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General Category => The Sump => Topic started by: eddy on April 07, 2010, 06:20:27 PM
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the big move to the country is less than 90 days away ....anyone wanna buy a slightly used good second hand house in North Ringwood? comes with a couple of motors and beddie parts in the garage 8) ..... got me thinking about how to country proof the beddie on the country roads ..... bull bar? spot lights? aerials? was up at Shepparton on the weekend and noticed how many flying dinasours are splatted on the front of the vehicles .... fair dinkum some were as big as black hawk helicopters ... so do I put a flyscreen panel on the front of the van so the radiator doesn't clog up? doent like the look of the bull bar but I'm tipping I'm going to be doing alot of highway and back road kays ..... how do you kill the roo before it makes contact with the bonnett? or more concerningly how do you kill the roo and throw it to the side before it hits the front of the van? roo bars are so .... 80s ::)
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Whats the score Ed? have you transferred up there? will you be one of the Nagambie boys in blue???
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Hey Mezz, nuh going back on the chippie tools or what ever I can find ...... looking for work when we get up there ;)
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hey eddy, get those whisling things they put on country cars n 4x4,s,
ive got them on my van.
ive seen roo,s (big grasshoppers) jump off the roads 2 get away from them.
they imit a high freq whistle.
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Hey eddy dunno if you need removalist to move ya but if you need a removalist give us a call my dad owns and runs a removal company and work for the vompany :) and it's called hyclass removals and we do local country and interstate so give dad a call on 0418332719 to find out some prices and stuff.
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hey Marty good tip, thats what I'm after, hey Jas I got three very very good looking extremely fit young boys ..... bet you thought I was gonna say they are going to help me move but .... depends whats on the telly before they get off the couch ... bets I'll be moving the couch myself with one of them still attached to it, thanks for the heads up hows your dad go lifting couches with boyd attached? ;D
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LOL what we do is ask nicely to get up and if that dosen't work we just tip the couch forward and get them of lol
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Eddy on the night driving in the bush.
Dont know if the wistle things work, but they are worth a try.
Run two sets of driving lights, one with needle beams straight down the road, and another with a wide spread pointing out to the sides by 10 to 15 degrees.
The needle beam is for driving and the spreads are for spotting those pesky hoping rats on the side of the road.
When you see one on the side of the road drop to low beam, as they are drawn to the bright light.
When you look like collecting one that is on the road, brake hard at first (to reduce your speed) but when your close stop breaking and let the nose of the van come back up, that way their more likely to go under the van instead of into and up over the bonnet.
Warren
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hey good tip Wazz, I reckon someones had a bit of roo battering in their time ;)
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Hey Eddy, I have the whistles on me van ,bike and the dirty old ute. They do work, as I live in roo country.(take them off iff you want to have a claim) ;D ??? ::) :D
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tch tch tch tch we are not amused!! ;)
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Yes Eddy I did a lot of country miles in my Yoof :D
It was the Steak on the Hoof that was dangerious - a lot bigger than the flying Rats :o
But as allways drive to the conditions and you should be OK
Warren
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if you drive fast enough you get past them before they realise you are coming. doesnt help if the roo's are already on the road, thats where you need you quick reflexes and to read thier body language. I dont know if the high pitch thingys work, I reckon some of them are gimics.
I have hit one roo once and it was in my Mazda R100 when my lights died mid corner. It hit the front wheel and didnt do any damage to me but the roo died straight away.
If you go to slow they get in front of you!!
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i recon they might work, (roo whistles) because on my travels ive never hit a giant hopping rat.
and ive seen them bolt outa the way, but i think u have 2 be doin a good speed for them 2 work properly. 70kms or over.
if i ever go drivin bush at night id rather have them, $10 i think they cost.
wonder what a few sets might sound like 2 them
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I own 3 cars/vans, the only one that has those wistles thingies is the only one thats hit a roo.
So I don't know if they work or not. :-\
Coluld be just luck of the draw.
