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thanx Tex - we are dying to get back and do some more but that won't happen until late next year at the earliest, unfortunately. Glad you enjoyed them. We loved making them.

Our pleasure mate - just glad we were able to get it back. Now just need to find a way to upres to HD as we could only get SD format.

no probs - glad you're enjoying it.

ah - that's a tale for another time but the short version is that the collapse of our main NAS drives with ALL of our videos on them including raw and edits died and couldn't be recovered. 10 years of footage gooone. So much for latency backup systems.

Thanks Charles - very kind of you to say mate. Let's hope we can get back to making some new content for you next year sometime.

Do you mean the entire Cape Trip for that year or just this section of the Tele mate?

@@Misadventure4WD The entire trip.

​@@kevinslifeonthefarm2463 It was pretty much as expected really. We went there looking for adventure and we found it. We'd done tonnes of research so we knew what to expect and had good plans plus good back-up plans. We weren't expecting to drown a vehicle where we did but we recovered it safely and everyone was able to continue the trip. It's always hard juggling lots of competing priorities and traveling styles but everyone had signed off on the trip plan beforehand and we'd done a few test trips with that specific group so we knew everyone would get on reasonably well. We got pretty lucky with the weather and did almost everything we planned to do which was a blessing. The most unexpected thing was having a wheel bearing seize on the camper coming back down from the Tip and having a wheel come off destroying the axle. We ended up being stuck for 5 days in Bamaga. Managed to get creative with the insurance and lodged the claim via phone but got permission to do the repairs ourselves and submit the full claim later. While that meant paying for everything up front, it was the only way to get back on the road quickly. Contacted the camper manufacturer and found out that they got their shafts from a supplier in QLD. Called that supplier and paid them extra to make one up next day and ship it. Had it airfreighted to Bamaga and installed 4 days after the accident. The guy who used to own and operate Bamaga spares (Andy) was a lovely guy and did everything he could to help but had told me it would take two weeks to get parts organised, sent and installed. I told him I'd have it sorted in less than a week and he bet me a case of beer I couldn't do it so ended up with a nice case of coldies for the next leg ;) Andy also used to run a local shipping service and told me if I ever wanted a job to call 😂 The Old Coach Road was more challenging than expected and pretty stressful towing a camper. We did the western leg which is now closed. It's very hard going and there's no option but to go slow and steady or you'll just destroy your car and camper. We had to skull drag the camper off a few big ledges on that leg snapping our jockey wheel off and damaging the support legs but we got through and managed to find work arounds. The bigger shock was getting back to Cairns to find out the ABS module had burned out due to the brake line breakage and they wanted $5k to replace it. That a story for another time though :)

@@Misadventure4WD thank you for taking a few moments to answer me. I appreciate it.

We did have a Grenadier on order mate but cancelled it after issues with parts avails and ongoing technical updates were apparent. Just couldn't justify the risk with a brand new vehicle from a brand new manufacturer for remotes travel in Oz. In the meantime, we are waiting on replacing a motor in our D4 but also looking around for alternatives as a stop gap for the next 3 years.

@@Misadventure4WD I hope you’re following LR Time.

Thanks mate - I have been working on a plan for that but it's still just in the early stages. Life has a way of getting in the way of you having a life.

Thanks mate - wish we were traveling again but that probably a next year thing at this stage. Getting closer though

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Yes mate - we wrote off the first SVX and took 12 months to find another one.

There is an official Land Rover Kit available that includes the warn 9000 winch, mounting plates and brackets. there's not a lot of room to play with in there and only one of the winches fit the sport.

Apols for the slow reply Kelvin. Have been out of action with health issues the last 9 months so haven't spent much time on the channel. I built Black Betty - Shoot me an email at jamie@studiodc3.com.au

Thanks for watching mate. Will be starting to post more travel stuff again in the new year :)

2.7 TDV6

We're not sure - the owner is from Melbourne.

You need special rims to go over the larger brakes and are very limited by tyre size options. You'll also need to be prepared to cut out some of the inner guard as they scrub.

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It's up to each owner to set up their vehicle the way they want to and you definitely need to consider things like tyres in how each performed on this track.

You're definitely limited with the TDV8 Bernard. We've heard of some owners swapping to the smaller brakes from a TDV6 and then fitting modified 18inch rims but that's not exactly legal. Start with finding out what modified rims you can fit and then look at tyre options. Keep in mind the rear wheel arches are smaller than the front and you will get scrubbing there if you go too big. You'll usually find you need to cut back the inner front guards as well and potentially shorten the overhang on the front chassis.

Maybe check out the earlier comments about how we ended up in this situation Trickster. We checked everything including track openings with Nat Parks on the morning we left and followed a local through.

We have had a couple of SVX Defenders over the last 6 years and now have a 5.0ltr V8 Discovery 4. Funny enough they have all been black.

No suspension damage. The independent suspension is pretty robust. We have broken a CV joint on rougher treks though but they aren't too hard to fix.

Hey Ferg - Sorry we've been so inactive. It was really sad having to sell our Defender and changes in our work environment meant we just haven't been out producing new stuff and are missing it as much as you are missing our episodes. We actually had a massive issue with RUclips when we set up the paid videos and they weren't able to resolve it. We can't even access some of that content still. Let me know which video it was and I'll try to re-upload it and send you the link mate

They do get into your blood - Thanks for dropping by to say hi mate