Thread: Corrugated roads?

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

A good loud sterio helps too you dont hear the bits that are rattling off

That worked fine until the stereo rattled off.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

That worked fine until the stereo rattled off.

Time for plan E then ear plugs

Thanks everyone, Sue, I'm off to Birdsville, to Mt dare to kings canyon to Alice, and hopefully up to Lorela springs, taking in some of the track along the way! Nothing written in stone we are going to talk to people and see which tracks are in the best condition and worth doing? Thanks ted

Hi all, just been thru Port Augusta, Lake Eyre, Birdsville to Isa then Cape York and return to Tassie next week. Roads are all real good although now need a new LT85 if anyone has one in the Brisbane area? Had it rebuilt by the experts 6 weeks ago and now dead ! No probs with the roads at all though with OEM all round towing tandem trailer and 5 kids in 86 110 Isuzu. Cheers and happy travels all, Lizard

Just one more thing to add to the all ready good advice.

Weight it your enemy so travel as lightly as possible. That is why most people break things and get stuck, not inferior products etc.

well 2 things, don't listen to what people have to say either, just get out there and do it. You can read so much on these forums and get yourself right stressed out and worried. When you are finally out there you will be saying 'I don't know what all the fuss is about!'

Thorough check before leaving, travel light, reduce tyre pressures, check truck daily.

Relax.

Enjoy.

Post us some pictures.

G

www.siroccoverland.com

Originally Posted by Sirocco

Just one more thing to add to the all ready good advice.

Weight it your enemy so travel as lightly as possible. That is why most people break things and get stuck, not inferior products etc.

well 2 things, don't listen to what people have to say either, just get out there and do it. You can read so much on these forums and get yourself right stressed out and worried. When you are finally out there you will be saying 'I don't know what all the fuss is about!'

Thorough check before leaving, travel light, reduce tyre pressures, check truck daily.

Relax.

Enjoy.

Post us some pictures.

G

www.siroccoverland.com

Well said.

So true. Weight is the biggest killer. I learnt from my recent Gibb trip (Including Mitchell Falls). I was 100kg under GVM with a roof top tent. Next time I will tow a trailer and spread the load. I was able to sit on about 65km/h while most the other I passed were struggling to do 20 - 30km/h. Something I found hard was pushing past that really rough point of about 30 - 35km/h.

The faster you try and move a shock, the harder it will resist, there's a word for it but I can't remember. If you have your tyres down on pressure a bit and the shocks are resisting movement then the tyres will roll over the corrugations rather than the wheel boucing up and down. Vibration with a little bit of pace feels far better than the whole wheels, axle and unsprung parts smashing up and down. Also at speed as the shocks are moving up and down less combined with better air flow, they stay quit cool (just warm) and continue to work. The longer you stay slow the more the shocks travel, the more heat they build up, the hotter they get and the less they work.

Also so true about listening to what people say. We had spent alot of time setting our vehicles up for the trip and didn't have any trouble at all. Others did very little such as a Jeep driver who destroyed 2 shocks and said to us his suspension was the last thing on his mind. It's guys like that that turned a lot of other people off doing the Mitchell Falls becasue they didn't want to damage their vehicles. It's all subjective. For someone from the city for that was there first trip might think the road was just crazy but another person who lives there and travels the road frequently probably wouldn't raise an eye.



Happy Days.

Originally Posted by scarry

And lower tyre pressures to suit.
My sons has done thousands of k's on corrugations,no problems at all.One trip they were that bad the upper spring hangers,i think they are called,broke on his mates patrol.
Fully loaded Puma,Kings and Billys,no problems at all.

As others have said,the OEM coils and shocks are very good as well.

The spring turrets always break off the ''bulletproof'' Patrol,it's not your sons mates fault. Pat

Originally Posted by joel0407

Well said.

So true. Weight is the biggest killer. I learnt from my recent Gibb trip (Including Mitchell Falls). I was 100kg under GVM with a roof top tent. Next time I will tow a trailer and spread the load. I was able to sit on about 65km/h while most the other I passed were struggling to do 20 - 30km/h. Something I found hard was pushing past that really rough point of about 30 - 35km/h.

The faster you try and move a shock, the harder it will resist, there's a word for it but I can't remember. If you have your tyres down on pressure a bit and the shocks are resisting movement then the tyres will roll over the corrugations rather than the wheel boucing up and down. Vibration with a little bit of pace feels far better than the whole wheels, axle and unsprung parts smashing up and down. Also at speed as the shocks are moving up and down less combined with better air flow, they stay quit cool (just warm) and continue to work. The longer you stay slow the more the shocks travel, the more heat they build up, the hotter they get and the less they work.

Also so true about listening to what people say. We had spent alot of time setting our vehicles up for the trip and didn't have any trouble at all. Others did very little such as a Jeep driver who destroyed 2 shocks and said to us his suspension was the last thing on his mind. It's guys like that that turned a lot of other people off doing the Mitchell Falls becasue they didn't want to damage their vehicles. It's all subjective. For someone from the city for that was there first trip might think the road was just crazy but another person who lives there and travels the road frequently probably wouldn't raise an eye.



Happy Days.

Your last paragraph is exactly right,too many experts with no experience at all giving advice,quality suspension/safe secure storage/quality tyres/driving to the conditions/being ruthless on limiting weight is more important than lift kits and ARB ''Bling''. Pat