I am a died in the wool Jeep guy when it comes to off roading. I was born in a '42 Ford MB(war time contract production; Willy's was the main builder, but could not supply enough units). I do not have a Jeep now, but forever have been a red/white/blue Jeep guy.
I knew the Land Crushers were a decent vehicle, but they were not a Jeep, and were made overseas.
I was very surprised a few years back, when I googled some history, and found that the original Land Cruisers were built as an all weather replacement for the Jeep in the US military. It was also part of trying to rebuild Japan's industry after WWII. Although the design and execution as excellent, it never flew to put a non-US vehicle in to the US military.
I would still take a Jeep first, but there is no doubting the Land Cruiser as a capable dependable vehicle. In fact, they were probably tougher than pre-'76 Jeeps; the old Jeeps were tough but had a c-channel frame that was prone to cracking by the spring hangers when wheeled hard.
The shame is, wen the Jeep frame was made tougher, it was still an AMC. AMC was not known for quality... An early CJ7, or the '77 and newer CJ% with the box frame, inline-6, t18 granny box, and t20 xfer case, dana-44 rear axle, were a pretty solid unit...
The Land Crusher is popular for V8 conversions in the States; they are down right heavy. They need a V8 to be able to get out of thier own way

The lower powered 6-cylinder was one reason it was tough; there was not so much power that it easily broke stuff. The same goes for the older Jeeps with the flathead 4-cylinder. My Dad was kinda rough sometimes on that old MB. It was stock, except 10.50-15 tires(back in the 60's and 70's when that was a pretty big tire and there was noone making "lift" kits). That Willy's didn't really have the power to hurt itself; it just kept going and going...
RoyJackson said:
I know what you mean about the Toyota Land Cruiser! Buddy of mine had one...had to be late 60's or early 70's...when they still looked like a military vehicle. We just couldn't break the sunofagun!