33" or 285/75R16 as printed on tyre. Same tread pattern as old version but side quite differentQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
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33" or 285/75R16 as printed on tyre. Same tread pattern as old version but side quite differentQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
so white writing to the inside ???
definatelyQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
I thought that was only a Toymoto thing? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Na, rub em on a few ruts and they look like shizen, so put em inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Apollofish
Maybe because the last 4B was a Tojo try hard unbreakable piece of rubbish!
You can still read mine, obviously I don't do enough tracks.
Now I might head over to the angry thread, or start a new 'What has made you sad' thread.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/221960941...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Brought a pair or these to suit the top rail of my roof rack
the idea is to fit a 7" light bar I have lying around between the 2 rails.
It will point out the side s a work light
One of those you beaut fuses for the alternator that charges a bit quicker
Wow you love the gadgets hey Stropp. You must do a full report on how it goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stropp
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I think Yendor or ET made a comment on these a while backQuote:
Originally Posted by Stropp
when I made mention of them.
But a full report would be good don't know how you'd pick if it was working better
I have no idea, hope its not a placebo type product.
Do you have a link please??
Autobarn have a special on Fuelsafe (Rheem) jerry cans at the moment. Around half price at $33 each for the yellow diesel or red petrol cans. Don't believe their online 'Click & collect' when it tells you that they don't have any, apparently it's having hissy fits at the moment. I phoned the shop who said 'yep' we've got plenty in stock - so I bought four.
Small mod to my car, I made a couple of parallel bars to fit across the inside rear of the pod to which I can securely strap the 4 jerries. These plus another two stored further forward gives a total fuel capacity of up to 300 litres if needed. (Plus another 60 litres carried on the Tvan).
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Fark.. so what's your cruzing range now at 300L? ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
I have a few of those from years ago and the insides have
all peeled off the fuel that was left inside turned yellow, not
a fan of plastic just saying, Ive been carting fuel in different containers
since the early 70S.
Am I getting something wrong why the need to carry an extra 300kg plus of fuel.
You can only travel on gazetted roads in Australia and the chance of anyone other
than being the Bush tucker man you'll never get permission to travel to these out of the way places [remote]..
So a 150-200ltr main replacement and a 75 ltr aux tank will suit your needs . If doing the CSR
you only need enough fuel to reach well 23 if Im right.
From what I see is you're down sizing and trying to fit everything you had in the bus into
your Pod and camper.. Sorry I dont see the point way too heavy. Raffa had the right idea
and he only had half the gear you have. Take if for some serious off road sojourn a few times
cause you dont want things failng first time you hit the dirt, and I do mean serious not high country cause you wont
encounter that in the places you want to travel. Just saying lol
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Brought a pair of these, they are the 25mm ones to suit
the top rail of my roof rack. This will allow me to fit my
spare 7" dual row light bars between the rails on my roofrack
for additional lighting if need be.
Most of the time the jerries would not be used but need to be carried as we plan to be away indefinitely, as opposed to ‘doing’ a CSR trip (for example) & returning home.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
As yet I cannot be certain what fuel consumption will be in dune country, but on the road it is higher than many others get. The wind resistance of the pod makes a significant difference.
I worked out my safety margins on 20litres per 100kms +25% for remote desert travel - i.e. 25l per 100kms. (a range of 1200kms for 300 litres) This would (I hope) be a worst case scenario.
In the past with the RTT fitted & carrying a fair amount of weight, consumption was between 17.5 litres per 100kms & 19 litres per 100kms.
Recently however I achieved an all time best of 14.6 litres per 100kms - at that rate 300 litres would give a range of around 2000kms which plainly is severe overkill.
However knock off 25% for desert/dune travel - down to around 1500kms. Knock off a bit more for the extra weight of fulltime touring & towing & it could be getting closer to the required 1200 km range (needed for the Canning).
I certainly have no intention of carrying any more fuel than I have to, but did need to know that I could carry sufficient for any scenario.
I’m not a believer in carrying extra fuel just to be able to buy it for a few cents cheaper, a strategy I view as a false economy.
Not having a dig but you need to do a fair bit of home work to figure out all your fuel figures.
Its not all worked out on a calculator you need to get some real world figures, Go down see Craig
and get some fuel figures in the Dunes down his way, bit of sand driving practise as well, Fully loaded
Would it be a good idea to glue some carpet or such along the RHS to protect it rubbing on the new jerry's
My experience is different. Apart from one plastic jerry crazing & cracking (didn’t leak) after about 15 years, I’ve never had any problem with them. On the other hand I had no end of problems with metal jerries either splitting or leaking past the rubber seal.Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
You can indeed get fuel delivered in a 200l drum to well 23.(Georgia Bore). However it’s a choice I prefer to avoid for several reasons. You have to buy the full 200 litres, need to organise it months in advance, a far higher chance of getting dirty or water laden fuel from a drum, having to carry a pump suitable for getting the fuel out of the drum & I have read of several instances of folk arriving at well 23 only to find that the drum of fuel they organised some 2 months earlier is not there.
Plenty of folk carry sufficient fuel to get them to well 33 (Kunawaritji) where they can fill up from a bowser. Ths requires a fuel range of around 1180kms.
You suggest 275 litres in a main & aux tank would suit my needs, & I hope that amount of fuel WILL be sufficient. It’s only 25kg less in weight than what I can now carry IF I NEED TO.
