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Rick my comment was based on my experience as I bought my truck as a cab chassis from Zupps in Qld and set about the body install, seating and relevant compliance myself while julia might approve the cab chassis, the mods were all capt bligh. as the truck remains registered in Qld this isnt a...

Hooning in a canter what next?? :victory:

as far as i know de rating is primarily based on licensing requirements in a particular state (taking into account we have 7 sets of licensing legislation in this country) the concept is being able to drive a load carrying vehicle on a common car licence by reducing the carrying capacity...

hi rick so what sort of milage were you getting out of the 16's and would you recommend minimising the loaded expo weight by leaving the wife behind :victory:

strange as it may seem but my swb is derated to 4.5t in qld my compliance plate is unchanged WRT Tare & GCM the only change is GVM so with loaded truck and van in tow im good for nearly 9.5t as nothing on the truck has changed WRT suspension etc this makes perfect sense - its pretty much all...

Adrian whats your opinion of the 19.5's on steel singles what kind of driving do you do and what sort of milage do you expect from a set of tyres im tossing up between steels and bling

be they singles, duals or whatever its a good practice to check your tyres and wheel nuts on a regular basis (just ask any long haul truckie) one advantage of 750's though is price and availability maybe not so relevent in the states but tyres in aus are expensive. (very expensive) and in remote...

good news bobby This is the beauty of farm machinery no gizmos - no electrikery just good old fashioned mechanicals how could you go wrong

andy youll have to keep us up to date on how the rims and tyres stand up to a bit of a flogging while im all for polished alloy the crusty old fart in me says nothing handles abuse like good old steel i like the idea of 16" wheels just not sure about having to rely on the good old US of A for...

Hey john im taking notes funny thing is weve been here 2 years and have been working 5 days a week but never managed to actualy get out and see much we take the strom away every month and see some of the country but always end up in a country pub and thats the end of me (i like country pubs) as...

nice - i like it its a dead boring run though i always let the wife drive that bit not much can go wrong in a straight line ??? although overtaking road trains scare the bejeezes out of her

unfortunatley esperance was a primary stop on the way over from the east we have to do the mandatory tourist stops in the south west before turning north it suprises me we didnt do all this during the 2 years we were based here as far as the suspension goes the boys at all terrain do a specy 5...

i think every sane logical thinking person should have a navigator like mine every journey is like a passage through the twilight zone this is a woman who argues with the GPS put it this way if you see a canter reversing a 33' caravan up a small side street its probably me after ive done as im...

cant rush things after all there is alot of coastline to ponder between here and the territory day one saw 200ks in a southerly direction and yes i know im heading the wrong way but for some reason known only to she who must be obeyed we have to go via wave rock

yeah we are finaly on the move again after 2 years in perth taking care of family / grandkids and weddings we have finnaly packed the canter, hooked up the van and are in motion next stop darwin in about 12 months time then across the top back to queensland which completes the first...

if my maths doesnt fail me 8000lb is a tad over 3.5tonne your FG will do that without raising a sweat i would pay some attention to the hitch though the Hayman Reese hitch reciever on my canter is rated to 4500Kg the hitch itself is only 3500Kg to go bigger than 3.5T id have to go to a pintle...

according to the CFA fire truck vid so long as you air intake is higher than the water level and sealed the rest is academic although i will add i think the firey used all his luck