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Yes. Then there was the road going Chamberlain support tractor that was way ahead of its time.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
History – Tail End Charlie The Tractor
Not the same tractor but very similar.
Chamberlain Tractors towing caravans around Australia! - Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia - YouTube
We have an industrial Chamberlain Champion FEL & on a straight road it’ll wind up to 80-90kph. Just the stopping is very vague above 10kph!
......and on the blokes comments with the commodore, he didn't help??
I couldn't do that to anyone.
Steve
A common mode of transport on the Gibb river road some one told me[biggrin]
Yep, and came across an old Magna with an overload of pax on the bottom end of the Canning.
That would have been the "bush mechanics" Did they have a 'roo on the parcel shelf?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saitch
Maybe he didn’t want to be liable for ripping off the plastic bumpers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saitch
Or he wasn’t driving a Land Rover?
I have met the guy that took that Chamberlain around the country. I think he did it to raise money / awareness for prostrate cancer. My neighbour built / modified a gear box to give him a faster road speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by LRT
The Chamberlain has been sold.
Before dad bought his Jeep in about '71 and my uncle then bought a Series III, they loved telling the story where they'd taken their Holden's on a typical for them picnic trip bush one weekend with the families.
A few weeks later there was a newspaper report on the Sydney Land Rover club going bush and how tough those particular tracks were, how a number of cars broke axles, several had to be towed, etc.
They were the same tracks!! [emoji1]
I have seen a Commodore at Pineapple Flats before, but it was also in the company of another 4wd. I am sure it was towed a fair bit as we did see it earlier on on a track being towed through a rough patch.
A company car will go further than a private vehicle off road but not as far as a rental!