On my last trip (CSR) I tried some new stuff.
I don't use this much but on this trip I needed a Roof Rack Bag. It was a last minute buy and ended up with a bag from Bushranger. This bag is made of a tough vinyl, the same stuff they make the exhaust jacks out of. This bag proved to be very tough and
water proof. On the trip we had a wet day and the other canvas bags ended up with wet gear inside but
mine was dry.
The other thing was a extra
UHF radio. I purchased a GME TX 3200. This mounted next to the TX3400 on the top shelf. Why the two? The 3400 with the extra 10 channels in it is on scan all the time with channel 16 removed from the scan program. The 3200 is used for convey work and we use channel 16. When the 3200 is receiving or transmitting I don't get any feed back from the other radio because it does not pick up channel 16. This works
well and allows me to listen to any other party on the radio.
Already mention this, the reversing camera. Don't know how I drove with out it before. Makes reverse
parking a lot safer. The corrugations have not effected the camera which is mounted on the roof rack and the screen is still good mounted on the top shelf.
The top shelf is getting very crowded with 2x speakers, 2xUHF radios,2x map reading lights, diff lock buttons and the screen.
The item that I am very pleased with is the rear bar twin wheel carrier. The reason that I am pleased with it is because I made it myself.
The stub axles, hubs and catches were all obtained locally and were the expensive part. 4mm thick steel was obtained from work, a mate bent it, then it was taken home and all the parts put together with the help of mig welder. The hubs had to be machined as
well as the steel tube for the wheel carriers. This was all done at work on a mill. Having the steel tube milled to length and the angles milled all the same made the assembly a lot easy.
Cutting the holes for the LED tail lights was done at home as
well as fitting up to the rear of the vehicle.
The Coopers STT are still going strong with no punctures and they have seem to have slowed down on the wear rate.