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[mountie]

I was my fun car in So Calif for 5 years..... Another car ( money pit) I miss but can't keep my eyes off of it.

(SL 500 )

 

[Fosscore]

@07Burb

You needed some Timken hubs right?

Zoom in

 

[Fosscore]

Somebody pay you to post this? Lol

They make awesome stuff. Got a good *cough Toyota *cough buddy with some of it on his. Pretty sweet.

Lol

Paid dearly to post myself. Lol

Just seeing all the trucks kitted out for camping and I thought it was cool. Just like those tool boxes and storage
Boxes rather than a tray (bed).

Everyone has a roo bar, some have solar panels, IHF antenna the front bumpers are perfectly fit, hung right and lit up with LEDs.

 

[mountie]

Websites like that gives me ideas for some sort of tent setup for the back of my Yukon. I would use it to camp in an infield at a car race track

 

[Fosscore]

Websites like that gives me ideas for some sort of tent setup for the back of my Yukon. I would use it to camp in an infield at a car race track

Those roof tents are so popular here.

I was camping in the Keys before Irma wiped it out and Even saw a damn Prius with setup.

Tent setup is sweet. Go back a few posts to the Mercedes p/u with the tent on top. Great way to get off the ground and also around the ladder you can completely enclose the space to have a screened in area to eat or stow gear.

Here the bush flies in the NT are pretty fierce. When it gets warm out, even in winter, you have to wear a fly net on your head or else you will go nuts. Summers are worse and regularly hover between 40-50C days.

Kind of like the mossies back home in the summer time.

That site just had the coolest setups. Figured a good idea to share.

 

[Sam Harris]

****** pic, but I had to share. Man, this poor thing has been accessorized just a little much.

 

[Fosscore]

Road train. Up to 3 trailers long and 54 meters long.

Seeing that come at you rolling 110km/hr on a tight road and sounds like a freight train makes you grip the wheel with both hands.

This one is only 2 long but was full of rusted out cars. Have passed many 3 long.

Right out of Mad Max and Midnight Oil’s Beds are Burning lyrics - “Holden wrecks and boiling diesels” and “the desert lives and breathes in 45 degrees”

 

[mountie]

I've only driven a single trailer..... I don't know if I have the nerve to haul 3!! ( Those guys are cowboys for sure !! )

I have seen triples in the US... But don't remember where.

 

[adventurenali92]

Road train. Up to 3 trailers long and 54 meters long.

Seeing that come at you rolling 110km/hr on a tight road and sounds like a freight train makes you grip the wheel with both hands.

This one is only 2 long but was full of rusted out cars. Have passed many 3 long.

Right out of Mad Max and Midnight Oil’s Beds are Burning lyrics - “Holden wrecks and boiling diesels” and “the desert lives and breathes in 45 degrees”
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Where in the heck are you that you’re seeing road trains?!?! Lol. I saw them in Australia when I went on vacation there like ten years ago and they blew my mind!! Haha

 

[Sam Harris]

Where in the heck are you that you’re seeing road trains?!?! Lol. I saw them in Australia when I went on vacation there like ten years ago and they blew my mind!! Haha

He is in the land down under.. [emoji16][emoji106]

 

[adventurenali92]

He is in the land down under.. [emoji16][emoji106]

Didn’t know that! Lol

 

[mountie]

I'd like to go there some day...... But it takes 3 weeks to fly there

( Empty space )

 

[Tonyrodz]

****** pic, but I had to share. Man, this poor thing has been accessorized just a little much.

Needs spinners!

Road train. Up to 3 trailers long and 54 meters long.

Seeing that come at you rolling 110km/hr on a tight road and sounds like a freight train makes you grip the wheel with both hands.

This one is only 2 long but was full of rusted out cars. Have passed many 3 long.

Right out of Mad Max and Midnight Oil’s Beds are Burning lyrics - “Holden wrecks and boiling diesels” and “the desert lives and breathes in 45 degrees”
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What's happening to you @Fosscore ? You going native? You're speaking in the metric system lol!

 

[adventurenali92]

I'd like to go there some day...... But it takes 3 weeks to fly there

( Empty space )

You mean 3 days?! Lol

 

[mountie]

Unless I stay there for 4 months, I don't see myself spending that amount of time in the air...

Unless in 1st Class.... maybe

 

[adventurenali92]

Unless I stay there for 4 months, I don't see myself spending that amount of time in the air...

Unless in 1st Class.... maybe

Physically it’s not three days.... lol. It’s only about 15 hours in the air actual flying time from the states. At least from LAX.... lol. I’ve done and it’s not bad at all! But I also LOVE to fly because I’m a total aviation geek.....

 

[mountie]

I'm just kidding around...... I went to Europe some time ago.... Non-stop , LAX to Brussels.

The movies made the time 'fly by'.....

 

[Fosscore]

Didn’t know that! Lol

Needs spinners!

What's happening to you @Fosscore ? You going native? You're speaking in the metric system lol!

FLL to DFW is 2 1/2 hours

DFW to SYD is 17 hours

We left DFW on a Monday night at 2300 and landed on Wednesday at 0630.

Tuesday is twilight zone over the Pacific. Lots of movies and a bit of sleep.

When I come home I leave SYD and arrive DFW on the same day at the same time.

Currently +14 hours ahead of EST.

The airbus A380 is a sweet ride.

Yes middle of Outback for last 10 days.

Breaking up a 1350km run south towards Adelaide and down to the Great Ocean Road. Caravan park along the way.

Today on the road. Passed about a dozen triple (54 meters long)road trains and quite a few doubles.

Have to work in metric or you are lost. At least the $ is .69 so everything is a bargain. Especially diesel at $1.69 - $2.11 per litre . Saw it as high as $2.30.

Usually only the road trains travel at night in the Outback as the Roos are nocturnal.

They sound pretty awesome rushing by at night and look badass with all the amber lights down the cab and trailers. Certain areas are worse and there is road kill all over the place.

What happens when you hit a roo
Then it gets stripped and left to rust.

 

[mountie]

It would be an experience to live there for a year..... The Outback, sorta like the "Wild West" in modern times.

 

[Tonyrodz]

FLL to DFW is 2 1/2 hours

DFW to SYD is 17 hours

We left DFW on a Monday night at 2300 and landed on Wednesday at 0630.

Tuesday is twilight zone over the Pacific. Lots of movies and a bit of sleep.

When I come home I leave SYD and arrive DFW on the same day at the same time.

Currently +14 hours ahead of EST.

The airbus A380 is a sweet ride.

Yes middle of Outback for last 10 days.

Breaking up a 1350km run south towards Adelaide and down to the Great Ocean Road. Caravan park along the way.

Today on the road. Passed about a dozen triple (54 meters long)road trains and quite a few doubles.

Have to work in metric or you are lost. At least the $ is .69 so everything is a bargain. Especially diesel at $1.69 - $2.11 per litre . Saw it as high as $2.30.

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Usually only the road trains travel at night in the Outback as the Roos are nocturnal.

They sound pretty awesome rushing by at night and look badass with all the amber lights down the cab and trailers. Certain areas are worse and there is road kill all over the place.

What happens when you hit a roo
Then it gets stripped and left to rust.
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I've always wanted to visit Australia. One day. We need more pics!