Tuesday, Apr 28, 2020 at 22:23
I'm looking at fitting the Tweels in the near future Al to see how they go. They are larger diameter and heavier but bullet proof. Pretty happy with the 8 ply's though. I think yours are 10 or 12 but they are so stiff they look like a run flat lol.
I've also wound the fuel screw around 1.5 turns and that makes a lot of difference. The power increase is amazing and I'd recommend doing it. If I was confident enough to re-weight the clutch like Jaydub did, I'd do that as
well just to get it to hold the gear a bit longer under harder acceleration (like climbing those bloody mountainous dunes!). Might have to talk to Larry about that one.
I'm carrying one of the 20K milliamp jump starters as a battery back-up. Much lighter than the 17 A/H auxiliary and I can't afford one of those special racing lithium.
Re the lights, I reckon a single flood in an elevated position would be best and will work on that for the next trip. Those lights are good for the vicinity of your tent where the quad is usually parked as a wind break etc so you need to move it over closer to the campfire if you want light (or stop early and
cook in the evening light :-)
I'll look at a custom box for the front which is underutilised at present. I've got most of my weight to the rear so really want to shift the water to the front to even things up. A 25 litre tank can cover that front rack and still only be 4 cm high. It's still
well under the load limit at both ends but would provide for a more even distribution.
The other benefit of the diesel is economy. I carried 60 odd litres to Scottie's 90 ltrs of unleaded for his ARGO. If that thing had caught fire, you'd have seen the explosion from space!!
I'd just like to get anywhere that isn't
home at the present. Bush preferred.
Cheers
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