A big part of prepping for any trip is looking at your suspension.
Now this is the second video on suspension and basically it's a Q&A.
In my last video I set a limit of 400 kg.
Now Jocelyn from the NT said Rona, how did you you come to that number?
Well, I asked the suspension guy.
In order to give me a reasonable ride when I'm in the city which is most of the time
he went for the suspension that gave me that 400 kg window to do all my packing.
Arnie could have fitted stronger suspension but then I would have been
bouncing around like Bobo the clown which is something I didn't want.
Arnie did the calculations and he'd already taken my weight off so that's what I had
left to play with ...400 kg. Now if I took a passenger that had to come off the 400 kg
So basically that 400 kg includes everything extra that you bung into that car.
2nd question from Brother U15 rugby tour 2015,
He asked was fuel included in that 400 kg?
Yes. Arnie had already taken into account everything that's a fixture on the vehicle
such as my long-range fuel tank which is 140 liters.
So it already counted that in he gave me the four hundred kg.
So when I put the fuel in that had to come off that 400 kg.
Now the best way to figure out what you've got is really to weigh everything .
One is to take your vehicle down to a weigh station after it's fully loaded
weigh everything
But in order for you to really get an idea of what things are weighing, you need to weigh individual items.
That's what I did and this is what I found... I'm just gonna give you a bit of a rundown
Gray bag full of ropes and tapes and a black toolkit 25 kgs.
I had my air compressor that was 9 kgs, recovery bag which was 32 kgs
my 2nd spare tyre which a lot of people forget but you need that
when you're doing rural and remote, 42 kgs,
Fuel. I took 90 litres. Now I didn't need that much but I decided I'd take extra in case
there's any accidents out there and we needed it and that's my contribution to the group.
So that weighed a fair bit I'll give you the tip.
First aid kit, 3 kgs,
Ropes half a kg, water 45 kg
Food. I had tins, fresh food and long life milk so I drink soy milk
That came up to 85 kilograms
So then I had my tubs for my washing and all ...you know cleaning paraphernalia, that was 3 kg.
I had lights, 1 kg
couple of tarps, half a kg...the light ones.
The tent was 3 kg. I've just got a little 3 person tent, you know the one with the poles in the corners.
Goes up in a heartbeat and they're light as a feather.
Sleeping bag now - one kg per sleeping bag.
I took two.
The big one is the...did I say the swag? 23 kg. Hope so.
That weighs a fair bit, the swag, but I decided I would take it because I like my comforts.
Clothes and jackets all that stuff you know that includes shoes and stuff, 10kg.
The ironing board 3 kg. card table 3 kg and the chair was 1.5kg.
The stove with and without the bottle, so the one with
disposable gas, the one with the big bottle with gas
Anyway, basically it came in at 433 kg
which was too much. So the beauty of having... oh and don't forget I've got
spade, bandsaw and everything which is party of your recovery gear and I had
and don't forget your roller, your drawers and everything. They are so heavy.
Consider them and how much they weigh. Make sure your suspension guys taking
that into consideration when he gives you the magic figure for what else you
can pop in alright.
So mine I had chipboard boxes to do all
my you know my sorting and stuff - Food here, this that and the other
They weighed a blasted ton!
So I went and made them out of plywood and that saved oh... 25, 30 kg. Big saving.
I went through and changed things. Now you need to go through
and change what you find useful. I ended up taking the stove with a disposable
cans. Just so much lighter. I don't like disposable stuff I think
we're trying to save the planet here but you know what I mean, it's a balancing act
One thing I nearly forgot - the engel car fridge! It weighs 40 kg with nothing in it!
3 big surprises were the second spare (tyre)
the tools and the recovery gear. They weighed a ton.
Much better if you are going in convoy if you can share the load.
Now I'm no expert on 4 wheel driving and I'm not pretending to be
I'm just telling you what works for me.
I would class myself as a dummy
but I'm a smart dummy because I actually ask smart people for advice.
Not only that, I take it.
So I spoke to Arnie from Autoride.
Knows what he's talking about. I listened to him.
He said 400 kg. I said right Arnie, done!
The other one I listen to is Jim McNabb.
Now Jim is a no-nonsense bushie and he was the one who said Rona go and weigh everything.
You are smart if you do that so that's what I did.
Finally I want to end on a cautionary note from Arnie.
I got my suspension fitted and I was all excited
and I said Arnie, have you got any words of wisdom
for people like me that are doing the Canning Stock Route?
He said, I sure have, Rona
Don't do it!
The Canning Stock Route is meant for horses and cattle. Not cars!
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