Our Brand New F350 breaks down in the middle of nowhere Ep5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2021
- On this episode we pick it up from our last episode, leaving 40 mile beach camp on the search for the next camp site. We drive through a mine site to hit the mouth of Fortescue River along the way we get bogged and I nearly run my wife over as she films. Then our truck breaks and we have to limp it back to Karratha to get it looked at.
It ends up on the back of the truck sent back to Perth with a safety recall, and we have our lap of Australia paused for a while.
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We are a family of 5 travelling Australia indefinitely in our new Lotus Caravan and our 2021 F350 from Harrison F-Trucks. We will take you to many destinations and let you know what works for us and what doesn’t, so you don’t make the same mistakes.
We are from Perth Western Australia and want to see as many destinations as we can together as a family, we never take the easy road and if we see a track, we always wonder where it will lead us, so we generally take it to see where it leads.
Thanks for watching and reading if you have made it this far down, hope you enjoyed.
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Hats off to ya and the wife. Keeping cool and support with kids in hot conditions and breaking down is not easy especially with a camera.
Crushed that housing like a tin can! Holy Cow! Possible suggestion for upgrade in the future is to get a set of custom leaf springs to suit your 4" lift, rather than the stock leafs + 4" lift block. With the torque you're dropping down to that back axle (ala when you were getting out of the bog), that axle is using the 4" block as a lever allowing for some serious axle wrap. May or may not be a contributing factor to the flogged uni and axle housing. Or add some ladder bars. Food for thought. Great rig and setup, hopefully the repairs don't ground you guys for too long. Cheers from Las Vegas, NV.
A set of thic boy track bars would help too. So much weight and torque going through the rear diff it needs more support. Or if you get the Kelderman then it will all be linked up and tough. Props for showing it how it is. A cruiser/patrol chassis would bend in half trying to pull this much weight with 1000Nm+.
Spot on. I'd argue that anything over a 2" lift should be managed with either a combination of new springs and smaller lift block or just new springs, as well as stiffer hanger bushes.
Great customer service but that lift is absolute hack work.
It was a thin walled differential tube. I am here to tell you guys I have owned Ford's Chevy's all of them that size and bigger and truck in America. In the snow belt where everything rushed. I have never in 50 years seen a axle tube crushed. And I mean no disrespect but we hall a lot more here in America our roads are bigger and our laws allow us to do so. You are pulling virtually nothing of weight behind that truck.. Compared to what we pull here. Those same axles here tier in many cases are pulling 30000 pounds on a daily basis half a million miles every 2 or 3 years. They're there really must have been a bad batch
@@willydiesel2081 No mate. Australia is a lot harder on vehicles. If a vehicle has a weakness, this country will soon expose that weakness. American vehicles do not do well in Australia. It takes a very special kind of person to buy American in Australia & you have to be extra special to think you can do it & won't have problems.
All the best with the fix, you’ll be back out on the road before you know it. Just another adventure for you and your family. Take care, and thanks for sharing the ups and downs of living life full time on the road. Cheers
Watched your rig set up on Explore Life and loved it. Looking forward to following you guys. Shattered for your set back but amazing trails and tracks ahead.
Cheers
Great episode guys, you are rocking this adventure, can't wait for the next episode.. keep being awesome ❤️
Don’t worry about anyone talkin crap! Everyone knows we would all kill to have your set up! You and your family are amazing, and very humble!
thanks mate, really appreciate it.
Wow gutted for you guys, at least were not remote and could still get back to town, good learning for the rest of us to keep an eye on.
Great Vid mate. Never always the same season. There’s ups and downs. Glad you show and tell it like it is. Bigger and better things ahead for you guys. Great positive attitude. Keep it up bud.
Respect for being able to create these high quality videos while parenting kids. I barely get the chance to take a photo with my 2 always causing trouble. Keep up the vids and I hope you get back on track soon
Just watched your vehicle run down on explore, glad I can follow you, you are solo like the majority of us going out with family like that and getting stuck without a crew, really relatable scenarios for the normal people
Sorry to hear guys! Looking forward to seeing the setup all back together and on the road again (hopefully sooner than later)
Thanks for posting. It's a valuable lesson for all of us that take the road less traveled.
