would have zero chance with this thing. Wouldnt fit the car alone in most caravan parks. No good for touring if u cant take it most places u need it.

@seatsniffer100 20 күн бұрын

Is it legal to delete your truck in Australia? that would finish this truck off 100%

@jeffbyah4458 22 күн бұрын

How ridiculous.

@michs1708 22 күн бұрын

Is it electric?!?! 😂😂😂

@jellybaby9630 24 күн бұрын

Isuzu nps 300 hino 300 etc Daily 4x4

@thomjanson9644 21 күн бұрын

Haha who first to get the F550..? 😂 Jesus Christ…

@MrLoadedweapon 23 күн бұрын

in the states VERY expensive to insure and most insurance companies wont touch ...lmk if you know different . GREAT BUILD LOVE IT

@maine-lygamingtips2039 23 күн бұрын

Not any different than other heavy duty trucks...

@bamafencer12 23 күн бұрын

Not always. When we purchase the vehicle, the insurance part is one day. They usually don't ask about aftermarket stuff.

@rich7447 22 күн бұрын

I run an F450 in Maryland and it is not more expensive to insure than any other $100k vehicle.

@realaussiemale567 16 күн бұрын

At the end of the day it’s just a Ford. 😂

@philliprobinson2902 22 күн бұрын

Note for this money u could buy a semi tailor, and tow 50 ton Yet, u dont get a four-wheel drive ect, ect Nonetheless not just here prizes of trucks as such these days so expensive, its a cut throat world and we people trying to get ahead, battle, money has the answer the Bible says for all things from the book of Ecclesiastes chapter 8 i believe, well done great truck

@chil5150 22 күн бұрын

Or haulin' a giant mouth...

@beyondthispoint5557 18 күн бұрын

The future? God I hope not. One of the things I love about Australian rigs is that they are a reasonable size. Those things are just stupid. Way too big (living in Canada, I share the road with trucks like this and no thanks.)

@gmg1985 23 күн бұрын

These huge trucks push out more than 3 times the heat that a small sedan does. Blame global warming on over-sized vehicles; especially if they mostly use them like ... small sedans.

@theexplorelife 22 күн бұрын

Heat 😂

@jasonswift7098 16 күн бұрын

Those rims and wheels are useless onroad they are only rated to 100km/hr Plus the rear super single conversion can only be done at buck-stop in Denver Colorado there is no one in Australia that does it

@ECOFFROAD 14 күн бұрын

Tyres are rated to 110kmhr, we have done a few super single conversions. There is also many others doing SS conversions. Not just buckstop.., 👌💪

@jasonswift7098 14 күн бұрын

@@ECOFFROAD Those tyres and the Michelin and the other brand are rated to 100 and no there is not other companies doing the SS conversions its Buckstop in Colorado.

@dean8367 3 күн бұрын

Ford, "ew brother ew".

@williamswilliams4355 24 күн бұрын

Yea na. Too big,too expensive, and way too american. Imagine trying to drive this down a tight track.

@afarmer4 14 күн бұрын

The back end looks crap. Canopy ok but that flare and sigle tyre look shit

@mtbtj538 24 күн бұрын

First

@LukE-og9jf 24 күн бұрын

no one cares

@mtbtj538 23 күн бұрын

@@LukE-og9jf ok lukE

@stevenlang7709 15 күн бұрын

Unimog is better

@tyzon00800 18 күн бұрын

No vehicle for , hey look at me , I am a poser

@ronnie9103 24 күн бұрын

Looks shit KZfaq is just an advertising crap

@theexplorelife 22 күн бұрын

Nothing about this truck looks shit mate 😂 it’s a weapon and a one of a kind. Innovation in the space advertising what can be done.

@turtle-frogs 17 күн бұрын

@@theexplorelifethe comments are mostly AI generated the opperaters are a weird bunch. Safe travels.🤠

@samsearle4433 22 күн бұрын

Dumb

@user-wi9tp5ry5s 12 күн бұрын

Pure stupity …

@hawk3356 24 күн бұрын

Dumb…

@tylerandrews8201 22 күн бұрын

So many jealous guys in the comment section ahahaha "omg why u spend so much". Guys just say u broke its not ur money lol

@coguy4834 17 күн бұрын

AUS needs to quit voting in all these fun police politicians. USA has the same problem 😂