battery welding looks like it could save some serious time, have you ever had to use the method
battery welding looks like it could save some serious time, have you ever had to use the method
The diff photo`s were taken on the Anne Beadellat about the SA WA boarder the job lasted to Laverton and the back to Adelaide .
The caravan drawbar was done just north of Thargomindah and was redone and gusetted at Windorah
as a safety precaution as he was traveling to the cape and then back to Adelaide.
My hats off to you Plasnart. You have turned this thread into a great thing. Everyone get on it!!!
2001 GU series II 3.0 TD.
2" lift
Dual Battery System
ARB Snorkel
Awesome car!!!!
Plasnart (28th December 2011)
i have one which recently slowed me up..... i was on some very corrugated tracks for about 50 km,s and the tied rod nuts that lock the tie rod in place vibrated loose..... consequently the tie rod started to turn, being on on rutted sand it took a while to notice till the steering wheel had turned so dramatically then hit some harder stuff and geeze did i notice, it toed my wheels right in... i then jacked the front end up, packed out a string line from back wheel to front wheel, and measured the distances untill i go close as i could.... then tightened the nuts... it got me home but ruined one of my front tires but i was home.... so when you get a wheel allignment my suggestion is put a good few wraps of 100 mile and hour tape around them and the thread if going to be doing any kind of corrugation!!!!
hope this saves some of you some time and rubber!!
Scotty
Shaunous (6th January 2012)
Thats no good scotty , well at least you got home mate , cheers for the tip
By far the handiest thing you can have on outback trips is a travelling companion (in another vehicle). This enables sharing the load of safety equipment to some extent, and enables a stuck vehicle to be towed out, winched out, or snatched out.
You should also carry food, which no-one has mentioned Carry high density foods like nuts, oats, dried fruits, baked beans, etc - things that will keep you alive without requiring water for preparation. (Rice, for example, is compact but requires lots of water to prepare).
There's nothing on earth more relaxing than camping in the outback - unless it's camping in the Vic High Country or the Tassie highlands.