GVM

Rick

How many bottles of Red equate to mountains of bleep ........:o)

Yeah, but your GVM is probably 3200kg

You are going to be SORRY...........I also know people who know people who know people....hahahahaha

isnt there a pic , of you snatching the jerrycan Willem , send it to me , ill fix him for you lol

No such luck, I got it out with a shovel.

Hi Pete

It is a bit difficult to compare a '94 4by with an 04 4by. Back then the politics of ADR's and manufacturers specifications was different. Normal towing regulations Australia wide allows one to tow and object(caravan etc) 1.5 times the weight of the tow vehicle. Towing is nothing.............. stopping the beast is everything...lol

The Eureka Stockade and Ned Kelly?...sorry mate, a bit before my time...hahahahahahaha

Pete

One forgets the bullbar, winch, HF aerial, spots, tow hitch and roof rack which must weigh a bit. My steel rims are also quite a bit heavier than the alloys, which came as standard with this model. Then there is the MDF storage system and fridge and tucker and bits'npieces.....yeah it all adds up

Maybe I should take the truck to Jenny Craig......'cause it doesn't work for me......lol

Willem as I was reading this thread I was just thinking that the cause of the problem could just be the very fine home cooking that you have to put up with.
Jenny Craig does not work for me either mate.

John........Aren't you supposed to be at work?...or has your ship come in again lol

Yeah, the good cooking...and then your brain tells you..."Com'on you are hungry" when you aren't and all that good food settles in places that make you jump when you see your reflection in a shop window...hahahaha

Hi Baz

Low tyre pressures do make life a lot easier in sandy country. A lot od people are nervous about letting the pressures down too low as they are afraid of running the tyre off the rim. If you drive carefully that won't happen. In my previous rig pic I drove into the deep sand in 1st High Range and out in 2nd Low Range without spinning the wheels unduly.

I am not sure what Johns truck weighs and it could be that he had a reasonably big fuel load on board as his rig carries 160lts.

Once in the deep sand there is no tim,e for pussyfooting around. You need momentum. My lug type Coopers did help in the sand although most outback sand driving of years ago was done in Landrovers with smooth skinny tyres and about 10psi!

I think JohnR's rig is up around 3.6t with the box on the back all packed up and with fuel. It also has a heavy piece of steel welded across the chassis above the rear spring mounts which added another 30 or so Kgs. I know when I took it up to the Howqua in January I had to take it easy, needed a really stiff anti roll bar!!! It handled well on the freeway but really noticed the roll on the Goulburn Valley Highway. We were packed up with gear for 8 people, needed a few more pounds in the bags. He thought we might have tipped the 4 t mark.

"A lot of people are nervous about letting the pressures down too low as they are afraid of running the tyre off the rim"

Good point Mr Willem...
I dont know why so many people are that worried about letting tires down. You hear some say "I went down from 38psi down to a low of 30psi.." which is nothing really!

I've run similar pressures, 12-14psi many times, no issues, BUT its all about HOW you drive with lower pressures.. If you hit a corner flatout and swing the steering, you have a very good chance of rolling a tire off.. but if you use your brain and realise that you dont really need to drive at Warp Factor 12 Mr Sulu you should be quite safe...

G'day Baz,

Back home from the races now, went to Oaks Day to meet my bankers and their bosses.

I have seen on here before about fully laden Troopies and breadboxes being at a mass of about 3.8t so all going well beyond their GVMs so I guess that is why we all lift the capacity of the rear springs.

I really think the problem of last weeks bogging was the soft sand rather than anything else at the point where I was. There were four bogged on that beach that day and all lighter than my vehicle guys. I had been running at 16-17psi and dropped to 12 psi but higher up the beach. I don't know what footprint others had though, some were definitly wider like Andrews 100 and muddies have teeth to dig holes with as Eric showed after when he went to the chassis in an easy spot.