roof rack tie downs

How much was your bladder, and where did you get it from?

Mine was $90 from Marine Supply store 100l bladder withy 2 in/out lets.

Brian

No Brian, you're talking my language! Could you tell me which marine supply store it was?

Probably not much use to you but "Tamar Marine" in Launceston!
Should get the same at the Marine supply stores on the Mainland!
The 50l was only $20 cheaper so I went the 100l. Don't normaly fill it full but ,can if I want.

Brian

Thanks Brian, makes sense, I mean I use a 25L Plastic container that I hook up to the water pump with an adaptor I made, however they cost between $10 and $20, 4 of those at $20 each = $80 and a hell of a lot of room taken up in the back, so it's just makes sense. Only problem I can see is getting the water out of the sucker, might have to make a rod that goes the length of it with small holes it it so as the pump can suck the water out.

ARB also stock them but a lot more expensive. $200 for 100 litres if I recall

Magnus

Yeah that'd be right, bloody ripp of merchants!

Jeff why do you need to pump the water? Mine is just gravity fed, not fast but simple ! One inlet is low the other is high,put long hose and tap on the low one and a short hose and tap on the high inlet! Use the high inlet as breather only and fill and drain through the lower inlet! Open tap on high side (as a breather)to fill and drain.

Brian

Well probally don't with the bladder however I've gone to all the effort of installing an inline self priming water pump behind the inside panels of the back cargo area and it is neat having pressurised water for hosing the kids off at the beach, having a shower and doing the dishes, putting the fire out etc... I just have a standard garden hose fitting and a couple of meteres of hose at the back of the car that tucks neatly away inside one of the side pockets when not in use.

Would most likely still work! Also would not need to use the breather?
The bladder would colapse as you emptied it.

Brian

PS what pump dud you use?

It's a little FloJet, cost about $100 from the 12v shop. Works bloody great, the amount of pressure it can produce is quite suprising. I actually used the little water tap that came with my bottle, the screw thread on it matched retic pipe perfectly, so it's just screwed into a retic pipe adaptor to a standard hose adaptor and plugs in. I've cable tied the tap to a "Quick Clamp" (one of those builder's style clamps you use for holding bits of wood together) so it can just clamp to the spare trye when it's opened out, providing a perfect height tap, but you can also take it off in 1 second and hose yourself down or wash dishes, it's bloody great. Probally the best thing I ever put in the 4by I reckon. The only thing is when you have high pressure flowing water you go through bloody 4 times as much water, you use it for everything! and with the new little baby girl getting ready to pop her head out it'll be even worse, hence the need to go up to a 100L storage.

Oh yeah, the pump is pressure activated (automatic) and is self priming, and will pump dry without damaging it.

"33 lbs for 15 litr" or much simpler 1litre water = 1kg

Brian

But in fairness to your vehicle the Tribute isn't the sort of vehicle to be going to places requiring a lot of gear to be carried .... as you say skis or a board so it's for the snow or the beach not off road four wheel driving.

Brian,

never did manage to make the conversion to metric. When someone is described as xxx cm tall it means absolutely zero to me.
Definitely an imperial man

Cheers

Magnus

Mick,

Absolutely right bout the Tribute, but the principle of loading beyond the warranty limit still applies. Just need to check is all.

Nice car the Tribute, but a tad thirsty. If the seats wern't at just the right bum height and the price so attractive, it would be a candidate for exchange for something a bit more economical. Still it does what we want it to do, and that is not serious off road work, as it is not the car for that.

All of which explains its position on the sales table. Down near the bottom!!

Still, we have fun with it and that's the main thing I suppose.

Cheers

Magnus

Absolutely right Magnus. But I'm surprised that they're low on sales - I would have thought they were a popular vehicle in their category. I guess they're up against the Subarus which probably have a bit of a stranglehold. If you consider changing vehicles in the future have a look at the Turbo Diesel Prado - very economical, very much car like and a bit better off road.

Thanks Mick

I should have explained things a little better...looking at post now, we really sound like novices...

OK have heeded all advice and only spare tyre, tent and tarp are going on roof rack....no occy straps being used only ratchet type straps. Water going in truck.

Actually done the Cape, OTL, Chilli Beach, Tip, Mutee, Viryllia etc 3 times before, last being this time last year. Have full recovery gear and yes we do know how to use it - winch included. As for sand driving, we live on the beach so are very confident in sand, so much so we have aided a few people on Main Beach at Straddie (much to the gents concern we were helping who did not know what a snatch strap was and naturally we used ours.....his wife made him pay us for a new one) so thanks for your concern, obviously we have asked a silly question.

Also the only reason tyre is going on roof is because on 80 series they are useless underneath, and at moment cant afford a Kaymar Swing away - but that will be done before we take off in 2006............

Thanks

Shaz

Dont' hold back Mick.....................