Thread: Perentie for Cape York ?

theres a secret to not breaking the CV or the RHF half shaft, here it is.

you dont have to keep the pedal on the right on the floor to make it go places and you also dont have to try to use the tyres to relocate the planet into the atmosphere.


IF it wasnt for the beurocrats Im pretty comfortable saying that given my pick of the lots (disregarding varient too, any 4x4 or 6x6) at any given auction in any given place and a couple of hours to put my kit into the vehicle and check the basics load it with fuel food and water you could then put a pin on any reasonable destination (obviously not through the "this is gunna stop last years tough truck winner dead in his tracks and leave him in tears" competition track) and Id get it there.

I'd be confident that a well checked over and serviced 110 could get to the tip without fault. I punted mine around Tassie's Wet Coast for a few weeks in 2014, swam it through a seat-deep silty Balfour Track, climbed Climes etc...the only problem was my 24V system wasn't working properly and I put a hole in the front diff when a rock jumped out at it. No other mechanical woes, just needs a front diff guard!

**** I'd take a hire car of any flavour to the tip if you're paying
An ex army sand lizard will love all the flash bitumen up this way

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I would definitely try and purchase the FFR (fit for radio model) as you then have a built in dual battery system. Has a seperate heavy duty 24volt alternator and a place for 4 extra 12 volt batteries. Also, the GS models have had a harder life (troop transfer) whereas the FFR model was driven into the bush where it sat with a Radio for the duration of the exercise.

The canopy on a FFR model is also lined as it was designed for total blackout ( a better canopy). If you are driving in suburbia most of the time, power steering is a good option. However, just finished a 3000km journey towing a 1.5 tonne caravan and was able to cruise at 100km per hour at 12litres /100km. Some gradients slowed us down a bit but not enough to desperately need a turbo.

Originally Posted by Cavemantoyboy

I would definitely try and purchase the FFR (fit for radio model) as you then have a built in dual battery system. Has a seperate heavy duty 24volt alternator and a place for 4 extra 12 volt batteries. Also, the GS models have had a harder life (troop transfer) whereas the FFR model was driven into the bush where it sat with a Radio for the duration of the exercise.

IME....

oh you poor deluded fool.. I can probably give you a couple of ARNS where that was most definitively not the case. probably 3 in darwin, a handful from townsville, a couple from sydney and 2 from ispswich.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

IME....

oh you poor deluded fool.. I can probably give you a couple of ARNS where that was most definitively not the case. probably 3 in darwin, a handful from townsville, a couple from sydney and 2 from ispswich.

Spill please...

Longer range of HF comms means longer distance to cover during a radio exercise.
A sig det will also be tasked with going up hill and down dale setting and manning UHF retrans stations.
Our were you after specific arn Mark?