The idea of buying a new car is daunting enough…let alone the idea of cutting it in half. But for me, this was the option that allowed me to build the ultimate multi-purpose vehicle.

For the 76,000km’s of the Rangers life, it has had Mickey Thompson ATZ P3 tyres on it. Why these? Well, I had good success with these on my last work truck, which spent a massive amount of its time in and out of coal mines so I thought I’d test them as a touring tyre.

In every truck or trailer I have owned, I have had some form of dual battery monitoring. Be it a simple digital voltage meter to a full battery management system with DC shunts to monitor current, I have tried them all.