Mark Allen shows us the all-new Ford Ranger (some see it as a mini version of the massive F-trucks) and helps us decide what bells and whistles we really need when choosing a new 4WD.

We have some awesome custom rigs, a new ‘home away from home’ touring HiLux, a tough 1989 GQ Patrol, 180kWs of Disco that gives a new meaning to ‘flash-dance’ and some insane rock crawlers from the WERock crew.

Learn how to pick up a good second-hand 4WD and we take a look at buying a used Jeep Cherokee. Save yourself some money and have some fun installing a dual battery on the cheap and we help you choose the right battery.

We raise the bar on portal axles, get our hands dirty with Roothy going through petrol basics, while Galah’s Datto gets a brake upgrade. I choose a new ground-shaking donk for the Rangie and project Scat gets its kit off in a strip show not for the faint hearted!

We continue our travels with the Nicholas family on their budget trip around Oz as they head south on the Western Australian coast. We kick off a new series, Long Trip in a Shorty, explore the Kingsford Smith Mail Run and follow Murray White as he ventures into eastern Arnhem Land.

Our torturous Tassie DVD trip concludes, from what I hear the boys still have Tassie mud under their finger nails! We also take a look at our Cape York trip, how hard was it? We’ll let you be the judge on that one.

We head to Las Vegas, but forget the bright lights’. We head to the WERock World Finals and watch as these awesome buggies crawl vertical courses. Come on Aussies, how do our boys fare?