Cuppa’s Blog

[Avo]

Safe travels to you and you lovely wife Cuppa.....

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[Cuppa]

Took the car to a weighbridge this morning. This time to a registered one, unlike a few years ago when I took it to a weighbridge at a scrapyard, cost $20 instead of the $5 I paid before but they gave me an ‘official’ weight recording rather than a scribbled figure on a scrap of paper.

I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised but I was, had expected to be at least 100kgs less.

Fully packed, all tanks full & both of us on board the weight was 3740kg. Add the towball weight of the Tvan (105kg) to that it brings the max gross weight of the vehicle up to 3845kg. 55kg short of our GVM of 3900kg.

So heavier than expected but nevertheless still legal which after talking to a neighbour about it I feel is quite an achievement! He told me that he had weighed his Cruiser on the way back (really!) from a family trip up the Cape & found they were just over a tonne overweight!

[jack]

One more sleep Cuppa and Mrs Tea.

Enjoy the trip and take care, I've seen how you've prepared for this and am confident that it will be a total success. Very much looking forward to the blog updates and also very jealous. Make the most of it, as I know you both will.

Cheers
Jack & Elsie

ps for the rest of the forum, I don't want to spam Cuppas thread so I'll post up details of the meetup we'll have at his shed as soon as he's out of internet range

[Cuppa]

Thanks Jack, just make sure you scrape all the spew & defiled bread makers off the floor before I get back.

[GQtdauto]

Better not start collecting rocks and stuff as you go Cuppa !

[Cuppa]

Better not start collecting rocks and stuff as you go Cuppa !

Will have to keep a close eye on MrsTea. Last time it was seashells. Couldn’t believe how many I found stashed away throughout our old bus after we got back home!

[Cuppa]

First day fun! http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2017/07/19/...itous-mistake/

[mudnut]

That is gold, Cuppa. If the rest of the trip is that eventful, I reckon you should write a book!

[GQtdauto]

Many of our trips start or end with little challenges , on the way home we were going to stay at a lake near Euston , having the patrol 33" muddies and an off road camper I reckoned the 30 mtr stretch of sand that was all down hill to the lake edge was the go .
As soon as the trailer tyres hit the sand I knew I was in trouble , locked the hubs but nah only going down not forwards , let out air down to about 17 psi and just made it to the hard stuff at the lakes edge and I can tell you 1 hour to cover 30 bloody metres downhill ain't funny when it's getting dark and you have an audience who were smart enough or knew you couldn't drive on the wretched stuff .
Big red no trouble , walkers crossing meh but this stuff was like nothing I've ever encountered before .
At least you're all fixed and heading for the hotter climes mate , hope your going up the guts it's bloody cold from Perth all the way back around into nsw I believe .
Tennant creek is where I'd be heading and there is a great bit of free camping out at Warrego if you want to go prospecting there's gold to be found but no facilities.

[tassie wombat]

Are you coming down to Tassie mate?

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