Jan
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might have been a deaf roo?
was it an old one, lol
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ive herd they work.. from a bloke who has tripped round aus..
ben
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someone should do some reserch on the subject,
get 1 and go blow it at animals in a zoo?
n see what they do
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it says on the packed you need to be driving over 60kph for it to work.. not sure if they made them like that so we cant have fun at the zoo or if its so we would never know if they dont work???
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I believe they work, and we have shit loads here and for a couple of dollers it makes a bloke fill safe ;D
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dont buy them at super cheap!!
one day i was in 3 different shops and saw exact same package/product for 3 different prices
1st was in the servo for $2.50
2nd was at bursons for $5.0
3rd was supercheap for $12.50
gee super cheap not so cheap this time round!!!
ben
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UPDATE UPDATE ..... The countryfried beddie world will have to wait a bit longer ... seems the propretty we put a deposit on is not so fine anymore, appears that more then likely they will eventually close Kirwans Bridge. its the longest single lane timber bridge in Victoria and has heritage listing BUT is costing too much for the local Council to repair, only gets saved if Federal Govt get involved ... for the sake of 20 odd residents its a big outlay on the tax payer so we're thinking more than likely not. If we bought we would have to drive AROUND the Lake Nagambie on dirt roads to get to our little piece of Ozzie paradise. Soooo ... decided to wait till another propretty comes up on the township side of the Lake. In the meantime hoping to get the deposit back sooner rather than later as the boss now wants to buy a 4 x 4 to tow the caravan north again. Seems now that she got some cash the beddie tow van idea is not an option for her anymore >:( Bloody buga now I'm gonna look like another grey nomad carting a caravan behind a everyone owns 4 x 4, funny thing is I ain't quite that grey yet mama dearest!!!! frigginshiteyshiteshitebuggaballbag >:(
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sorry 2 hear that eddy.
hope u find a new paradise soon.
marty
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Bummer BeddyBrother.
Just cant see you in a 4x$ Eddy.
So Ringwoods sold then, looks like youlle be a (Not So) Grey nomad by default :D
Warren
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Hey Waz, no we still have the mansion on the hill (along with the four mid twenty year old persons .... ) so they are very relieved they don't have to go out and find a new home (they don't want to move bush with us, such a shame), we're (me and the missus) are heading off on 2 months long service leave 1st July be gone for 3 months all up, returning up north for some r & r before propretty hunting at Nagambie when we return, so no beddie tow vehicle again >:( ... Hey Marty might come up and steal a bit of your paradise ;)
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no paradise here eddy, i live in the outskirts of shitme, whups i mean sydney.
my paradise will be when i buy and live on the 55ft roberts yacht or move up murwillumbah way on a rainforrest property away from mainstream society .
then that will be paradise, :)
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hey all good bro, we had to cross a mainstream on a rickety old bridge to get to our propretty but bloody society will close the bridge and force us to travel in the dust forest, that roberts yacht would have been handy ;D
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Eddy l did the country move about 14 years ago, and dont regreat it one bit, can't even hit the nabours roof with a sling shot, instead of scratching on their window when we opened the kitchen window ;D ;D. And the kids always find their way back (even when you don't give them the address) Whats wrong with a casual life style, masive shed, and fresh air?? l tell ya,, NOTHING ;D :D ;D ;)
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I second that rossie !! ;)
We moved North 45minutes from work 8 years ago.
It's worth every minute of travel, just under 1 hectare of space and fresh air. ;D
Sure beats listening to our old neighbour farting etc.
Jan & Sway
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Yep yep agree 100% but we will have to wait till another propretty comes on the market...... in the meantime we are heading north again, looked at a 2001 Pajero yesterday ..... mum likes it alot so looks like I gotta be a relunctant grey nomad again, this time I should fit in better with a fancy pants 4 x 4 :-\ the beddie is still sat in the driveway and I think I saw a tear appear from the windscreen washer when we got back from looking at the Paj :'( if I remember correctly about a year ago we decided to buy a V8 beddie to set up as a beddie tow project to launch the caravan north, funny how things change when the missus gets her mind set, every morning, changes her mind as much as I change the tv channels (handy things those remotes) >:(
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there out there eddy. plenty of propertys. you got the rite idea, head nth for winter, one will come up an youll know it when u see it bloke enjoy yor hols bloke ;)