Thread: Grey Nomads - things I've learnt in the last few days.

Originally Posted by jerryd

A gentle reminder that "bacicat" will have a bit of extra weight in his trailer on his trip home

This might cause a bit of a hold up to some

I'm waiting for the pics to show it being loaded into the trailer

I was driving the trailer under the engine, so no photos from me. There is some video about which may make it somewhere with a bit of luck.

Originally Posted by fraser130

Interesting!
What is it?
Who's it for?
What's it going in????


Fraser

Rover 6 cylinder
Me
My series III

Originally Posted by fraser130

What's the weird Mechanoid squid bottom left on the trailer?

A tarp and rope by the look of it.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Hasn't everyone got one?

You'd better start looking for yours.

That ones faster coz it's a red one...

Originally Posted by jerryd

Found it

Sadly, Jerry, yours is two cylinders short and is a bit asthmatic judging by the breathing assistance required.

Originally Posted by weeds

I haven't got the hang of indicators........I'm always in trouble for not using them.....must find my mirrors........

You need indicators because you know where you are going.

That's straight out of a BMW manual because they don't come with indicators as standard.

Least that's what you believe if you follow one

Originally Posted by weeds

geez, glad i didn't bump into you last week........i have a few grey but an only forty and do a bit of touring......my defender was running a tad hot last week towing to camper trailer so i backed off to keep it under 100degrees....yep 90km/hr at time, OMG how dare me......sure some cars and trucks had to overtake us....but that life

You're confusing mechanical issues and preservation with straight out choice....

Originally Posted by Tombie

You're confusing mechanical issues and preservation with straight out choice....

Maybe but how do you know when you come up behind me.........you would more than likely assume that I cruise at this speed all day

Originally Posted by weeds

Maybe but how do you know when you come up behind me.........you would more than likely assume that I cruise at this speed all day

Maybe...

But not every new Navara, Triton, land crusher, that I see is going to be like that!

Plenty of them do 80-90 until the straight sections then get confident and speed up till the next bendy bit... Stops anything from passing safely.

As mentioned earlier, if the tug and taj combo is not balanced to enable travel at 95-100kmh then should it be on the road?

If the driver is incapable of comfortably controlling a vehicle at the national limit; should they be driving?

Is a 0.5-1.0l per hundred saving worth the stress and hazards imposed by going 80km/h?

And for Chucaro - I have been charged with impeding the flow of traffic whilst driving at 140km/h if you don't move you're breaking the law...

I am curious as to why your Deefer was getting hot, I'm guessing you werent towing the mother of all campers at 3500-4000kg, thereby pushing the towing limit of your Defender, so I can only assume its a mechanical issue of some form, most likely a partially blocked radiator, which given regular checks and maintenance should have been found.

Some might consider it foolhardy to depart on a lengthy trip to areas off the beaten track without making sure your vehicle isnt going to let you down....

Originally Posted by Sprint

I am curious as to why your Deefer was getting hot

Some might consider it foolhardy to depart on a lengthy trip to areas off the beaten track without making sure your vehicle isnt going to let you down....

Geez,what has this thread come to.

You can do all the maintenance,check everything,do the best you can do, and may still have an issue.

Murphy's law

**** happens.......luck often plays a part as well