Thread: I TOLD YOU SO!

It's for the cab air intake

Originally Posted by dero

On the subject of hitting roos , I live in the bush & there are lots of roos on the roads , & I do lots of miles . I find driving with lights on low beam , I hit about 80% less roos . I reckon they don't get dazzled & can get out of the way .

Can't disagree more with this statement - to even suggest people drive on low beams at night is foolhardy, roos are not the only hazard on the road. The only safe way to drive on low beams in the bush a night would be at around 20-30kph. You need to be able to see what is in front of you, standard low beams have a 20-30m range, and at 100kph you would not even have time to register what you were going to hit before you were on top of it. If you drive to the range of your headlights, then on low beam you need to be pretty slow, otherwise you under the fool's belief that what you can't see won't hurt you.

Some recent example where decent headlights have save our car and possibly our lives on our recent trip around Australia, one was traveling on the Central Arnhem Road, an hour of after sunset, a large buffalo which did not even move off the road until we were a few metres from him, he was walking away from us and probably appreciated the light. We saw him about 500m away and were able to slow down easily, similar thing out on a back road inland from Cairns, large black cow lying down on the road - we saw the "lump" a few hundred metres away, and were able to stop from 100kph, but on low beam we would have had no chance. I slow down when another car is coming towards me and have to switch to low beam and use his headlights to see what is on the road ahead, the only way I can see what is going on.

We have yet to hit a roo at night, we see them a long way off and slow down, and we have seen hundred of them along with sheep, goats, cows, camels, pigs and even crocodiles all far enough away to stop safely.

Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon

there should be parts down at triumph rover spares.

a big amount of the Defenders in there have been tipped over and seeing how the roof crumples, a lot of damage is done to other panels in the process. It couldn't hurt to look though, you never know what you'll find

I rang the insurers today as I haven't heard anything. They are going to fix the car with the quote coming in just under $5,000. I hope the parts are not coming on a slow boat from England. The crash repairs will open next week after Xmas Break.

Nice looking rig Gillie, I hope they quickly get it back on the road for you. It's frustrating having to drive something other than your setup

We were just up in Bright.
Ours has an ARB bull bar. I've just ordered TJM scrub bars n steps.
We do allot of out back. Scrub bars should be renamed Emu bars. The damage they do is unreal. And some time they get up and run away. Before you get their details.....
After seeing your photo I am quite glad I've gone the way I have.

Is your truck fixed now?

Originally Posted by malleefowl

Hi Brid,
Would love to see a photo with the spare on the front.Not sure it would be legal in Vic though.I usually have to carry my second spare inside the vehicle and your idea seems like the perfect solution for me
Cheers
Mary

Sorry for the delay, but here are a few pics of the front spare mount, Mary.

It worked out well for the Simpson trip. Kept our centre of gravity lower than a roof mount, and the loss of a bit of approach angle didn't cause any concerns off road, either. Temperatures were fine right throughout the Simpson, even through pretty soft dunes.

Highway running & the temps were sitting about 5 degrees higher, so we kept the speed down. Coming home we put it on the roof to cruise normally.

Cheers

Another pic...