LAndcruiser

Maureen

There are a lot of 200 series out there doing fine. I tow a 19ft BT with a 200 series and currently have 120K on the clock without any problems (touch wood)

Steve's tow vehicle section would also back up the 200 series as suitable

Alan

Hi Maureen
We had a 200 series turbo diesel for 5 years. Ours was from the first release in 2007.
It was a great car and towed our 20ft BT OK.
Never had any problems with it in all the time we had it.
Only changed to Chev because the BT was slightly over 3.5 ton loaded and I wanted to be "legal".
Best of luck in your search
Jeff and Mel.

My tug is a 200 TD as well. No problems with it in three years and 110,000.

I had 2 x 100 Series before that. The 200 Series is way superior as a tow vehicle.

WILLIE

Sold our F250 and Bought a 200 series.
We have a 20 foot BT.
We have upgraded the GVM to 3800 KG.
The F250 used less fuel when towing than the 200.
But the 200 uses less when not.
The way we drive the difference is about 2 to 3 litres per hundred.

The 200 does tow very well with the suspension upgrade but it is a bit short on room. which is why we are about to turn it into a dual cab ute.
There is a 200 dual cab for sale on the creative conversions website that may be of interest to you.

Scott

Maureen
As you are finding, the 100 Series TD is highly sought after.
Great value for money, keep looking.

John

Keep the 250, return it to a ute with a hard lid. Much better tow vehicle than a LC. If it doesn't have a reversing camera fit one.

Thanks for everyone's input to my question and it seems that the 200 series would be fine for me.

Now...who can point me in the right direction to a good one to buy!

As you know Maureen, we changed our F250 for the new Ford Ranger and as I have told you privately it is a far better tow vehicle than what the LC 100 series was that we first towed our caravan with.
Since getting the Ford Ranger 3.2 6 Speed Auto we have towed our 21' BT that would be around the 3300kgs over 8000km and it has performed perfectly.
It has a longer wheel base than both the 100 and 200 series landcruisers but much shorter than the F250 and Chevy's so it is a great size to use as an everyday vehicle as it drives like a car.

The rear diff lock-up in Low Range 4WD worked a treat when I had to pull a neighbours 4WD out of a deep rutted bog.

We travel the highways at 100kph when towing the caravan.

Brian