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Runva 9500 Q, no load line speed of 15.3m/min

Even my old warn xd9000 has a line speed of 11.5m/min (paid $1350 for it 10 yrs ago!)

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Downside to most of these winches is they are so dam slow with no load. Pull forever though. Pity about the backup from the other brand as on paper the Q seems to be a winner.

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nuts wrote:taillings looks way different now lol ......

Due to weather? What's different - more big rocks

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265/75 are only a 32x10.5. You need to compare a 255/85 or a 285/75 to a 33x10.5 x15

As mudlva said, it's for brakes and also better road manners (less sidewall to squirm)

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I have had a good look around but I feel I am missing something - is it designed to be uploaded by an app (such as from my iphone) and then able to be read by anyone (such as family many miles away) on a desktop/laptop through a normal web browser? [Edit - I downloaded Chrome and the Nomads 'app' on...

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About 8:15 the next morning we decided we would hit the road, the traffic was slow just getting onto the motorway but once we were on and across to the inside lane it was flowing pretty well really and we made good time. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/glen_nz/North%20Island%20trip/IMG_1534_zp...

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keithal wrote:That was one hell of a thread dig

Yes, but a fully justified one. It's good to have access updates.

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Nice one, but how irresponsible of you for going with snow in the forecast.....

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You missed the Motu Rd! Yea I know, we sat at the turn off at Matawai for 5 minutes and ummed and ahhed but then time got the better of us, we would have been half dark to dark and thought what the heck, we will come back to the area again. I wanted to do the drive you mentioned in the other thread...

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Looks cool, I'll have a play around later. That sort of thing I would have used, family were interested in where we were as well and they could have looked it up.

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We had a bit of a sleep in and at 9:30 left Whakatane to visit the Tarawera Falls. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/glen_nz/North%20Island%20trip/IMG_2534m_zpszeg4t54m.jpg After a brief nice walk we enjoyed the falls and walked up to the pools where the water disappears underground before comin...

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What the ranger has over them all is simply refinement and ride quality/handling.

Downside is physical size, seeing over the bonnet, lifting something into the deck etc

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Thanks guys - I'll carry on then! Most of this is already written, I like to keep a log of the stories along the way so we can remember them later on, just adding photos on here as we go. Time to repack. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/glen_nz/North%20Island%20trip/IMG_2414_zpsb0pfxhuz.jpg Due...

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This isn't strictly a 4WD trip report but who cares. On June 25th we left home of Gore and headed north. The farm was set with instructions for three different people to look after at various stages, feeding dogs etc. We pretty much just drove the South Island straight up and it was a touch over 900...

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My ARB compressor has finally got tired and I want to replace it, what are people using these days that
a) can pump up 4 x 33 inch tyres without a rest from 15/18 to 35
b) not take all day to do it
c) not break the bank

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Anyone? Someone must have turboed a 4m40. Yea Mitsi did :lol: Are the front diff/suspension set up the same as a Pajero? Looks very similar. Cheers Similar but don't know what is interchangeable, mk's didn't have super select so Paj front end different but that's not to say it won't bolt in. If you...

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dvk-kp wrote:That's a long way from here! Way out in the sticks on the other side of the island. Hope the lunch was good.

Oh yea woops. Was geographically misplaced & thinking Tauramanui... Just a wee brain fart.

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Its just the mud and slop thats the problem, water seems to be fine. Went through Dannevirke the other day heading for lunch at the Whangamomona pub.

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Is yours a 3.5 dvk? If so its a fact of life, that's the beauty of the 3.0 engine, far better placement. Mine costs me a couple of hundy every year or two, got pretty good at getting it out anyway. If you have a body lift it can be moved and swapped with the power steering pump with a bit of work bu...

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BlakeNZ wrote:did you receive my PM?

No...? Nothing there

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Home! 8240km in 22 days, 9.1 litres per hundred (according to trip computer - not actuals), average speed 62kmh.

Thanks for the help guys, certainly scratched an itch, more scratching req'd one day!

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This thread died in 2008, epic grave dig.

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In Taupo now having travelled down the raglan coast today, ferry crossing Saturday am, looking like it might rain some more yet....

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Even the chooks are taking cover this afternoon.

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Tomorrow we are heading north again and to Ahipara. We have been bugged by the tides nearly the whole trip so far, high tide is midday tomorrow so will head up after that and probably stay somewhere up there and come down the slow main road. It'd be great to have a play is some dunes one day but not...

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Firstly thank you to those that have responded, it's great and sorry about the slow replies. Today we are having a rest day, it's pouring with rain in Kerikeri and a rest day is well needed, we have done 4450km in 11 days. Only had two issues, A week before we left I put new springs and shocks in th...

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Does it ever stop raining up here!!

Left the South Island on Sunday and apart from yesterday afternoon it's rained since! In Napier at the mo, came over from taihape yesterday, nice drive. 1800km done so far, cheapest Diesel so far - Gore, 97cents.

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tallsam66 wrote:Sounds like fun ... ill know for sure closer to the time.
For Tailings winches and chainsaws are now essential ... over last Cpl of years has been a lot of windfall and scouring of the track with rain.

Don't forget your Health n safety plan, have you contacted the town planner?

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I'd be getting a new mechanic for those generalisations! I have friends with prados with well over 300k, closer to 400, very common for Utes to have a heap of km on them. It sounds like the mechanic doesn't like Pajeros as the 3.2 is about as bomb proof as they come but have a fuel pump issue at usu...

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Dual Battery tray I didn't really like the look of anything that you could buy except the ARB one and it was too expensive so I made my own. The original fiberglass tray was cracked and broken at the tie down point so I binned it http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/glen_nz/Big%20Paj/IMG_1360_zpsu4...

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