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On 4/12/2021 at 4:32 AM, ruxy said:

I can't get my head around the road surface problem you describe ,  seems a step fresh laid between near & offside wheels  ?   the vehicle steering thrown crossing the step  ?

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

1 hour ago, ruxy said:

How many  m.p.h.    ?

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

10 hours ago, Richard Farrant said:

I assumed you were crossing the Nullabore  when this happened............. I remember camping the night in Boulia many years ago. Glad to hear you were not seriously hurt.

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

On 4/8/2021 at 6:36 AM, robin craig said:

Mike, so sorry to see your misfortune on here. Are you yourself OK?

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

On 4/8/2021 at 2:52 AM, ruxy said:

No injuries to yourself I hope  ?        Did the trailer flip you ?     I see you have been using one of those spurious origins combi. ring & ball hitches rather than a D-B  pintle of proper NATO design for ring only - that I understand is standard equipment with Oz. military Perentie.

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

On 4/7/2021 at 11:38 PM, Richard Farrant said:

Crikey that was bad luck, was it the left hand rear tyre that gave out (?), I can see it deflated. Hope you were not injured.

 

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

9 hours ago, ruxy said:

You know , when Solihull started their  "Born Again" project  - I understand they sourced some trucks from Oz. to get sound chassis - then started business privateers importing same to UK , that prior was more or less personal re-import.   I understand LR spotters were sourcing from Queensland - yet I would have expected the more humid atmosphere would have caused early 'perforation'  ?

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

7 hours ago, ruxy said:

Australia & RUST  free   ?     I was once told by a farmer's daughter from Albany ,  not so &  it varies lots and all their land was SALT  ,  in any case you should never park above grass or vegetation because it creates on undersides a 'micro-climate' of damp  !  ?

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....

1 hour ago, ruxy said:

Snow in Freemantle - that would be interesting , the last time I was there was 1970.  I remember late evening - lost on the outskirts , under a covered walkway , then a dust-cloud came down the street - it was just like a Wild West movie.  The only other thing I recall was admiring the architecture of Freemantle & Perth railway stations..

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 😁

4 hours ago, Zuffen said:

Apply to the Council of the Shire the shed came from as they should have plans on file from when it was built.

The other way is just build it and don't tell them!.

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

8 hours ago, ruxy said:

Low slope pitch  but you don't get snow ?

Roof truss seems very slight for such a clear span , purlins seem ample.  Are the stanchions actually cast into the concrete floor slab or bolted down. Did they wobble with the sheeting removed. ? 

Must be a Oz. common build ?

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

On 10/2/2020 at 2:57 AM, Ex-boy said:

I thought that looks very big for 9 feet by 6 feet, but of course you Aussies have very sensibly gone fully metric. I hope we catch up with you soon.

Steve.

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

On 10/1/2020 at 6:18 AM, ruxy said:

You'll soon fill the tin-sheet shed , but in daytime with doors closed will the tyres melt  ?  Doors open - probably too hot to spanner  ?

Aircon

On 10/1/2020 at 1:59 PM, Zero-Five-Two said:

Ah! So it was you who started the toilet roll panic buying

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