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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Craig Tomkinson on November 25, 2019, 07:57:41 PM
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Hi all, Talking to a mate today he knows one of them, he was saying that the A4A DMax has bent its chassy once and they fixed it and looks like its bent again after this series, Craig
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wouldn't surprise me.
the size of that canopy on the back of it, the amount of overhang of the canopy, the weight of the MDC trailer on the back and the way Simon drives it...
I'd still consider one though.
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Yes spot on, But I was thinking they would of beefed it up as Jason is half owner Of creative conversions, but that one mite be still in warranty , Craig
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its a modern dual cab... less surprised that water is wet.
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Yes but they make them out to be bullet proof as they are which is BS, Id rather them say they have beefed them up like they have with the 200s and 79s, Craig
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I think this may have been their truck at Innamincka in July this year.
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That looks bent too.
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That looks bent too.
It seemed that way.
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saw a guy the other day, one of those square 1,000 litre water tanks propped up right on the tail.
Assuming, it was easier to dump the water when he got home.
The duel cab it was on was looking a tad second hand.
1 tonne of weight, perched right on the edge..... what could go wrong?
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I think this may have been their truck at Innamincka in July this year.
That sure looks bent to my eyes. Ah, the mighty, invincible 79 ;D ;D ;D
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That isn't the A4A 79. Interesting that it has a chassis extension and is bent.
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That isn't the A4A 79. Interesting that it has a chassis extension and is bent.
I wasn’t sure but people at Innamincka were saying it was theirs. I didn’t see the boys there.
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I wasn’t sure but people at Innamincka were saying it was theirs. I didn’t see the boys there.
I would have thought the amount of time these guys are away from home, they would fly to and from remote destinations to save while staff do the boring long distance driving before and after filming.
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saw a guy the other day, one of those square 1,000 litre water tanks propped up right on the tail.
Assuming, it was easier to dump the water when he got home.
The duel cab it was on was looking a tad second hand.
1 tonne of weight, perched right on the edge..... what could go wrong?
agree.. learning how to pack/weight distro is critical with any dual cab.. The secret is to put nothing on them.
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I think this may have been their truck at Innamincka in July this year.
not theirs, i know this the rigs where done in town at the opposite lock we have same place roothy did alot of the work for milo 2 on the chasis and that work.
plus aint the rigs painted both sides with about 200 stickers?
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I had 3,2lt diesel Nissan D22 dual cab with alloy tray and it had a extra spring leaf in the back springs , I use to have one of them 1000lt tanks but only put 6 to 7oolts of water in it and it was right up the front that was enough to I tell you, At the end of the day, all they had to say all there 4wds are beefed up and no one would of gave a stuff, as the gear they carry and where they take it they would silly not to beef everything up right from the start,, Craig
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agree.. learning how to pack/weight distro is critical with any dual cab.. The secret is to put nothing on them.
Easy solution :laugh: :laugh:
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Is this the same one?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191126/eb45fa1c25ce990a452fbb5b3688d24b.jpg)
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Is this the same one?
Different vehicle to the one in reply #5 if that is what you are referring to.
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I would have thought the amount of time these guys are away from home, they would fly to and from remote destinations to save while staff do the boring long distance driving before and after filming.
Pretty sure there was something on here a while back about them sending the vehicles on the back of a truck to where they are going to be filming.
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Is this the same one?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191126/eb45fa1c25ce990a452fbb5b3688d24b.jpg)
It'll buff out
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There are 7, 4wds go away on there 3 month shoots they even have a producer now, Would love to go as a side kick to a camera man, Craig
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There are 7, 4wds go away on there 3 month shoots they even have a producer now, Would love to go as a side kick to a camera man, Craig
Its not all its cracked up to be.. stop start stop stop do it again can we go back I missed something, its only 200klms back.
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Its not all its cracked up to be.. stop start stop stop do it again can we go back I missed something, its only 200klms back.
I find a lot of this stuff a bit contrived.
Sensible travellers avoid trouble, not going looking for it so they can make a video.
I quite liked Ronny Dahl in his early days, mainly because he was local (from WA) and he went to places that I knew or would like to visit and his slightly amateurish enthusiasm seemed genuine.
I watch him a lot less now ... not that that is a criticism. Good luck to those who can turn a hobby into a business.
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There are 7, 4wds go away on there 3 month shoots they even have a producer now, Would love to go as a side kick to a camera man, Craig
Sometimes I get a laugh from these 4WD video's especially then they say they aren't sure of this track is even drivable, but sometimes you see the tyre tracks from the camera car. So they know it's drivable.
It's wouldn't be a cheap exercise to paying food/fuel/wages for 7 cars full of people for 3 months.
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It's wouldn't be a cheap exercise to paying food/fuel/wages for 7 cars full of people for 3 months.
Not a long trip (5 days high country), one bloke invited his mate along.
Anyway got to day 3 before he spoke up thinking it was all catered for as he had no food or drink... LOLOL...
