140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

[Jay18]

As in title I'm going to be driving down the m6 to the mrs family an need to know what I should take with me and what checks to do to the zuk before heading down there..
She's got a 4 speed box at the moment still haven't got round to fitting the 5 speed..

Any advice is extremely helpful, very nervous of this as I have only gone as far as 50 miles in it and never driven on a motorway before..

[turbo-tom]

just a general check over on things ie wheel bearings lights, tyres, levels etc and you will be fine! maybe stop of every 75 miles or so and check over things/cool down period! and you will be good to go

[Jordi]

Usual sensible checks before you bud. Oil, water, brake fluid. Even if it never uses oil or water all ways hand to carry a gallon of each.

I usually do all my tyre pressures too.

Don't feel the need go flying just because your on a motorway, I generally sit around truck speed 55mph.

A quick grease of all prop shafts won't harm it either, most SJs aren't used to sitting at a constant high speed and you'd be surprised how warm drive lines get.

Just enjoy the ride!

[suzukisteve]

plenty of loud music to drown out the noise, plenty of nosh etc etc

but in all seriousness, as the guys said give it a once over and it'll be a good laugh

[Ladaman]

If you generally look after your truck, it should be fine if you take it steady.

They are far from high speed cruisers, but be patient, sit behind a truck in the LH lane and it should be OK.

[Jay18]

I'm only looking at going about 50, I've got a good sound system so the noise will drown out easily lol, I always carry a 5L bottle of oil with me and a bottle of water and brake fluid, I plan on making a couple of stops on the way just to give it a quick rest and have some food, she has an oil leak but it's not too serious I don't think, I have breakdown cover so if the worst happens I can get back home..

[Edweird]

I'm only looking at going about 50, I've got a good sound system so the noise will drown out easily lol, I always carry a 5L bottle of oil with me and a bottle of water and brake fluid, I plan on making a couple of stops on the way just to give it a quick rest and have some food, she has an oil leak but it's not too serious I don't think, I have breakdown cover so if the worst happens I can get back home..

Sounds like you're plenty prepared to me. You'll find you want to stop to stretch your legs more than the car needs to.

[dazerede]

You'll find you want to stop to stretch your legs more than the car needs to.

Yr I noticed that the other day drove my zook 25 miles and my legs was aching


All I can say is good luck im sure u will be fine

I don't really listen to the radio tbh I just like to make sure everything is sounding normall

[Jay18]

I have it so I can hear what the zuk is doing and I've got comfy seats in it so should be okay, I can stretch my legs in it cause I pushed the seats as far back as they could go

[dan_2k_uk]

Get in SJ. Turn key. Arrive at destination. Turn off.

If you drive 20 miles a day then you do 140 miles in a week. Doing it in one will be easier on the truck so dont worry aboit it.