Bus busted

It couldnt be for real....

As I said its a troll, or diamond on the beer again ;)

I am real. Real as it gets.

I dont want to be a pain to 4Wd's which is why I ask for advice.

Everybody has different tastes.

I DO go up 4wd tracks marked on the maps and if you think you can teach me how to make my bus to get through the water i'd take it.

As I said. I GENUINLY ask for advice because I don't want to put any-one out. Heck I don't want to HAVE to be recovered either. But I do want to see what it can do.
I think if any one had the audasity to give it a go it would make for a fun and eye opening day.

iMusty aka James

iMusty a 22R!!! Do you have a hole cut in the floor so you can help scoot the bus along.
Considering that bus does not even have a limited slip diff, it would get bogged on the first bit of mud or even wet grass.
Going through water takes common sense, check the depth and flow speed, remembering what a great water sail your bus side on would be, and ensuring you have some gear to extricate yourself if your engine snuffs it or your bus gets bogged. I am always gingerish to take my 4WD camper through water through water 400mm, let alone a coaster 2WD drive bus with NO limited slip diff.

As a matter of interest, where do you live and where do you want to take your bus on 4WD tracks.

Well I'm in Melbourne and I am taking it to Sth. Eastern areas. Very mild stuff. But definately off road. I don't want to go through gushing rivers or anything like that. In fact river crossings did not enter my mind.

I dont do to bad on bush tracks and mapped 4x4 roads. I think and drive without hesitation. My hesitation is the mud and huge puddles. I wont assume I can get through without a backup vehicle. Or the equiptment to get me out. It seems most of the sheep on this site are assuming I want to be off the rail completely stupid. I don't. I want to be off the rails completely fun looking back at the days I gave it a go.
Incidentally the bloke that owned the bus befire me took it on most 4x4 tracks in the Grampions.

iMusty yes there are a substantial number of roads in the great wonderful South and North Eastern areas of Victoria you could go.
Humber garsh-lee - Meaning - stay well, go well, in your Coaster.

I dont doubt the ability to get some traction where needed etc. but my reservation would be the pure physical size of it, i just sneak through a lot of places in the jackaroo, so the coaster would be knackered, not much room on a lot of tracks to turn or back out either. I know we have a realbleepefite in the CFA tankers in a lot of places, due to their size.

Having said that Big river road and frenchmans spur track would be sweet, lots of others out there fairly open with only little water holes.

check them out, easy drive from Marysville.
Also state forest south of Sale has nice wide sand tracks and roads.

Relos have a touring coaster with bullbar and snorkel out the front, so it can be easily done, but they only see gravel roads at worst.

Ps i would come to see you trying to pull it out with a hand winch, some effort that would be, If you are going to have a good go, get a real good electric winch.

(((Big river road and frenchmans spur track would be sweet, lots of others out there fairly open with only little water holes.

check them out, easy drive from Marysville.
Also state forest south of Sale has nice wide sand tracks and roads. )))

With much thanks
iMusty

Thanks.

A hand winch seems like a great idea.

Much appreciate your reply.

How much can they pull? How much weight?

Jeeez that would be a great workout, winching a bus along........

I remember my old (pretty new then) 1963 VW bettle. Gee did we take it places, got bogged in mud and sand and basically man handled it out but I was 19 or twenty then, fit and a bit too game for my own good.
Bit more catious these days and perhaps, only perhaps, a little wiser for the experience. Bloody thing became a boat in not much more than six inches of water.
Remember the VW ads where all you saw was a heap of snow until a puff of exhaust smoke and out drove the beetle. Great car and lots and lots of fun. My missus, then girl friend still talk about those days.
Now we have to have our plush leather seated 4by, air conditioned van, a Cobb Cooker and a bottle of good red!!!!!!

Look at post 20246 on coaster for wiches- strange two coasters on the forum the same day.

My son in law's father has taken his coaster to the cape and back a number of times (he maybe the one you saw as the son in law lives in Weipa and the bus was up there then).

But he has a V6 commodore moter with auto and I think by now has a diff lock fitted in the rear. On GOOD roads keeps up with most 4WD's sitting on the legal limit. So don't discount the coaster as a vehicle to get to those out of the way places that most soft roaders fear to tread.

Yeah the damage to the enviroment is a thought I had too. I would abandon the whole idea if I thought it was irrevearsable. I do tidy up a few places as I go. Heaven knows I have the room for another bag of some bums garbage. I thank you for your input. I am looking for a 4x4 coaster but there scarce in Melbourne.

If you're really keen, this crowd do the Coaster 4wd conversions - http://www.4wdworld.com.au/outlets/outoftown/outoftown.htm

Thankyou banjodog
visiting site now

Advice taken with thanks

iMusty

Thanks Mad Dog.

I recken a couple of laughs and "jeez I can't believe it would do that" would be heard on that day.
I will keep you posted if I get anyone else game.

iMusty

No probs iMUSTY. I'm trying to tee up a few hardcore 4x4 blokes from work who may be interested in ripping this bus through a few tracks one way or the other for a laugh.

email me and we'll arrange a time and place...click on pic for email address.

Much obliged

Thankyou
iMusty

I would like to try your tracks.

Let's arrange something.

iMusty

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Eric.