Great video, thanks for sharing the good and the bad. Class act!
Bugger, hope you get it all sorted quickly to standard guys. They should truck it back so you can continue from where you were.
Old school Aussie attitude! Hope you are all back on the road ASAP.
The classic dad tryna look busy while the mrs sorts the kids out haha love it
G'day Mate, Good on ya for showing it as it can be, I hope everything works out well & it sounds like you have a good reputable & trustworthy bunch of people
standing behind you. That goes a long way today & is a rare thing, so top marks to the dealer, ARB & everyone else concerned.
Safe Travels & We might see you out the back of buggery some day Mate, Steve.
The best way for a permanent fix/ upgrade for the air hose. Go to a hydraulic shop & get a length of blue high temp air hose used on truck compressors with appropriate fittings crimped to each end to run from your compressor to air tank . Poly airline is not suitable where there is heat .
cheers mate, all over it, I've got the braided lines going on between the compressor and tank so the heat will dissipate before it gets to the tank. Cheers for the tip though, appreciate it.
All good I hope these few setbacks will be the last for you .
Can’t wait for you guys to get back on the road, loving the series so far hopefully the repairs won’t take too long
Feel your pain, heartbreaking. We have a Ram rig and a 21 footer ready to start our adventure when the van arrives Eo April. Both you & your wife are to be commended on keeping your cool. Good luck and safe travels.
Thank you for sharing honestly instead of the normal sanitised baloney we normally get fed from other channels. All the best with getting a new diff
Really appreciate the time and effort to post these vids. I definitely feel your pain seeing your dream setup drive off BUT you have your lovely family safe and sound with you. Can't wait to follow you guys on your journey. 🙏👍
Bugger, I thought they sorted that issue 12 months ago. Looking forward to watching the rest of your adventure
Also another tip, if you're hunting air leaks, put a little dish soap in a water bottle and poke a small hole in the cap.
You can spray the areas and watch for bubbles. Much easier than trying to fish your fingers around feeling for a puff.
Have followed your progress on buying this truck and this trip. Have been so excited for you all the way. This is just gut wrenching. Thank you for your honesty and respect. Happy New Year and can’t wait to see you back on the road. Keep the TH-cam vids coming. Cheers
Mate that’s so frustrating and heartbreaking. Don’t be embarrassed every vehicle has there issues. Hope you and family have better luck moving forward
Sorry to hear your troubles. We’ve all been there. It’s so stressful
Good luck hope all goes well and your back on the road soon..
Wishing you the very best, this stuff happens unfortunately. Keep your chin up !
Man that is a heart breaker right there. I would have never imagined those axle tubes to be that thin on a heavy duty truck. You have a great attitude and I wish you a speedy recovery from this temporary setback.
It is a weld defect for the spring seat. Not really a tube defect.
Many years ago my neighbour who was an avid family adventure traveller of remote places long before Facebook and TH-cam. They where Toyota die hards but wanted something bigger then a 79s/200s for towing. So they bought an F250 for touring worst decision he made in his entire life he told me. The transmission died once and rear differential twice. Also found the wheel track too wide even on places he'd been before which ment lots of tyre punches.
They found taking two vehicles was much more practical. Spreads the load with the caravan and they could take a safer boat to use up north. Also less arguments 😅. Simple single cab gvm upgrade 79s to tow the caravan and a Isuzu D-max dual cab for the wife/kids to drive and tow the 4.5m Quintrex. Sadly by the time they got everything sorted he was diagnosed with aggressive terminal cancer 😑🥺😰😥
That's life though! Can be nasty at times...
All the best with the setback but I’m sure it will be all good.Looking forward to some more content.
Happy New Year, really unfortunate that happened to ya. Hoping you get that diff quick and get back on your adventures!
great vid mate and thanks for sharing love your honesty you have one of the best setups on youtube
Gee that’s tough, hope you’re back on the road again soon 👍
All of them come with issues, thanks for sharing good video.
