What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[pmatusov]

Thanks, I've only seen the full platform at the dealer. Looking for the best rack for my RTT and awning. Leaning towards Leitner, but still looking at options.

Leitner's is cat's meow. I need neither full rack nor cross-bars, but he just won't sell brackets separately.

 

[TheDocAUS]

ROADTRAINS -OUTBACK QUEENSLAND
When you travel in remote parts of Australia, you see Roadtrains all the time. On this trip the Roadtrains were carrying fuel, cattle/sheep or general cargo. Most were three trailers in length but some can be bigger.

The Doc was talking to a Roadtrain driver in the Kimberley some years ago and he was pulling three trailers of LPG from Perth to Darwin, every three months. The combined rig and load weighed over 135 metric tonnes (these are Big Boy Toys). Most Roadtrains use an extension bar and hook to join the dog trailers. When they drive down the road you can see all the trailers moving 'Higgledy-piggledy'. The Doc gets off the road even when it is a dual lane. It is unnerving to see the trailers move around like that.

More images at the Blog here:

Roadtrains – Outback Queensland

When you are this far from the Big Smoke, you see Roadtrains every day. The Roadtrains can be configured differently, the main ones The Doc saw on this trip were carrying fuel, cattle/sheep or gene…

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You can see mud under the Grenadier, probably over 10kgs worth but under 20kgs. I spent 30-40 mins later that day with a high pressure hose cleaning it off. The water came from the Great Artisan Basin (via a bore) and came out under pressure, no water pump was needed. When the mud dropped off the car onto the wet concrete platform it just stuck, so I had to high pressure clean the platform as well. Then I had to wash the mineral rich Artisan water off the car to protect the paint. Luckily the locals told me where the bore was, plus I needed to wash the bore water off the car.

 

[NQ94]

ROADTRAINS -OUTBACK QUEENSLAND
When you travel in remote parts of Australia, you see Roadtrains all the time. On this trip the Roadtrains were carrying fuel, cattle/sheep or general cargo. Most were three trailers in length but some can be bigger.

The Doc was talking to a Roadtrain driver in the Kimberley some years ago and he was pulling three trailers of LPG from Perth to Darwin, every three months. The combined rig and load weighed over 135 metric tonnes (these are Big Boy Toys). Most Roadtrains use an extension bar and hook to join the dog trailers. When they drive down the road you can see all the trailers moving 'Higgledy-piggledy'. The Doc gets off the road even when it is a dual lane. It is unnerving to see the trailers move around like that.

More images at the Blog here:

Roadtrains – Outback Queensland

When you are this far from the Big Smoke, you see Roadtrains every day. The Roadtrains can be configured differently, the main ones The Doc saw on this trip were carrying fuel, cattle/sheep or gene…

thedocaus.com

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Nice photos of the Eromanga region. I experienced the worst dust storm I have been in when I stayed there a while back during drought time and it was a totally different place when I went back after the rains and floods on another occasion.
The road train system is complicated in Australia, for the rest of the world audience there are around 42 different common articulated truck and trailer axle, length and weight configurations up to 143t, excluding floats (low boys, low loaders) and some new configurations used in certain areas, that can be road registered and used on specific routes in Australia . The fuel truck is an A triple, conventional type II road train and the cattle truck is a BAB-quad which tend to track better and be less higgledy-piggledy when you follow them. When you see then wobbling everywhere they're likely coasting along they will accelerate to attempt to straighten the combination out when passing each other on the narrower back roads.

 

[TheDocAUS]

Nice photos of the Eromanga region. I experienced the worst dust storm I have been in when I stayed there a while back during drought time and it was a totally different place when I went back after the rains and floods on another occasion.
The road train system is complicated in Australia, for the rest of the world audience there are around 42 different common articulated truck and trailer axle, length and weight configurations up to 143t, excluding floats (low boys, low loaders) and some new configurations used in certain areas, that can be road registered and used on specific routes in Australia . The fuel truck is an A triple, conventional type II road train and the cattle truck is a BAB-quad which tend to track better and be less higgledy-piggledy when you follow them. When you see then wobbling everywhere they're likely coasting along they will accelerate to attempt to straighten the combination out when passing each other on the narrower back roads.

In my case it was a mining roadtrain traveling along the Silver City Highway towards Broken Hill that scared me. A narrow road, a cross wind, 100kph zone, the roadtrain all higgledy-piggledy coming the opposite way with less than a metre's space between it and my car. The trailers were moving more than a metre sideways!

