Monday, Aug 29, 2005 at 16:46
That's right about the shockies. I was following one up around Innaminka on the way to
Birdsville a few years ago. We went over a
grid and I nearly pyssed myself when I saw BOTH shockies fall away at the top mount....both at the exact same time. When we got to
Birdsville, the bloke there at the servo went up to the driver and said "I bet I know what you want me to do" (or words to that effect). He said there had not been a Jayco camper arrive in the town that didn't have broken shockers (I think he might have been exaggerating, eh?).
The other things that we noticed about the Jayco were that it had a nasty habit of sucking in dust. This might seem like a relatively minor issue, but for the "cook" it was almost a "deal-breaker"......she was getting very pyssed-off, very fast. (RULE # 1....keep the
cook happy and you've got a better than even chance of having a great trip!!!).
The other issue we noticed was the poor ground clearance, caused by the "snow-plough" A-frame and the fold-in step. The latter got all bent up when we had to do a relatively easy detour around a boggy patch, getting off the main track involved driving over the smallish, continuous mound of dirt previously deposited there by a grader (no more than 18" high).
Cheers
Roachie
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