Some great footage there 👌 We did our first crossing west-east a few days after you guys however ran the Rig Road, took our time and had no humans for four days. No fresh tyre tracks ahead, no cars towing ‘sand anchors’. Fresh, clean track then we hit the French Line, ruts and rubbish unfortunately. Massive storm hit rendering most of the QAA under water. again great footage mate - looking forward to watching more on the channel.
Nice video - fun to see another FJ showing its capabilities and also a Grenadier. I'd recommend avoiding hand UHF in favour of a fixed unit with an external aerial. I've had unexpected meetings at dune crests with folk using handhelds, thinking they were being heard by others, when in fact they weren't. They could hear other cars but weren't heard by others because their radio either wasn't powerful enough and or its signal was attenuated by the car body. Handhelds are great for directing picture taking and directing drivers but not for desert channel 10 purposes.
Oh man - you guys are messed up down there - you’ve got your winter and summer all messed up, and you take a kayak on a desert trip. We need to talk about this. Actually, we need to talk about Aussies infiltrating the minds of American children with Bluey - my youngest is calling me “toots” and “big fella.” She’s turning into a middle aged male chauvinist - at 7. Great video - good to see the Grenadier out stretching its legs.
Hi. Scroll to 54 min mark… I left Mt Dare full and filled up at Birdsville- it took 88.43 litres. I have the 159 litre tank… and I took an extra 20. Made it by over 90 litres!!
I have a 2011 FJ with the original 70lt tank plus a Brown Davis 110lt auxiliary tank giving 180lt. It's completed 4 Simpson trips, the most recent in June (Madigan/Hay/QAA) probably 10 days or so before this video. Driving conditions on sand were very good (firm) after the recent rain meaning "speed & power" was rarely need crossing dunes. We covered 836km and the FJ used 130.59lt - consumption = 15.62lt/100. Contributing factors to the low consumption are: the first 150km +/- were on very good dirt road, one person on board travelling light (no heavy tents etc. - but 70lt water), driven gently and heavy right foot used very sparingly. Tyre pressures on sand ~19psi
Some great footage there 👌 We did our first crossing west-east a few days after you guys however ran the Rig Road, took our time and had no humans for four days. No fresh tyre tracks ahead, no cars towing ‘sand anchors’. Fresh, clean track then we hit the French Line, ruts and rubbish unfortunately. Massive storm hit rendering most of the QAA under water.
again great footage mate - looking forward to watching more on the channel.
Thanks a lot. Yes if I do it again I’d be tempted to take your route. Appreciate you watching and being in touch 😀
Nice video - fun to see another FJ showing its capabilities and also a Grenadier. I'd recommend avoiding hand UHF in favour of a fixed unit with an external aerial. I've had unexpected meetings at dune crests with folk using handhelds, thinking they were being heard by others, when in fact they weren't. They could hear other cars but weren't heard by others because their radio either wasn't powerful enough and or its signal was attenuated by the car body. Handhelds are great for directing picture taking and directing drivers but not for desert channel 10 purposes.
Great advise- we were in a group of 2 or 3 and we tended to be last. But point well made!
Oh man - you guys are messed up down there - you’ve got your winter and summer all messed up, and you take a kayak on a desert trip. We need to talk about this. Actually, we need to talk about Aussies infiltrating the minds of American children with Bluey - my youngest is calling me “toots” and “big fella.” She’s turning into a middle aged male chauvinist - at 7.
Great video - good to see the Grenadier out stretching its legs.
Thanks and great comment. You made me laugh… Bluey is one of our fine exports… Aussies keep it simple!
@@outbackboundit’s obvious you’re programming sleeper cells - I’m on to your game
Out of curiosity what L/KM did the FJ pull? I have a 150 with the 4.0 and it's atrocious!!!
Hi. Scroll to 54 min mark… I left Mt Dare full and filled up at Birdsville- it took 88.43 litres. I have the 159 litre tank… and I took an extra 20. Made it by over 90 litres!!
I have a 2011 FJ with the original 70lt tank plus a Brown Davis 110lt auxiliary tank giving 180lt. It's completed 4 Simpson trips, the most recent in June (Madigan/Hay/QAA) probably 10 days or so before this video. Driving conditions on sand were very good (firm) after the recent rain meaning "speed & power" was rarely need crossing dunes. We covered 836km and the FJ used 130.59lt - consumption = 15.62lt/100. Contributing factors to the low consumption are: the first 150km +/- were on very good dirt road, one person on board travelling light (no heavy tents etc. - but 70lt water), driven gently and heavy right foot used very sparingly. Tyre pressures on sand ~19psi
yep brilliant. Our conditions were sensational and we just plodded along. Took our time. Well done on your trip.