Was I asking too much of the Pajero?

Hi Unlce

My mate just got a new pajero exceed, so we decided to take it up the high country on Sunday for a bit of a test. We took it up the monument track which has some big holes and we were informed by a driver coming down that we might struggle as they did coming down. We put it into low and this thing just crawled up the track. I was really impressed with it.

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Uncle,
If you had to retreat then it is fair to say you were asking too much of the Pajero. I am in no way blaming the car entirely haha. Others in the same setup may well have made it, similarly some wouldn't have made it as far as you did.
If you retreat from a situation that doesn't always indicate a vehicle's incapacity but often indicates an individual's unwillingness to damage their pride and joy....not such a bad thing in my opinion.
Keep on enjoying your truck and I hope you find more tracks were you have to retreat. The more you find, eventually the less frequently you will be required to retreat as your confidence grows in both your truck and driving skills.

The 96 Paj I had was a fine offroad vehicle and I only found out it's true capabilities a couple a weeks before it was traded. This was also the last time my partner would ever come wheeling with me. We got that serious for her to say never again.

Cheers, Trevor.

No worries apart from wounded pride eh. Tough too with camper along for the ride.
I had an Nk Pajero years ago that was bluddy useless at climbing hills, can only put it down to the tyres, the make escapes me now but they were basically a highway tyre.

Uncle
About 1975 I turned off the Hume [Sesame St] near Mittagong and went around that road past Wombeyan caves and right through to Goulbourn , I was driving a Mazda E4100 Truck with a 27ft trailer behind , is that the road you was on ???

Pobably asking too much of the tyres not the car. If you've got all 4 wheels on the ground the car doesn't have a lot to do with it. What sort of tyres and pressures were you running.

Uncle,
Reckon you did the right thing erring on the side of caution.
I would rather have a whole car to tell the tale than a wrecked one and a long walk.
Must be getting cautious in my old age!
But I suppose that the value of experience.
Now, do you think you would have got through without the CT?
If yes, the pajero isn't the limiting factor :-o
Maybe a tent next time.

Two mates went through in Diesel NP's about 12 months ago. One was towing an off road camper. Not sure what the track condition was like at the time or the tyres they were running.

so did you get to yerranderie and have a coupla coldies and a chuckle with the wife?