trips..........................................................
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 22, 2006 at 22:57
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Sargent Dan
Still no trips for Victoria. What's happening there guys. I thought this was an action site.
Reply By: Member - Darren T (VIC) - Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 16:19
Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 16:19
I`d be interested in a day trip or weekender / overnighter. Been a member since Jan this year and not met anyone yet. Would have to be a easy sort of a trip, only have a stock standard Frontera (no recovery gear or mods, not even a
UHF radio !!), so it doesn`t have a real high ground clearance and does on average 400km to a tank of fuel.
Hope to do a lot more trips by the end of the year after some mods are done.
Particulary interested in doing some day / overnight trips to the
Vic high country.
(we live in Wodonga)
Cheers,
Darren.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 18:29
Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 18:29
You can buy small UHF CB hand held radios from Dick Smith and Jaycar for about $40? which are quite adequate for car to car work.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog (Australia) - Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 19:40
Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 19:40
A most valuable device when in convoy. To get the most out of trip with others it is a must not only for direction, information and safety but the usual social chit chat.
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Follow Up By: Member - Darren T (VIC) - Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 at 16:21
Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 at 16:21
Righto, went to the Albury Caravanning and camping show today and bought myself the Uniden UH088SX+1 UHF CB & 2w Handheld Package.
Will see my mate who works at Jaycar for an aerial tonight, install it all next weekend.
So now I have the ball rolling, it`s going to be hard to stop, might see about Old Man Emu nitro shocks and new coils this week.
Might be going on a few group trips sooner than i thinks :)
Cheers,
Darren.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog (Australia) - Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 at 16:27
Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 at 16:27
Good start Darren, don't rush into the
suspension unless you really need it. Next step should be a snatch strap, does your Frontera have recovery points front and rear ? would pay to look into that.
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Follow Up By: Member - Darren T (VIC) - Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 at 16:46
Saturday, Mar 25, 2006 at 16:46
Yep , has recovery points (and we already have a snatch strap, bought it soon after an embarrasing bogging incident a while ago), also looked at some full recovery kits today but will just stick to the basic snatch strap for now until we get the bull bar and winch. Then will probably get a full winch recovery kit.
Been considering new shocks for a while, ours are still the originals that came with the car (has now done 180,000km, most other Fronty owners change them before 100,000km) and the bushes need some work (rattles quite a bit). Also looking to get a bit more ground clearance and extra height at the rear to compensate for the weight of a long range tank that will be installed later in the year.
The more I look around the more things I find the car "needs". lol
Cheers.
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