New sub here. Love your positive attitude. May 2022 improve for you!
I feel for you mate, good luck with the repairs
Covered by warranty even with the after market canopy, that's pretty good.
Great attitude guys. Love vids with warts and all. Good luck with your truck.
Don’t worry about any negative comments coming through mate. You’ve built a one off rig and van setup and we all know your doing it for the right reasons and to give you and your family some memories that will last forever. These things happen you just got abit unlucky with stuff out of your control.
Love your positive straight up no bull shit 😎 loving it .. keep it 💯 👌
I can imagine how you are feeling but it will all be behind you soon enough and you will be out and about again creating wonderful family memories.
“Nil illegitimae Carborundum”.
Great video buddy ups & downs are part of it all mate. Cannot wait to see you back on the road champ 👍
Even though these things are designed to do hard work you are deftly working it lets hope the new housing is stronger and this is a one of event and hey you have the right attitude just go with the flow ,looking forward to the next installment happy days
all the bells and whistles
Dam, what a bummer. Hoping it gets back on the road soon
Wowsers dude what a heart breaking experience. But at least you have been supported and good things to come no doubt :)
Shit happens! Just glad that you can get it fixed and on the road again soon enough! Keep up the great videos!
Love the set up of the truck but more than that you and the Mrs seem like lovely down to earth nice people. This breakdown will get fixed and there will b others, some u can prepare for most u cant from experience. Look fwd to following your adventures here on YTB and hope u get the truck back ASAP so u can keep following your dream ! :)
Pretty straight up mate . All the best
Awesome to have a honest road trip that’s not brand biased if it shits out service and back up support is what you want to see.
Just a tip the lady is a little quite on the camera love your work. keep it up awesome to see our country even if I never get this chance you have.
Disappointing, but like your positive attitude. Hopefully it won't take too long and you'll all be back on your adventure.
Good on Harrison F-Tracks for covering flights back and accomodation until the track was ready to pick up. This is not obvious.
Good honest vid, looking forward to the next one.
It's always a gamble when you go super heavy, takes a set a balls. Bad luck but I'm sure you'll sort it all out
Hats off for showing what can happen out there.
Anyone can show us the dream road trip it takes balls to show that it doesn't always go to plan.
Fingers crossed they can get what's needed quickly and you guys are out in no time.
Many people only want to see the good mate, need to see it all so everyone can learn from others mistakes I say.
@@lappingtheisland mate I for one appreciate seeing the bad along with the good.
I made a comment on your rig run down on another channel (sorry not subscribed to other channel and was suggested and in turn subscribed here) about wanting to learn about touring our great country.
As a truck driver I must admit I love your set-up but curious if you had to do it again would you go with the same set-up or something more like an all terrain off road truck?
I guess it's still only early days with your current set-up but for someone who currently has the desire to get out there so bad but with limited funds I'd love to know your thoughts on doing up an off-road isuzu or iveco, possibly even a unimog.
I'm assuming you would of made these considerations before making the choice you did.
Love the content mate and again hopefully you and the family are out on the road again in no time
@@Mr83rt hey mate, yes I did look into these options, however as I have driven similar, yet less capable trucks across mine sites here in the Pilbara I really didn't like the ride. as you know sitting directly above the wheels it can get very rough. but in saying that if it is in your budget and you don't mind it everyone is different.
I haven't had it long enough or got it to the destinations I took my 200 series to compare to anything or wish I had gone in another direction. at the end of the day you get what suits you and what you want to do there is no right or wrong set ups.
sorry that isn't a clear cut answer but hopefully in 6 months I can review my choices.
@@lappingtheisland...
No thank you for taking the time to respond mate.
I appreciate you taking the time to respond to what is probably a very common question and appreciate your knowledge.
Again I wish you and your family the very best and look forward to your next video
That’s that’s that’s that’s a lot of bad luck but Car is not seriously damaged everyone’s healthy and looking forward to the new vids😁😁😁
Great build and content legend
Absolutely craziness mate ! I have never seen something like that fail on a ftruck. Dana axels had a bad day at there factory I guess. Hopefully get it sorted ASAP 🤙🏼
Cheers mate, so many people are saying the same thing, hopefully it doesn't happen again.
