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imagine the roadbase was 3 - 4 inches on top of the old road base with a vertical drop. The trailer LH wheel dropped off that edge and got caught and dug in. The adf trailer design I feel compounded the problem as I noticed on the high cambered single lane tarmac it loved swinging off with the camber. However in the accident when it dug in I pulled it out but that caused it to fishtail which caused the rear end of the Perentie to fishtail and an instant later it was flipping. It seemed to only fall on its side but it got a whip up... The mechanics of it I can't fathom as it appears the trailer got a good wind up as they had to cut the chains with bolt cutters and in the photo it's on its wheels but it had spun a few times. The trailer had 6 spares in it

About 70kmh as just crossed a new cattle grid. I got the whole trip on Garmin satellite, which now is a bit amusing. Amusing as a few of the guys wanted to keep a track of me as the middle of nowhere. They thought I had stopped for a toilet break. Oh and another lesson learnt... Keep everything you may need in your pockets... Phone was in the middle of road... Satellite Garmin with SOS function under the car

Yep I was taking the back way to Alice then Alice accross to WA

Luckily just really depressed as was having a great time up until then. I got out of it, made some shade, crawled into a ball and I guess shock set in... A guy found me around an hour later then another hour back to Boulia and hospital.... Tons of bruising but only got bad pain from it around three days later when I got back to Perth I'm amazed when the top of the window frame came out and roof came off I didn't crush an arm The people in the small country town really looked after me, which was quite emotional So lucky and unlucky in the same breath

Yep the trailer...came with the vehicle, even on the heavy camber single lane bitumen it was twitchy

They had laid new road base and was around a four inch drop. Left hand trailer tyre dropped in, I got it out and started fishtailing, and in an instant it was flipping. In hindsight should have driven straight off the road as flat treeless desert... But hindsight never helps afteri thought it was game over

unfortunately not all dreams have happy endings. You can see the ROPS was ripping out by the end, that was after 3 and a half rolls

well picked up the Perentie and trailer around 6 weeks ago.. Had to drive it 4600km mostly desert. Amazing that the trailer was from my old unit that I left in 1993

Ok a minor update as i had 4 S2a's and now none.... Why... Well I bought this around 6 weeks ago from the other side of Australia. Havent so far been able to collect as had 2 flights cancelled due to cyclones and this Saturdays flight cancelled due to a UK variant covid outbreak!!! So most likely will be the 28th fly over. Always wanted one and this one was a good price with a trailer

another interesting one

i thought some guys might like a look if only the photos

its becoming a problem here as many exporters here are making big bucks

yep the fire truck is from down that way..... go out Kalgoorlie way and 100 year old wrecks are rust free.... well unless mud is allowed to stay stuck in crevices

Still more bolts.. i had delusions both would be off today..... power hack saw down the rusty front panel 😁 saved me 5 rusty rounded bolts

Well when you live alone with a steep driveway.... you improvise

Well sold the hardtop off the series 3 SWB..... looks nicer topless The wings on the 109 fire truck are driving me insane... keep finding hidden ones... got 2 to go (I hope) on the rhs one Just waiting for the sun to go down a bit. Not looking forward to the 3 more wings after this

yep but we closed the borders to everyone....

yep i seen Snow once in Australia when i was around 7 years old in Bathurst, NSW. Typically here Santa brings cold beer and salad. Yep much of the old architecture we can credit to the UK working class ie the convicts 😁

Tried to get the old drawings but need the previous owners permission, which is becoming a drag. The drawings regardless have to be approved by a structural engineer (more cash) They monitor your house with drones and google earth and send you a letter every time you have an impure thought

What's snow? Yep I thought the roof trusses look light but its not a home build its a shed suppliers method. The uprights are 25x25mm and the trusses slot in at the top. With all the purlins it was pretty rigid, the flimsiest part was the door structure.

Well shed is down and at my place. I had hoped to get original drawings but too much red tape so I now have to redraw the structure and submit to the local council. dreading the price of concrete

i cant wait to get it up...... i might paint the trusses RAEME colours

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