What did you do on Australia Day

Decided to take Brian the pooch down to the local,beach that is.Back home to watch a bit of cricket then top it off with a barby and all accompanied with some fresh ale.
Not a bad life ah.

Cheers Phil

You are a handsome lookin fella in the pics Phil, not sure about the man who owns ya  

Onya Phil

We are on the road back to perth from albany
Currently stopped off in York for "refreshments"

I've had a few coldies        and I was trying to have a nana nap  
every time I nod off, the bloody phone rings.  Leave me alone Ray      get a new computer  
Later on I'll cremate some snags and onions but I think I'll stick to the liquid diet  

G'day All,

Went crabbin in Harvey Estuary got our 20 crabs, it took 8 pulls of the ten nets(the missus's hands would be red raw) and wouldn't ya know it, the kids want some

All's good,all the best for Aussie day,

Ron,Sherri and Yoda

Nice pics Phil glad you had an enjoyable day, I spent the day pushing dirt off a waste dump but I can relax now as Ive got a week off.


Cheers Kev

We went down and set up on the highway they call a beach just north of Preston beach, spent the day there, I think most of the 4wds in WA had the same idea, had the lines in all day and not even 1 fish very relaxing though and got home after dark.
Chris and June

spent Australian day at the beach with the missus and my son and his girlfriend up at the Hut river mouth. too windy to fish but had a nice arvo. had to do a 200 mt sprint up sand dunes chasing a beach ball that got away, nearly killed me, kids recon it was the funniest thing seeing the old man disappearing over the dunes chasing a ball.

If ya kids are only toddlers then ya gotta go get that ball    bugger me it breaks their heart to see that ball blowing away at a million miles an hour.
Many years ago I tried swimming after one, I think it is has now reached England and is floating up the Thames    
Lesson Learnt: always have a spare    
but if they are teenagers, I know what I'd be saying and doing     get the bloody thing ya self    

na there in there 20;s i was just the silly bugga that decided to get it and once committed i couldn't pull out and be seen as unfit as I am, although i did a good job at showing it anyway

I spent the day struggling to put 750kg of engine, gearbox and transfer case back in. It originally had a tilt cab but that was before we welded a bus body on the back.

a road train of jacks--different.

good luck with your next adventure.

At least all I had to do was to take the motor out of my ford explorer just to do the timing chains..

regards
oneday

Thats one hell of a balancing feat there Moneybox

Not kidding homer08,you wouldn`t want to sneeze.

The whole assembly has to go in the bottom because there's just not enough space above. I've only got a 3.5T hoist so that took care of the rear end and the forklift did the front. Then I had to support the bus to free up the forklift for a few days. The 500kg transmission jack worked a treat holding about 2T but I put the forklift back under while I was working on the water tank repairs.

It's all back in now and im just connecting all the loose ends. So many bits and pieces and so little time. I welded 100mm from the little airbag air-hoses that go to the gauges. I heard a little fizzle like water leaking onto the weld. It was the 200psi air finding its way out through the little 1/8" hoses. Just another little job to replace a bundle of five hoses.

It looks like we're going to get away late anyway. I ordered new tyres through Interco in the states but their customer service is lacking a little. I called a few weeks later to see where my tyres were at because there was nothing showing on my CC statement. She hadn't sent them because she needed to confirm that it was ok to send them seperately instead of on a pallet. No email or phone call to let me know. The ship should land in Fremantle on 22nd of Feb and then we're in the hands of customs, quarantine and whoever else can keep us hanging on. The shipping agent says 7-10 days if all goes well. It doesn't look like we're leaving on 28th but that's when the house sitters are moving in.

hi Phil,
I don't know why u don't change the hubs to a size that is redily available in Australia.

Get some new centres made and bobs yah uncle. there has to b an easier way.
Hope that the tyres u get from the States are suitable for aussie.--DOT stamped on them.

regards
oneday

oneday wrote:hi Phil,
I don't know why u don't change the hubs to a size that is redily available in Australia.

Get some new centres made and bobs yah uncle. there has to b an easier way.
Hope that the tyres u get from the States are suitable for aussie.--DOT stamped on them.

regards
oneday

Ray I probably could have done better on my rim sizes but finding singles with some flotation is difficult for my 6000 kg GVM. These tyres have a 3640 lbs load rating and yes they are Dot marked. It's not as high a load rating as required but high enough considering we can never fully load the vehicle in its current configuration. They are tubeless split rims so as long as I have a reasonable tool kit I can patch them on the run. They also have beadlocks so I can run with very little inflation with absolutely no chance of rolling the tyre off the rim or having it move enough to deflate. It's not all bad but my supplier is a Yank and there lies the problem.