You should check out the AutoFlate from 4wd Evolution. Fully automatic tyre inflation and deflation. No zip ties required haha also check out the Sherpa Big Air Compressor. Highest flowing compressor you can get.
I will check all of that out mate, cheers for the suggestions.
Bro ur a machine, didn't get mad just got on with it great job man, and bro the 150 raptor and any f trucks are absolute frign beast's, tough as hell and ur set up is sick as great job brother 👏
Oh no, so sorry to hear this guys … great service from Harrison’s Ford. Don’t apologise, don’t be embarrassed … breakdowns can happy anywhere and to anyone no matter what car you drive. Wishing you all the best 👍🏻
That’s the trouble with new stuff but also the benefit of recalls , it’s just rotten luck but the big truck will be back soon
Nice of the dealer not to give you the runaround on the recall with all the mods you have. That weld defect on the spring seat is the issue. Solid rig once they replace the housing/axle assy.
The dealer put the mods on for me mate so would be hard for them too. They were awesome though.
That's very sad but that is what you said just part of the experience glad you had good people looking after you and your family keep your chin up and stay positive it will not the last test you will get on your travels
Holy shit mate that’s mind blowing! Seeing the driveline angle it’s no wonder it’s flogged that uni out in short order, would have been doing some work. All the best with the repair.
Just bought an old Isuzu truck for my tourer like the one that rescued you. After traveling around they are pretty popular the more north you go. Says something hopefully!
You have a nice set up there , hard to believe the axle crushed!
Australia is some hard testing ground!
Bad Luck, you kept your cool, best wishes for the Future.
Hi chris, im an auctioneer in the motor industry theres a real supply problem globally eg try and get a bonnet cable for the chev dual cab. Its hard enough for regular volume vehicles. So i wish these guys the very best and they get one asap
So sad this is happened however you are all ok
And it’s now a process of waiting
Happy Travels
Thay have bad front end problems as well. Cool video
Happy to see you guys happy. You have a cute family. Good luck
How scarey is Ford!!!!! Wow.....!!
Bloody hell thats high tyre pressures, amazing they don't pop..
Crazy high, compressor also won't last running continuously up to 80psi x4 tyres.
Hermit crab tracks, not lizard 😎💯.
That fortescue spot was my fav as a kid
We called it the shingles spot and yep we got bogged same spot
My F350 friends have added a front stabilizer shock for the death wooble up front. getting the brackets for the one side is hard to find right now
Wow such a fantastic build, I'm sure there are many people wish they could have the same. Hopefully you get back on the road soon. Thanks for the honest video and hope to see more in the future.
Crap start to the big lap, but thankyou for your honesty and showing us how it is. You and wife are perfect role models for us all, no dummy spit, just calmly deal with what ever life throws at you and move on. Kudos to you both.. I guess you would have expected all the Toyota Tool boys expert hindsight advice, but good on you for not being fazed by the ridicule and for giving another vehicle a go.. Cant wait to see you back out there and producing real content..
Nah where here mate, my GU Td42ti coily ute has towed a big van & dirt bike & gear all around Oz & never missed a beat & never seen/heard of a crushed diff/axel housing on a PATROL TD42TI or a Landcruiser any model. He would’ve been better off buying a 79series & i don’t even like’m but it fit his kids in & at least ya know it’s Japanese Quality Engineering & it’s reliable.. These modern Yanky “sepo” trucks are overpriced badly engineered POS, Cummins/Duramax engines are great but everything around it is crap. I mean that little sandy bog & that crushed & twisted his rear diff 😳 that’s pathetic & it might be replaced with the same pissweak diff 😳😳..
But hey i hope it all works out well for him & his missus’n kids yeh as they sold up’n put allota money into this trip..
Great video guys.
Glad to see that you got everything fixed in a somewhat reasonable timeframe. You weren't exactly lucky as far as supply chain goes and it actually took me longer to get a set of radius arms for a Ram 2500 than it took for your axle.
