My wife and I did a trip to the Fitzgerald ranges in western Australia in our jeep wrangler unlimited sports. The jeep was serviced by the jeep dealer in Launceston. We had the car modified with a bullbar and a lift kit and a CB Radio. We even done a first aid course. All up we done,8,000 km in the jeep. Today we have a Triton 4x4 4 Cylinder manual and we had all the modifications done and we are ready to hit the road again this time cape York. Might see you on the road some time.
I'd add making sure your tyres are in top condition. Before our last trip (4hr single destination) I decided to replace my tyres, six months ahead of schedule, and as I was towing a trailer I replaced those too. Only light showers were forecast but 90min in to the trip we got heavy rain which lasted for the next two hours, the new tyres were a blessing both for performance on the road and peace of mind. Oh and repace your windscreen wiper blades😊
great suggestions mate - a solid set of tyres is the different from losing that traction and getting to your destination 👌 and as you mention, wipers to see where you're going!
Some good advice there mate. UHF communications I think should be one of the if not the first addition to your vehicle. Even if just going into local State Forests it can be used to notify logging trucks of your presence on those tight, narrow roads. As for the Roof Top Tent, I get they have their place but you must always look at the vehicles Roof Load Rating both On & Off Road. I know my Pajero can hold 100kg On Road, 70kg Off Road (Unsealed roads) and many RTT's would reach that limit on their own let alone with the addition of the roof rack system to actually hold it. I like your little Jerry Can Holder too, I saw someone in a camping group asking about that sort of thing a few days ago.
cheers mate - tricky thing with some vehicles is that there's generally just one roof loading as opposed to on-road/offroad. Especially for vehicles that were never envisioned offroad like the Territory. On the Territory it's 85kg if i remember, and I'm scoping RTT in the lower 60kg range so that fits nicely. Just have to use common sense and not be silly like an 80kg RTT on a Hyundai Excel. Yeah it's a cracker bit of kit the jerry holder - definately opens space inside.
@@alwaysAWD Yeah a lot of people don't realise their vehicle even has a limit as well as their Roof Rack System and that the System is often higher than their vehicles limit. Same does apply for the Roof Rack Systems as well, they have on and off road limits and off road applies to any unsealed road not just difficult 4wd tracks etc. The set of racks I have on the Pajero are rated at 75kg for 2 or 110kg for 3 (what I have) and then deduct 30% for unsealed. I have seen people with Kings RTT's, 270 degree awnings & light bars just on the twin set and they think it is ok. You can't tell some people though.
yeah it's pretty wild out there what I've seen - tiny SUVs with twin RTTs and such. Securing a load is so important ontop, all about lightness and risk of flying off at highway speeds. Hopefully can document my second RTT process to provide some insight into this topic noone really talks about much 🤙 more bars the better so you've done a good job on that mate
As always great vid. One suggestion would be to check and maybe replace the gearbox oil and the diff oil, especially if your doing the miles (kilometres) your talking about
One thing you forgot that I've seen you use all the time which I think be useful as well is the trusty gumboots, especially when recovering from bogholes.
The only thing I would say is never to do things like these only a couple days before you leave for a big trip, I've always said to people do these type of things around 2-3 weeks before leaving so it gets a good drive around to find any created faults, sounds silly but happens. Great production!
yep that's it just have to make sure you have everything sorted way before - sadly wasn't possible with me at the time but even a little earlier prep goes a long way 🤙 cheers mate!
My wife and I did a trip to the Fitzgerald ranges in western Australia in our jeep wrangler unlimited sports.
The jeep was serviced by the jeep dealer in Launceston.
We had the car modified with a bullbar and a lift kit and a CB Radio.
We even done a first aid course.
All up we done,8,000 km in the jeep.
Today we have a Triton 4x4 4 Cylinder manual and we had all the modifications done and we are ready to hit the road again this time cape York.
Might see you on the road some time.
sounds like you're both well prepared for all your trips which is great 🤙 enjoy the cape mate, hoping to go up myself one of these years 💪
I'd add making sure your tyres are in top condition. Before our last trip (4hr single destination) I decided to replace my tyres, six months ahead of schedule, and as I was towing a trailer I replaced those too. Only light showers were forecast but 90min in to the trip we got heavy rain which lasted for the next two hours, the new tyres were a blessing both for performance on the road and peace of mind. Oh and repace your windscreen wiper blades😊
great suggestions mate - a solid set of tyres is the different from losing that traction and getting to your destination 👌 and as you mention, wipers to see where you're going!
Some good advice there mate. UHF communications I think should be one of the if not the first addition to your vehicle. Even if just going into local State Forests it can be used to notify logging trucks of your presence on those tight, narrow roads. As for the Roof Top Tent, I get they have their place but you must always look at the vehicles Roof Load Rating both On & Off Road. I know my Pajero can hold 100kg On Road, 70kg Off Road (Unsealed roads) and many RTT's would reach that limit on their own let alone with the addition of the roof rack system to actually hold it. I like your little Jerry Can Holder too, I saw someone in a camping group asking about that sort of thing a few days ago.
cheers mate - tricky thing with some vehicles is that there's generally just one roof loading as opposed to on-road/offroad. Especially for vehicles that were never envisioned offroad like the Territory. On the Territory it's 85kg if i remember, and I'm scoping RTT in the lower 60kg range so that fits nicely. Just have to use common sense and not be silly like an 80kg RTT on a Hyundai Excel. Yeah it's a cracker bit of kit the jerry holder - definately opens space inside.
@@alwaysAWD Yeah a lot of people don't realise their vehicle even has a limit as well as their Roof Rack System and that the System is often higher than their vehicles limit. Same does apply for the Roof Rack Systems as well, they have on and off road limits and off road applies to any unsealed road not just difficult 4wd tracks etc. The set of racks I have on the Pajero are rated at 75kg for 2 or 110kg for 3 (what I have) and then deduct 30% for unsealed. I have seen people with Kings RTT's, 270 degree awnings & light bars just on the twin set and they think it is ok. You can't tell some people though.
yeah it's pretty wild out there what I've seen - tiny SUVs with twin RTTs and such. Securing a load is so important ontop, all about lightness and risk of flying off at highway speeds. Hopefully can document my second RTT process to provide some insight into this topic noone really talks about much 🤙 more bars the better so you've done a good job on that mate
@alwaysAWD I think we should be speaking more about it. I've done a video ages back about roof load ratings but many don't.
As always great vid. One suggestion would be to check and maybe replace the gearbox oil and the diff oil, especially if your doing the miles (kilometres) your talking about
great tips mate that's true best to check your other oils when pushing the hard miles off-roader long distance touring 🤙
Great video mate 👌👍thanx for the tips and go the mighty Canyonero!🚙
cheers mate hopefully back at it more consistently 🤙
@@alwaysAWD All good buddy 👍looking forward to it 🤙
One thing you forgot that I've seen you use all the time which I think be useful as well is the trusty gumboots, especially when recovering from bogholes.
nice catch! gumboots always a must wherever off the blacktop 🤙
@@alwaysAWD they help keep those white pants stay white too. 😉
The only thing I would say is never to do things like these only a couple days before you leave for a big trip, I've always said to people do these type of things around 2-3 weeks before leaving so it gets a good drive around to find any created faults, sounds silly but happens. Great production!
yep that's it just have to make sure you have everything sorted way before - sadly wasn't possible with me at the time but even a little earlier prep goes a long way 🤙 cheers mate!