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On long trips Ive often thought that leaving the kids at a servo would instantly drop around 110kgs. Even more with their luggage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russrobe
Mt Nameless (I got up at dawn for a solo mission) is a bit of fun but I saw another turn off to mountain lookout on the road round to Wittenoom from TP that looked much more adventurous but I did not have time or family approval to do it......
Safe travels.
You been out when it's raining yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Russrobe
How many of you in the car? If there's just the 2 of you have you thought about ditching the back seats? They weigh heaps and you'll free space up. Used to do this in the L322 to make more room - and save nearly 100kg straight away.
Maybe leave the sweet sherry behind?
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Damn... 2 spares as well.... what's the addiction? Why 2?
You may never need to use the second spare But it does give you piece of mind in remote areas.Quote:
Damn... 2 spares as well.... what's the addiction? Why 2?
Not only because you May blow 2 tyres but If you have to replace a tyre in a remote area you will save yourself hundreds of dollars by carrying the extra wheel.
I always carry 2 spares as carrying a carcass is out of the question because it is so damned hard to break the bead on a Discovery rim.
Does it though? [emoji6]
So you puncture a tyre 200km into a journey.
You fit spare 1... you now have only 1 spare..
Perhaps pack 3 spares instead of 2....[emoji56]
The 2nd spare is likely a contributor to Spare 1 being needed - that's how this all works...
More weight, more load, more risk and more damage...
A second spare doesn't work out cheaper - it's a complete Wheel and Tyre assembly - and they age - at 5 yrs it should be gone... so now you replace 6 tyres....
The peace of mind is a placebo... statistically you're highly unlikely to need your spare - I just threw out the 17 year old wheel and tyre off the old D2.. never even saw use...
A plug kit, compressor and can of tyre seal will sort almost everything. And weight a lot less...
A TPMS is very light and worth far more - an alarm that saves a tyre from destruction means an easy fix...
Correct tyre pressure and minimal loading are more important - as are near new tyres for serious journeys.
A second spare is almost 2/3rd of a person....
Alcohol is a big one! We started with about 6L but the killer would have been the glass bottles! Plus a carton of beer which was 10kg alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oztourer
Dropped to 1L of vodka and 1L of scotch now. I'd estimate 15kg dropped there.
Doing a big cull today. From the original 3.57t we've dropped
From 56L of water down to 35L so 21kg
About 5kg of clothing just went including extra shoes and towels.
1kg of kitchen utensils.
Realized we have about 10 thick tent pegs that are excess. Atleast a kilo there...
Ended up sending home 12kg. Better than nothing i suppose.
Tombie,
If one tyre is damaged on something it is likely the second tyre on the same side will hit it as well. We destroyed both tyres on the left of my son's D1 (3 inch cut in side walls) in a remote area when he hit a rock hidden in some undergrowth. He was lucky I was with him and we managed to find another D1 a few hundred km away and borrow the spare to get him going. I also hit the rock with both tyres but I had a Patrol with Kevlar side walls and it didn't damage the tyre like it did with his deflated Cooper AT3's (we were in sand). Since then I've always carried two spares and a couple of times have puncture one tyre on remote trips, always not repairable with plugs. It is especially important with the uncommon sizes Discos have I reckon, even if it does add a lot of weight.
Everyone has there own ideas and experiences I guess.
The current conditions of the GRR were a factor.
Also at the time, figured the extra 23 or 26kg can't remember which one it weighed in at, was negligible.
Our scenario last year on similar trip. 2 Discos and a Prado on Coopers. Prado gets a stake while in Karijini. I could not plug it. We still had the entire Mount Augustus leg to go ~900km dirt roads. Into Tom Price where there is a Cooper guy. Does not stock the AT so old mate has to buy two LTs for the back axle as can't run AT/LT according to Mr Cooper (~$800). Tyre with hole was condemned due to side wall damage running flat. Previous spare now back on the tailgate and 3 to 4 hours burnt. 100km down the dirt road and Prado gets another beauty. Now back to no spare and a lot of dirt to cover. He made it out though to the blacktop at Meekatharra and all the way home.
When you have no spare left the fun feeling evaporates.
This was second flat. We lowered air pressure a bit for a good but rocky road expecting terrible corrugations. In end we could sit on 80kmh OK as road was freshly graded;
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Footnote: no other flats on the Discos that trip. I recently changed my D697s after 80,000km and no flats. 5 days later copped a nail backing out over a vacant lot in the neighbourhood!