I believe you significantly underestimate me. I’m not silly, I understand that weight is the enemy, but also understand that a comparison to Rafa or indeed most others is not a reasonable one to make. The major difference, as I have mentioned before, is that we will be travelling with no time limit, no schedule & that this will allow us to travel far more slowly than most, which in turn puts far less stress & strain on the vehicle. So whilst my vehicle is heavier than some (although still not as heavy as some who do in weeks what we will take months or years to do) our travelling/driving style will go quite some way to mitigate that.
With two identical vehicles, both travelling the same desert tracks, one loaded to 3.4 tonnes & travelling at average of 80+kph, & one loaded to 3.8 tonnes & travelling at average of 50kph, which one do you think is most likely to sustain damage?
CSR in my Patrol, worst was 20.5 litres per 100 klm, so Cuppa if you even if you are towing you wont need fuel at #23 from Newman. Keep in mind Newman sell it in 205 litre drum full lots so if you can not take it on board you leave it even though you paid for it!
My share was 66 litres which I gave to another bloke with contaminated fuel storage in his vehicle. My 85 sub, 95 main plus 5 Jerry's with 22 litres in each was plenty for my vehicle which is similar to yours.
Fastest speed on the CSR was 54 kph, so wind resistance is not such an issue.
The sand parts were simple as we have discussed on the phone.
Those who have not been there have an opinion, but thats all it is, what you have to do is be happy with what you have.
What you have is correct, it's not overkill because things can change, you drive or camp differently etc etc all have an impact on fuel used.
Plus its better to look at it than look for it!
That is good advice, part of our plan is most certainly to do some shorter trips in desert country before attempting a route like the Canning. I am quite confident that we will have more accurate (real world) consumption figures before we ever decide to travel ‘capacity critical’ routes like the Canning. Anything less would be foolish. But for now I am just wanting to ensure I have the space for a worst case scenario. If I don’t have to utilise all the space I’m allocating to carrying fuel I’ll be happy, but if I didn’t have sufficient space & it meant I couldn’t go where I wanted to I’d be pretty cheesed off. Carpet (or rubber) is a good idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Thanks Macca,Quote:
Originally Posted by macca
Based upon what you’ve told me, what I’ve read & the fact that we’ll be a bit heavier than you were I feel that I’m ‘in the ball park’. 1 more jerry than you had.
I get what you are trying to acheive Cuppa and pretty much agree.
Indeed, where you aren't travelling with another vehicle or small group I totally agree.
Just because you can carry it doesn't mean you must.
Out in the boonies travelling alone I always work on fuel required equals the amount needed to get to the next fuel past the next fuel +10%
By that I mean (purely as an illustration) to leave point A then I carry enough fuel to get to point C.
Just in case Murphy has been to point B and screwed up the fuel availability is one reason but there are others... including paranoia
It is a quandry, one of our travel companions had a split in his long ranger tank, they saved what they could and fortunately the damage was high on the tank so there was plenty left.
Paranoia, call it what you like, still like to look at it than look for it LOL
G'day Gents,
Probably not a Mexican/Victorians (mini state) place to join in here my apologies.
Some years ago did attempt studying up on CASA fuel safety/legalities and our massive geographical country for adventures.
Reg's were something along the lines of if planned landing strip was not possible then enough fuel must have been loaded to make next backup.
In regards to touring this great land on terra firma it would make sense to me to carry what a worst case scenario could throw at us?
Cheers MB
Wasn't me but... I heard someone bought a Forum...
Lets hope Clunk hasn't won the lotto...Quote:
Originally Posted by the evil twin
Yeah it was me, I thought $12.37 was a high price, but as the previous owner agreed to stay on as my personal slave I thought it might make me a million or two. I even thought up a catchy new name for myself ' Automotive Plus'... not bad eh? Everyone will now be expected to make each post at least 500 words or they have to hand their free manual back. New members will have to post compromising photos of themselves, pay $89.73 for a manual & bite the heads off live newts at their first forum meetup.Quote:
Originally Posted by the evil twin
Why not? I'd move down your way then. ...... wouldnt that be nice bwahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Avo
Did AB delete that thread..??
It's just occurred to me that I'm pretty sure it was posted after 12 mid day..
Thus making it nul and void and the poster is the fool and gets 1 punch in the neck from all of us....
Compromising photos, heads off newts1 Where do I sign up?:devilred:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Showed up during the week.
A new radiator and a couple of red digital gauges. Hopefully will fit them all next week
Hope you like them as much as I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by jay see
Hehehe... yeah... 6:22 PM.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
Before 12:00 = April Fool, after 12:00 = April Tool
... must admit it was a very good gee up tho
Watch out AB. A few punches coming your wayQuote:
Originally Posted by the evil twin
The rubbers for the top of my front coils have arrived, they will be sorted once I figure out this motor.
I have 15mm poly spacers for the bottom,
@ BA or Mudski I have 2 spare front 15mm coil spacers or anyone for that matter
going cost price + post if required
You just reminded me TD,
Don't know how, bit my squeak has gone??? Only thing I can think of is that the rain has washed away crap sitting around the springs. So that's one that I don't need to buy, well not for now.
I also brought some 30mm heat shrink, but more on that later
Watch this space eh
@ Jaysee water will only lubricate the rubber thats why
the noise went away, well thats what I think, have a visual eh
Local auto elec came over the other day.
This in a cool air catalogue for $140.Attachment 66066Attachment 66067Attachment 66068
Just arrived, bargain I reckon!
Going for an upgrade, desert trip coming up and want more room in the oven.
Can only fit 4 pies in the other LOL
No serious, we want to fit a larger aluminium tray for our precooked meals.
Might experiment with bread too.
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Not bad.. supercenter have them for $100..Quote:
Originally Posted by Touses
Oh POOP! Not quite the bargain then. Still it didn't take 10-15 yrs to get here! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty