Wan't stability? just looking at the right hand side here!!.

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Followed a latest 70 series trayback Toyo, towing a fifth wheeler!, on our local freeway, it looked like a mouse being assaulted by an elephant...Lol.


Not critiscing but this rig did not look right, as from old school what dosen't look right'! it probably "aint right"

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Reply By: fisho64 - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 00:17

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 00:17
probably much the same as if you knocked the high bulky cab off a prime mover then hooked it up to a B-double?
whats the story with tow ratings on a LC pulling a fifth wheeler as opposed to a standard braked setup that puts minimal (100 odd kg) on the tow bar?
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Follow Up By: Member - andrew B (Kununurra) - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 11:57

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 11:57
gday fisho

This site will let you know the basic calculations

www.truelux.com.au/en-us/dept_11.html

Basically, the GCM minus the Tow vehicles gross weight

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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 00:24

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 00:24
Stability.....What's that
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Follow Up By: Aandy(WA) - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 08:23

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 08:23
Heard you're an expert on radio, Doug. What do you recommend? Can you summarise the pros and cons of the major brands?
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 09:14

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 09:14
Aandy
No not an expert , just someone who takes an interest , what I go by is what I hear, I do a lot of travelling as part of my job, I talk to every oncoming truck all day and each day I'm on the road, they answer me and as I have said I do my little test with them , they don't know ,not every driver i ask but sometimes i hear a radio that has absolutly shocking audio so I as .....is that a Uniden, they just answer my question with ...yeh mate, Had one bloke say a week back .. How the F### did ya know that....lol, I told him he sounded like he had a gob full of pubic hair....grunt....grunt... I wish he said, and I always get the same reply...Uniden , On the other hand all GME and Icoms have a very clear undistorted readable signal that you don't have to say ...aye what'd ya say.
I have blokes who maybe only use thiers a couple times a week trying to tell me it must be antenna or earth or some other problem causing the distortion , if it were only 1 or 2 a day then I would agree but when it's every uniden i hear on the highway I can't accept the BS , so if your question is a roundabout way saying what should I buy , well it's your dollars , you make the decision.

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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 13:28

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 13:28
Not many people at the Dally caravan park Doug. Too cold?
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 14:18

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 14:18
Gone Bush

Nah mate ...i think they all .....Gone Bush.
Had a couple Mexicans in last night, they said they were dropping the vans off at maybe Newman and then doing some of the Canning ....lucky buggers.

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Reply By: Philip A - Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 14:14

Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 14:14
Er maybe Uniden is the market leader and there are lots more of em.
I have had an old UH11 for 14 years , and its Tx quality is excellent, and so is my Uniden handheld and so are any others I have heard.
Tx problems are more likely from antenna problems, and maybe linear boosters,antenna interference problems, vehicle system interference problems, antenna earths.
I have seen some atrocities re antennas , leads, and interference from vehicle systems in my 4WD club.

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