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I would take my own 4wd and tucker for up to 4 weeks if need be, To learn how they go about doing it right would be great, and some of the places they go the average bloke like me would never be allowed in, Craig
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, To learn how they go about doing it right would be great,
What do they do that's "right" ??
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There are 7, 4wds go away on there 3 month shoots they even have a producer now, Would love to go as a side kick to a camera man, Craig
Late 1989 I ran into the film crew for ‘the bush tucker man’ at Barron Falls. I begged so much to join they had to threaten violence to get rid of me. Seriously a cool group of blokes doing some hard work to get the best shots (it was middle of storm season and they were filming the gorge in flood - seen in the opening credits of each show. Had a chat about land rovers - they were all in troopies. Apparently it was a bit of an anchor.
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In May we did the OTT early in the season and stumbled across the 4WD Action guys filming. They were at gunshot, we watched for a while it was good to see how it was all done. They took about 2hrs just to film that section. Needless to say we decided to take the smallest gunshot entry and get ahead of them. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191127/6d325186ea1fb0e80dfaa8684905e583.jpg)
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Well I should of said just see how they go about filming and setting things up, I have been filming stuff sence 1988 but the stuff we did years ago was lost, then i had mates film stuff that turned out crap, I have just started doing some again,
Very nice GBC, use to love the bush tucker man but he was all over the shop he did not like saying where he was much,
That would of been an eye opener Justapples,
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Reminds me of good ole Albie Mangles flying in to do a mustering shoot saying he'd been on it for a whole week. Never let facts get on the way of a good story.
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Reminds me of good ole Albie Mangles flying in to do a mustering shoot saying he'd been on it for a whole week. Never let facts get on the way of a good story.
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My son was a keen fisherman and he once chanced on a couple of blokes who made a program here in Perth as they fished one of his favourite Swan River spots. Didn't turn the camera on till there was a bite.
Standard practice for those programs I would reckon.
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Didn't turn the camera on till there was a bite.
Thats fair enough
Fishing is that slow and boring there'd be 50 hours of nothing before 10 whole mins of action... then another 12 hours of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Reminds me of good ole Albie Mangles flying in to do a mustering shoot saying he'd been on it for a whole week. Never let facts get on the way of a good story.
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ahhhh..............Alby Mangles..................the Bear Grylls of the 70s and 80s.
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My son was a keen fisherman and he once chanced on a couple of blokes who made a program here in Perth as they fished one of his favourite Swan River spots. Didn't turn the camera on till there was a bite.
Standard practice for those programs I would reckon.
Years ago I was on a fishing holiday at the Sunshine coast and noticed one boat fishing over a 3 day period and another boat anchored nearby filming him.
Couple of weeks later I saw them on a TV show called Creek to Coast and they were saying how good the fishing was because they caught all these fish on one session. Shame they didn’t qualify that the ‘One Session’ was actually 3 days.
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Thats fair enough
Fishing is that slow and boring there'd be 50 hours of nothing before 10 whole mins of action... then another 12 hours of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
True, but by faking how easy it was to catch a fish thousands of people no doubt headed off to the tackle shops sponsoring the programs and spent a lot of money and ended up sorely disappointed.
I guess that’s just marketing at work. Bit like programs that make people think you need to tick every box in the ARB catalogue before you venture off the bitumen.
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They took about 2hrs just to film that section. Needless to say we decided to take the smallest gunshot entry and get ahead of them.
Going to have to shoot that again, didn't get any sponsors logo's in that one!
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I think this may have been their truck at Innamincka in July this year.
I'd be willing to bet that the chassis is fine under this and its actually the tray mounts that have collapsed. Thats a factory tray with a lot of weight on it, especially over the back.
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Lloyds have Mahindra duel cab up for auction at the moment.
Badly broken back on this one.
Would be wicked going over the rocks and Shit, the shape now would make it much easier.
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Lloyds have Mahindra duel cab up for auction at the moment.
Badly broken back on this one.
Would be wicked going over the rocks and Shit, the shape now would make it much easier.
3 week old mining ute.. lol Current Bid:$22
(https://images.lloydsonline.com.au/Consignment/0000071001-0000072000/0000071567/2687681.jpg)
comes with spares ... LMAO
(https://images.lloydsonline.com.au/Consignment/0000071001-0000072000/0000071567/2687685.jpg)
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3 week old mining ute.. lol Current Bid:$22
Is that just patches of dirt all over it, or is it riddled with rust ???
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It’s a bit more then 3 weeks old. But a perfect example of why you never buy ex mining utes....
And I’m genuinely surprised that the axles in that Indian thing out lasted the chassis. Or perhaps it was already on its 5th or 6th set of rear axles when the chassis rusted through. ;)
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Is that just patches of dirt all over it, or is it riddled with rust ???
Patina mate...not rust... :cheers:
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It’s a bit more then 3 weeks old. But a perfect example of why you never buy ex mining utes....
Wouldn't let that worry me nowadays. I know our vehicles don't get like that. If they even look they are being mistreated then the individual gets a massive pineapple.
Like everything do your due diligence and you will usually be fine
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Patina mate...not rust... :cheers:
Oh excuse me! ;D