After my high speed head on car crash, in the Nissan Patrol, I could not deal with that again. I just pull over, even on duel carriage ways.

 

[NQ94]

In my case it was a mining roadtrain traveling along the Silver City Highway towards Broken Hill that scared me. A narrow road, a cross wind, 100kph zone, the roadtrain all higgledy-piggledy coming the opposite way with less than a metre's space between it and my car. The trailers were moving more than a metre sideways!

After my high speed head on car crash, in the Nissan Patrol, I could not deal with that again. I just pull over, even on duel carriage ways.

I totally understand, I get off the road from them too on narrow roads. The biggest hazard we have in CQ with road trains is the amount of triple diesel tankers and B triple ammonia nitrate trucks running around on the narrow roads for the mines as well as cowboy miners finishing their swings. There has been a few major instances in the last six months with a.n. trucks.

 

[pmatusov]

Factory Bridgestones lasted about 25k miles to tread depth of ~4-5mm. Street legal still, but useless on anything but dry hardtop.
So the new Falkens are in, in 255/80R17 size.
First impressions - as with any new tire set: "oh how round!!! and quiet!!!" Now I have to talk myself into not believing I sit that much higher off the blacktop.

 

[AaronS]

Because I am not smart enough to figure out what is being monitored by the OEM battery monitoring system... I installed a couple monitors. One for each battery:






Because i am a dork, undercarriage lights:


Because I wanted a switched light in the cargo area to make loading/unloading/cooking easier:

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c8SIx5h-AYw

 

[Znarfgh]

Tks for that, I was just browsing Amazon for some p clips sizes and saved me a trip under the hood, well until later anyhow.

You mean bonnet don't you

 

[IslandFalconer]

I installed the Shadowmarq Leveling Spacers today. 1.3” Just a touch of rake now but with the added 12k Warn winch the front was too low. Wheel gap is now 5.5” front and back.

 

[GrennyPig]

Factory Bridgestones lasted about 25k miles to tread depth of ~4-5mm. Street legal still, but useless on anything but dry hardtop.
So the new Falkens are in, in 255/80R17 size.
First impressions - as with any new tire set: "oh how round!!! and quiet!!!" Now I have to talk myself into not believing I sit that much higher off the blacktop.
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I went with 255/80r17 on mine too. Great size. I went with Toyo Open Country AT3.

 

[pmatusov]

I went with 255/80r17 on mine too. Great size. I went with Toyo Open Country AT3.

I've been teetering between Toyos and Falkens. Ended up with the Falkens because of the 60k warranty, slightly deeper tread, and heavier weight (last one may be questionable as choice).

 

[ECrider]

You mean bonnet don't you

quite right, not sure where that popped out from!

 

[CRH]

quite right, not sure where that popped out from!

You did an Americanism,

 

[ECrider]

You did an Americanism,

well bless my soul, shucks.

 

[bigleonski]

Went over to my daughters place and helped her put things away and secure her property before the big blow arrives tomorrow.

Now the grenny is sitting in the carpark well about the highest flood level which is just at the edge of our apartment block (we live beside the Brisbane River).

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[Dr_Nimslow]

I went a little different direction with seat covers. Knightsbridge Overland "tactical" covers. More molle, for more organization/storage options.

 

[Jiman01]

I went the way of the cracked windshield thread and installed the rubber trim. Took about 10min.

Here’s what I bought:

Amazon.de : Tintvent Automotive Door Edge Trim Molding Kit with Tape, L Shaped Lip Guard for Car Fenders, Running Boards, Camper Shells, Spas, Mirrors Edge and More, Black(26Feet)

Wiped the edge of the windshield edge with alchohol and just started on one side by the top factory rubber trim and worked it down and around the bottom corners (it shapes itself without cutting). I happened to start on the RAI side and ended on the driver side. If you zoom in, I could have finished it closer to the OEM trim by the roof gutter, oh well

IMO it looks factory and was cheap enough that it was worth a try to prevent a cracked windshield. There's also enough left over to do another windshield.

 

[Jiman01]

I went a little different direction with seat covers. Knightsbridge Overland "tactical" covers. More molle, for more organization/storage options.View attachment 7888901View attachment 7888902View attachment 7888904

Nice to have options but damn… $800 for front and rears

If you do hang anything off the molle I’d be interested to know if the covers hold there shape from the added weight.

 

[anand]

@Jiman01 any change in wind noise?

 

[Jiman01]

@Jiman01 any change in wind noise?

IDK, I’ll let you know. I literally just did it before posting and figured I’d give a few hrs for the 3m adhesive to set.