Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016 at 18:01
G'day Bill,
I do still have the need to travel at night on some occasions, so I still have good lights.
As well as the Fyrlyts (which are GREAT for long distance penetration), I also have a 4-row LED light bar.
The last big trip I did was a couple of years ago when my father-in-law passed away at
Ulladulla.
I had worked on the Friday from 0630 to 1300 (involves driving 300klm round trip) and had been informed by my wife around 1100 that Jim had passed. Annette was on her own with no support....Jim hadn't been expected to pass, otherwise I'd have been over there too.
So, I finished work at 1300, packed a bag and hooked up the trailer and headed off around 1400. I drove right through the night across the
Hay Plain. The combination of the Fyrlyts and LED bar plus very little traffic (meaning I could leave the lights on full
bore for hours at time), meant that I was still pretty fresh overall.
I know that driving all night (I arrived at 0715 the next morning) was not an ideal thing to do, but I needed to be there. I did have a power-nap at the Yass truck stop around 0430, but it was about minus 4 degrees and the truck got cold inside real quick, so 20 minutes was all I could handle!!
The reason I mention all this is that with GOOD lights I was able to drive long distances without suffering from the usual fatigue.
Now I'll sit back and wait to be "flamed" by all the know-it-alls!!! hahaha
Cheers,
Bill
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