A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
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A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
Just for the sake of posting,
As part of my relocation from DBN back up to JHB ( :( ), I drove my rig up last weekend, quite heavily loaded with all sorts of tools and heavy things inside.
To be honest, the week before the drive I was an absolute stress ball, without having taken the thing out on the open road since I'd bought it, I was really really worried something bad was going to happen mid trip.
Well all my worries were for nothing! Cruised at between 100 and 110 km/h the whole way without a hitch or stutter. What a pleasure!
The two negative though:
I got very very tired and uncomfortable towards the end of the trip - that seat is not comfortable at all! Cant work out what the problem exactly is, it might be that it doesn't go far back enough which I find weird.
And, the speedo over reads quite a lot - 105km/h on the GPS is just over 120km/h on the speedo.
I calculated I did 6.2km/l which is great, however, I fear the speedo over reading may make these cons numbers better than they are?
Anyways, glad its up there now. Now I can get it to Graham to give a once over.
Cheers,
As part of my relocation from DBN back up to JHB ( :( ), I drove my rig up last weekend, quite heavily loaded with all sorts of tools and heavy things inside.
To be honest, the week before the drive I was an absolute stress ball, without having taken the thing out on the open road since I'd bought it, I was really really worried something bad was going to happen mid trip.
Well all my worries were for nothing! Cruised at between 100 and 110 km/h the whole way without a hitch or stutter. What a pleasure!
The two negative though:
I got very very tired and uncomfortable towards the end of the trip - that seat is not comfortable at all! Cant work out what the problem exactly is, it might be that it doesn't go far back enough which I find weird.
And, the speedo over reads quite a lot - 105km/h on the GPS is just over 120km/h on the speedo.
I calculated I did 6.2km/l which is great, however, I fear the speedo over reading may make these cons numbers better than they are?
Anyways, glad its up there now. Now I can get it to Graham to give a once over.
Cheers,
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
Your speedo overreads and your odo meter under reads if you have bigger tires
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
Mine over reads 10kph but its got 315 tyres on.I cant complain about the seat,so maybe there is adjustment problems on yours
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
My speedo under-reads by about 15-20km/h at 120, but my odo is just about spot on with 32" tires (one size up from standard).graham1 wrote:Just for the sake of posting,
The two negative though:
I got very very tired and uncomfortable towards the end of the trip - that seat is not comfortable at all! Cant work out what the problem exactly is, it might be that it doesn't go far back enough which I find weird.
And, the speedo over reads quite a lot - 105km/h on the GPS is just over 120km/h on the speedo.
I calculated I did 6.2km/l which is great, however, I fear the speedo over reading may make these cons numbers better than they are?
Cheers,
Wonder why you find the seat uncomfortable, mine is great. But I guess each person is different.
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
When you drive long distance again do a simple test of covering 100km on your GPS and see how far you traveled axcording to the odometer, mine reads 7% less than the GPS with 33" tyres.
My speedo is almost spot on, about 2km/h faster than the GPS
I actually find my seat very comfortable as well
My speedo is almost spot on, about 2km/h faster than the GPS
I actually find my seat very comfortable as well
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
Thanks guys, i.ll have to test out the odo reading with the gps soon. im on 31in tyres at the moment,standard i think?
ya, the uncomfortable seat is a little baffling. I can do ten hours easy in a landy defender, so why i struggled with this i dont know.
ya, the uncomfortable seat is a little baffling. I can do ten hours easy in a landy defender, so why i struggled with this i dont know.
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
.... don't take this the wrong way.... but I remember when I was a young boy ( only a few years ago - 18 till I die ), I had a Walt Disney collection of books, and weirdly enough the one book was called " The Princess and the pea "..... where only a real princess would be able to feel a pea under 100 mattresses causing much discomfort......... now I'm not saying anything about princesses etc..... but maybe you are Patrol Royalty !!!!......
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Re: A trouble free trip from DBN to JHB
My previous Patrol had a seat where the foam had partly collapsed on one side, so sat lopsided which caused some discomfort. I propped it up from underneath with a piece of additional foam to fit my size better... was good from there!
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