The Ram is gone now and I am had made the decision to go back to a Ford before I saw your video. It looks like you just got unlucky with the axle and I hope that the replacement works out well for you. Every manufacturer has issues. Enjoy your rig and safe travels.
Sorry to hear about your situation with the F-350. I have seen lots of bad reports on the 5.7 F-350's from RV owners in the USA with a multitude of problems. Hope you can get it fixed soon...
Wondering what you meant by 5.7 F-350s?
Mate, good on you for being honest in what happened. I'm getting pretty jack of hearing all the bullshit that goes on TH-cam channels, that you know, is just a paid advertisement for someone. It's refreshing seeing your content I tell ya! 👍👌🍻🤙
Not good to see the RIg on a tilt tray, interested to watch the progress. Reality is mechanical things break, what is important is that the dealers own up and fix the issue. We all need to know who does and who doesn't. Thanks for the vid.
that's a bummer, hope you're back on the road soon.
Toyota/Nissan fan boy here, lived and worked in US for 5yrs for power generation company, they had fleet of big fords, chevs, rams and Toyota tundra (US made) all were rubbish, constantly in the repair shops, now back in Aus, either take my trusty T/D 80 series or GU patrol, and didn't need tow such a big caravan for my family travelling Aus, never ever had 1 prob with patrol touring Aus
Of course...but what do you get to tow a trailer like this...a 6x6 Landcruiser ...migth be ligth...
Lived all over the world and owned a ram 3500 dually. If you drive American trucks like you own them the f150+ and tundras are ok. The biggest failures I've seen were teething issues or misuse. P.s. not a fan of them just sharing my experience
Toyota and Nissan will never tow or carry a load like this. Every vehicle has its own issues. Some are good , some are bad. Vehicle manufactures aren’t in the build something great business. Money is made in repairs.
In the States ford has recall for the axle tube crushing. I would check with Ford for warranty work.
Bradley Bradley Bradley. No more words needed 🪣🗝🪣
Happy new year! Nearly turned Jayde into a pancake 😂 Drone footage's looking 🔥
hahaha, I tried. na she was like an emu running down the track rather than running into the bushes. hahaha
Sorry about your diff. Hopefully you get your truck back soon!
Review of supplier records found that a design change that reduced the axle wall thickness in the spring seat area had been incorporated for the Model 275 rear axle beginning August 6, 2020.
Thanks for telling it as it is. It’s good info for all of us considering buying an American truck in the 2500/3500 range. Good feedback on Harrison’s.
That ARB compressor won’t last for what you need. You need something with a 100% duty cycle like the VAir 330C-Hyper Grade or the Scintex with a carbon fibre piston in it.
Just buy a bottle and be done with it, compressor seem to be an Australian thing
Mark and the guys at Harrisons are true legends sorry to hear about your truck mate look forward to more videos, happy new year :D
if you ever get to Tasmania sing out :D
we have already been there spent 3 months but we would never say never to go there again.
Mate, rather find the bugs straight out of the gate than later on. Ending up on a tow truck was one of my fears when traveling with my family. I reckon that rig will be great once they’ve sorted it out!
Yeah, that is so true. last place anyone wants to end up I would imagine. hopefully done very soon, cheers for watching.
Brother so gutted for you. I never thought a brand new vehicle could have so many problems. Especially one that's worth nearly the same as a house. Sorry to hear matey. Hope everything works out for you and your family.
The air bags might upset the absorbing balance of the diff housing and attributed to damage. if it was mine I would remove it. The insurance might just turn to this this point next time. Nice dig for the max Traps and good luck.
Oh no, better now I suppose than on the Gibb. Happy New Year😢
Really liked this vid. Great pacing and genuine. You got yourselves a new sub here. Hopefully the truck is back on the road soon!!
cheers mate
what a hard thing to deal with mate, you guys dealt with it better than I would of haha.
Don't feel embarrassed at all, this things happen.
Hopefully not too long until i can continue watching this series, all the best!
cheers mate
Heart breaking to watch. Hope it all ends up good. Keep your chin up.
cheers mate
feel for you mate