800 Mile Road Trip with Bigger Tires On My 250 Series Land Cruiser

TRD JON · 2025-07-03T02:13:36+00:00

Toyota’s revealed the Land Cruiser Commercial, and it’s a no-nonsense beast for the off-road purist. Rear seats? Gone. Side windows? Replaced with steel. What you get is all function, no fluff. ✅ 2.8L turbodiesel with up to 500 Nm of torque ✅ Full-time 4WD with low-range and locking center diff ✅ Up to 7,500 lbs towing capacity – bring the trailer, the toys, or the whole camp ✅ Payload up to 1,665 lbs and over 2,200 liters of flat cargo space (LWB) ✅ Ground clearance, 31° approach angle, and 700mm wading depth – it’s built to crawl This is the Cruiser reimagined for the trailhead, the job site, and the long haul to nowhere. Who else would daily this into the wilderness? Full cargo area with middle seat delete Still gets leather...

TRD JON

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Nov 26, 2024

I just documented over on YouTube an 800-mile road trip that I just took with my LC250. This is the first longer trip we have done with the LC since putting on the 295/70R18 Nitto Recon Grapplers. These Tires are 116s, so decently light, and they are wrapped around some RRW RS7 monoforged wheels. This setup is only about 10 lbs more over stock. In the past when we did this road trip, we averaged about 21mpg there and back. This time it was closer to 18.5mpg. There were some weather factors, but for the most part, I am noticing we clearly have made an impact on the Land Cruiser's overall MPG performance. The vehicle still drives great though, with no issues with the powertrain and these larger tires at all.