Isuzu D-Max Farm Mate 4x4
D-Max's Farm Mate pack adds a fully galvanised steel-bodied dropside tray body, with tubular headboard and stirrups, cab rear window mesh guard, chequerplate floor and tail light guards, steel bull bar, tow bar kit with wiring to a 7-pin flat plug, square-section removable tongue, tow ball and D-shackles, and Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity.
D-Max Farm Mate single cab is $33,990 driveaway and Farm Mate space cab is $39,490 driveaway. Farm Mate production volume is less than 100 but final availability will depend on demand. The Farm Mates offer three-tonne maximum tow capacity, 225mm ground clearance, paddock-crawler low range first gear with anti-stall, steel plate sump and transfer case guards and a fuel tank shield. Push-button dash controls simplify 2WD/4WD/low range selection and allow shift-on-the-fly up to 100 km/h between 2WD and 4WD High.
Both Farm Mates offer standard air-conditioning, rear LSD, dual airbags, pre-tensioners on outer front seat belts and CD/FM/AM MP3 audio. The space cab Farm Mate adds ABS with EBD (which disables on steep loose surface slopes to allow wheel lock-up), power windows, remote entry door locks, cruise control, front bucket seats with a storage bins, centre floor console, rear window demister and door protection strips.
The Farm Mates also have the longest endorsed tray load floor length from cab to axle among conventional cab one-tonners, for optimal loaded stability and safety. Their Isuzu chassis has a uniquely longer wheelbase — by a sizeable 150mm — in cab/chassis models than in its utes, and at 3200mm is longest in the class.