Thread: Traction control is NO substitute for a Locker. Ha!

Originally Posted by dullbird

and I bet you any moeny you like scouse would still drive it double unlocked

the mans car is a hover craft.......T/C and lockers is no substitute for a good driver which he is..

you gunna come out scott if we go? it been a long time

I'd love nothing more than attending an AULRO trip. I should be able to manage a trip these days.

If it's after the Australia Day weekend i'll come along...but i don't mind missing just another Newnes trip...was only up there weekend before last. Very dry and powdery but pipelines was super easy.

Originally Posted by PAT303

The reason the old 2.25's were such a good offroad engine IMHO,enough power to get you through but not too much as to cause wheelspin. Pat

I agree Pat, we got though several thousand km of muddy roads like this in Africa (after passing the Sahara desert which was another story!!!)and the old 2.25 was great, I just learned to drive on these roads and there was not a break in the bad road conditions for a copuple of thousand km ,it was all bad and we were carrying a lot of fuel and so had to be careful not to break anything by charging into every hole in the road. Somedays we only made 10km.

I'd suggest, Babs that those guys had already driven that hill once or twice that day and were trying to "stitch you up". The cruiser was obviously twin locked and running on probably 35s and I'd say the dualcab was also locked with fair sized tyres. The IFS would have been an advantage in that situation as well as a little more front diff clearance. I only have a rear locker in my 130 and when the Salisbury plough hits the track it's usually time to look at another line, just depends how close you're prepared to go to the passenger side wall.

The funny part about this track is that I have never had to use the front locker,even in the wet.The power lines is just a place where people go and hone their driving skills with minimal risk,as there isn't really too much of a challenge.I only go there when we are passing through on the way home from somewhere else these days.

Originally Posted by chook73

Hey babs have a look at this thread from a forum trip a 18 months ago, same track, it was wet and slipery. There are photos and videos and you can see how the different trucks (nearly all unlocked apart from Lowranger, BrendanM and George) handled the track......

I think there were two pumas with TC and then a couple of non TC defenders.

Now the track has got worse in the last year but I would argue the wet conditions balance things out. Every truck made it up there even the ones without TC at all, they just had more fun......

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/nsw-act-re...june-19th.html

Chook, yeah mate the track is worse now, either way I'm sure I'll be shown up by a few blokes if we get out there, I'll have to do the old tortoise and pull my head in.

Great vids, looked like a really good day out, you coming?

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Conditions change though.....


I know last year I was very surprised how torn up it is around Lake Lyell compared to how I remembered it. I still got the wife's stock standard 90 series Prado through there, but it was very technical and required a lot more commitment than I was really looking for.

I used to drive that whole area in an unlocked 200tdi Defender, now days I've prefer a locked and lifted Defender to do it all easier.

Originally Posted by GlennWA

I should be in Sydney on 13-19 Jan if anything is being organised

Glenn you driving up?

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