Sa gtg 2012 from the outback to the ocean

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Impressive figures you have come up with AJ120.

Don't believe him.... approximately 87% of statistics quoted on the Internet are false.. and the other 43% are made up.

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You've got too much time on your hands AJ, or it must be raining over there.
Get back in the shed and do some welding

Pete

Rain, its forgotten how to rain around here, wish it would though. The phone number stat is just one of the peculiar things that the registration survey produces, so it took only a few seconds to cut and paste that info in.

Impressive figures you have come up with AJ120.

I can't remember if I said I was going to look at a lift kit or not so not sure if I am one of the two petrols without a lift kit. The V^ group will have to stick together and try and put on a good show.

According to your registration you have a lift kit! Now would be a good time to invest in one if you haven't fitted it already, some of the tracks at Bendleby can get pretty rugged!

Cheers Andrew

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Rain, its forgotten how to rain around here, wish it would though.



According to your registration you have a lift kit! Now would be a good time to invest in one if you haven't fitted it already, some of the tracks at Bendleby can get pretty rugged!

Cheers Andrew

You can have some of our rain if you like. The back yard is now a mud run track. Can not even walk on it but the boys do enjoy tearing it up on their pushbikes.

I put down I had a lift kit hoping that it would be installed before we get there so just seeing where the funds need to go. Hopefully the tax man might pay for it so all should be good.

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Hey all, we will be travelling down from the Darwin area from about mid august to get to the GTG. Looking at staying off the bitumen as much as possible, sections of the Binns track look likely.
After the GTG we are staying in SA for a while and will be looking for work until Xmas. As I have experience driving tractors of all sizes, I was looking at doing some grain harvest work in the SE of SA and my wife was keen on weighbridge work or something. Anyone here have contacts in this field?
Thanks
Michael White

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Hey all, we will be travelling down from the Darwin area from about mid august to get to the GTG. Looking at staying off the bitumen as much as possible, sections of the Binns track look likely.
After the GTG we are staying in SA for a while and will be looking for work until Xmas. As I have experience driving tractors of all sizes, I was looking at doing some grain harvest work in the SE of SA and my wife was keen on weighbridge work or something. Anyone here have contacts in this field?
Thanks
Michael White

Hi Micheal, plenty of good off the bitumen options for you between Darwin and the GTG. The Oodnadatta, Birdsville and Strezlecki tracks all finish up not far North of Bendleby, and with the Gammon Ranges and the Northern Flinders between those tracks and Bendleby you will have heaps to do.

As for jobs, not sure about for you; but for weighbridge work its probably best to register interest with someone like Vittera, have a look here http://www.viterra.com/portal/wps/po...arvest_recruit I am not familiar with the grain storage companies in the SE but Viterra are pretty big around here.

Cheers Andrew

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You can have some of our rain if you like. The back yard is now a mud run track. Can not even walk on it but the boys do enjoy tearing it up on their pushbikes.

I put down I had a lift kit hoping that it would be installed before we get there so just seeing where the funds need to go. Hopefully the tax man might pay for it so all should be good.

It might be pretty rugged but we managed with our standard Prado that hasn't had the shocks done since we bought it (and unsure about prior to this), and as you can see from the photos posted we only needed a little bit of help. If we aren't able to get a lift kit done before September we will be one of the V6 Petrol Prados (well actually dual fuel) without a lift.

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Have been laying everything out in the shed to see what we are taking and make sure we have everything that we need and not what we would like to have.

Have been wondering if we needed to carry a jerry can of fuel with us. We are driving a V6 and towing a camper trailer. I am sure the committee has work this all out but would just like to put the question out there and hopefully get an answer.

As you know we went on the Recce.

From Murray Bridge, SA, we went via Gawler where we topped up with lpg (being dual fuel) then topped up again at Jamestown.

In September our plan is to go directly to Jamestown and top up with lpg and we will be able to do Bendleby and then head back to Orroroo where there is petrol available but no lpg with their being lpg available at Peterborough and Burra depending on our needs and how far we get on lpg.

We agree that there should be not need for a jerry can as we've been told there are heaps of locations to acquire go-go juice.

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As you know we went on the Recce.

From Murray Bridge, SA, we went via Gawler where we topped up with lpg (being dual fuel) then topped up again at Jamestown.

In September our plan is to go directly to Jamestown and top up with lpg and we will be able to do Bendleby and then head back to Orroroo where there is petrol available but no lpg with their being lpg available at Peterborough and Burra depending on our needs and how far we get on lpg.

We agree that there should be not need for a jerry can as we've been told there are heaps of locations to acquire go-go juice.

Ok after that the jerry can has been removed. All 6 of us petrols need to stick up for each other as I am sure there is going to be plenty of banter from those diesels.

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Ok after that the jerry can has been removed. All 6 of us petrols need to stick up for each other as I am sure there is going to be plenty of banter from those diesels.

Can't wait for my new sticker to arrive, then I can really start giving it to the Petrol guys.

Hows it going Wooley? I need it

Cheers Andrew

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Can't wait for my new sticker to arrive, then I can really start giving it to the Petrol guys.

Hows it going Wooley? I need it

Cheers Andrew

Just need to pick it up. I'll deliver it myself next week maybe?

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As you know we went on the Recce.

From Murray Bridge, SA, we went via Gawler where we topped up with lpg (being dual fuel) then topped up again at Jamestown.

In September our plan is to go directly to Jamestown and top up with lpg and we will be able to do Bendleby and then head back to Orroroo where there is petrol available but no lpg with their being lpg available at Peterborough and Burra depending on our needs and how far we get on lpg.

We agree that there should be not need for a jerry can as we've been told there are heaps of locations to acquire go-go juice.

Approximately how far can you get on LPG and petrol combined? I believe the committee is planning fuel stops for the group. We obviously can't have people stopping sporadically at different servos as we need to keep the groups together and moving consistently. If we know how far the LPGs can get, we can plan a stop that suits everyone in the group.

Obviously things would be easier if we were all diesels, as we could fill up at Bendleby at the start, and then at Beachport at the end. The thirsty petrols are holding up the rest of the group!!!

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Hi there Iantz, but things will work out equally, while the petrols are ploughing through the sand dunes the petrols will need to wait for the diesels at the other end LOL....................Cheers Steve

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Just need to pick it up. I'll deliver it myself next week maybe?

Cool

Hi there Iantz, but things will work out equally, while the petrols are ploughing through the sand dunes the petrols will need to wait for the diesels at the other end LOL....................Cheers Steve

No the petrol drivers will get over excited about their horspower, plant the foot, spin the wheels and be bellied out in no time, the diesels will then drive around them using their superior torque, and tow them out of the bog!

Can't wait for this to start, Can't wait to get all these Petrols and QLD'ers onto the sand at Beachport.......... I am predicting the largest number of bogged Prado's on a GTG ever

Cheers Andrew

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I am predicting the largest number of bogged Prado's on a GTG ever

Cheers Andrew

AJ - Are you SURE we shouldn't make MAXTRAX a mandatory vehicle requirement for those attending in a petrol? As a diesel lover, I really don't want to waste time digging them out every five minutes

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Shame Im not going, extremely jelous. 2nd gear start in the petrol then go for it, 179 killer wasps to punch through the dunes...luuuv it...Now Ill just have to sit back and wait for all the pics and vidoe's to be posted after the event and have a cry I wasnt there.. Go the petrol prado's dont let the team down.........Cheers Steve