Follow my Adventures and if you like 4wding - Please SUBSCRIBE! My channel is all about my 4wd roadtrip exploring Australia. There's heaps of footage featuring the 76 Series V8 LandCruiser and 200 Series LandCruiser! I try to help out other LandCruiser owners with DIY and how to videos of modifications I have done to my own 76 Series including 3" Exhaust installations, sound deadening, cruise control + many more! Loads of Big Trips including Cape York, The Simpson Desert, Border Track, South Australia Mud Adventures + many more!
It would depend on the size on the zip and whether it attaches at the top with a zip or with the c-channel! I would say there there is a high possibility that a lot of the tents on the market would have interchangeable components, due to the likely hood they are manufactured in the same factories in China despite different brands. I would try and go into a 4wd SuperCentre or Adventure Kings stockist to have a look in person to be sure
Yes! Been hoping you were still doing videos 🙌🏼 Loved your Cape trip playlist, with the Simpson crossing included. Hoping to see more trip videos, and ‘how to’ tutorials, but anything involving the 76 will be sweet 👌🏼 Cheers!
Thanks legend! Cheers for the feedback, got a couple of vids to edit and get up, but I’ve just got a 200 series as well! So more of that to come soon too. Cheers
If you are looking to do more technical work then yes (such as microwave path profiling, link planning, and network design and engineering there are courses available), if you are looking to do the climbing and physical installation, Rigging is the more technical part of the work, and short course training is required, mostly on the job training that continues through your career as you work on different sites. The majority of that work is classed as ‘general skilled work’ such as installing cable on cable tray securely, installing (terminating) cable ends, some basic use of hand tools etc
Hey mate! Can’t be 100% sure as I’ve only got experience with the 11xp, although there is lots of room in the bar around the 11xp, so I’d say there’s a fair chance it would! I think it’s only the motor that’s bigger anyway on the 13, and the cable roller etc would all be generic size. The Warn winches look a LOT bigger than the Runva and they fit in there no probs too.
If u did that in some places,lik BRITISH COLUMBIA, OR NEW BRUNSWICK, the ministry of natural resources would have a fit,cuz yur driving in and over fish habitat! Destoying fishes egg laying areas!and other aquatic species that use creeks to regenerate, by laying or depositong live fish fry ( babies) in the creeks! And tearing up the forest floor with them mud tires!...but thats FUN!
Hi mate i seen a comment on another vid i just watched about fixing a ln106 hilux 3L diesel injector pump leaking and i seen you got geuniun orings for your does toyota just sell the ones you need or do you have to buy the whole kit and i spose you dont have a vid on how to replace them
Awesome vid. I'm thinking of applying for a telecom rigger traineeship in Sydney. Is there regular or plenty of work available once qualified or is it more like sporadic contracts you have to find yourself all over the country? Are you paid for travel to all these sites? Have you ever slipped or fell in the harness? I don't think I'm afraid of heights but i've never been 100m in the air so it's hard to guess haha
Hey mate great questions! I paid for a few of my tickets myself to get a foot in the door with a telecommunications rigging company, but once I was employed all of my training was covered. I didn’t do a traineeship, if you can go out and do your Dogman and Basic rigging ticket (pay yourself) then just start applying for rigging jobs, tell them you’re new and willing to learn; hopefully they’ll put you with a crew without having to do a traineeship because you’ll get paid way less and probably learn the same amount. So much work out there for private microwave links or mobile phone tower work. I started as a casual, and then landed a permanent full time job after about a year. Yes I travel to all my jobs in work time (paid to travel) including flying or driving. All expenses are paid with a daily ‘living away from home allowance’ to cover food and accommodation. I’ve never fallen, but yeah sure I’ve probably slipped a few times when it’s wet, but you have to be aware of your surroundings when you get up to height, it becomes second nature after a while. I’m not afraid of heights, but it has its moments, when it’s windy as hell, or the tower is thin and moves a lot it can feel sketchy, but you are employed to do a job, it just so happens the job is at a certain height; so once you get the climbing out of the way, you’re really just doing a normal job at height and you just focus on your task if that makes sense!
Hey mate not sure about in Canada, but here in Australia it would range between $32-$55 per hour depending on experience and the job, all of the height allowances and high risk work conditions are build into the hourly rate.
Hey mate - there sure was - water came into the cab and killed the stereo/amp unit under the seat (no audio the whole way home) the rear boot release button died so we couldn’t open the back doors at all and all 3 of the cruisers killed their starter motors due to water ingress between 2 weeks and 6 weeks post trip!
Oh that sucks. I was more interested in the head lights if they were effected. I have a Prado and some how got water in the headlights/ ecu are fried, never drowned car or done deep water crossing and Toyota refusing to fix under warranty hence wondering if ur lights were also effected or if I have faulty seals etc.
Brad when i did maintenance on this tower i found missing bolts and had to check and photograph every single bolt on this tower lol its like 98 meter's i think.. I twin roped it. At least you get phone service at the top.. no Optus service at the bottom lol
100% good old Axicom days - this was an old iiNet install from like 2016! Maggea, out from Loxton, 93m, tall freestanding that’s for sure. Check out my ‘Tower Climbing’ vid on my channel Tim makes a feature in a couple of parts too. Was a great job! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3xb2j9IK_e8.html
@@4wdAdventure will do man. I'm still doing AXICOM maintenance now indara so +200 sites. Hopefully give me a break from constant 5g VHA OPTUS upgrades every week lol
Thanks for the educational comment! It’s a massive drop, I found it made a huge difference. It was the best measurements I could take using a phone under similar circumstances from the multiple test drives. Would be good to have been able to measure it with a calibrated instrument
Good question - the job can be technical and exciting and yes sometimes very hard. We usually work in all weather conditions (except thunderstorms) and that includes different scenarios which can make the job harder once to get to the working height. Anything from hauling up and installing large microwave dishes or mounts and steelwork which is the rigging component; or aligning antennas to the receiving end, and terminating different types of coaxial/data/fibre cables in the technical part. It’s mostly all on the job training and you still have to be able to perform the task once you get to the working height. Best job I’ve ever had
Far out. That’s crazy. I’m in South Australia, with wind chill we’d be lucky to reach -5 with wind chill (unless you work in the alpine regions etc.) usually work in the 8*C/15*C in winter to 35*C/45*C temps in summer. Always a bit cooler up the tower with every 10m of elevation is increased wind factors
Hey mate love your videos. Currently waiting to land a job with a telco company. I just wanted to ask you if you are still in the industry and if so, do you still enjoy it?. Lastly is there room for growth and potential to earn higher income. I’m starting as a trainee rigger. Keep up the good worth mate 👍
Hey mate - Go for it! Hope you’re enjoying it so far. It’s a very competitive industry but with the right attitude and if you’re keen to learn there’s room for growth as a supervisor and then manager, or you can move into project management, the telco industry is pretty specialized so it’s also good to get experience on other crane/ construction jobs as a rigger. Telco is a very cool, but very small part of the rigging industry! Sorry for the late reply!
Thank you mate A Dogmans/ Basic Rigger’s ticket is a good place to start along with Work Safely at Heights - tower work is more industry based such as telecommunications and most of the training is job specific and you learn from others in your company if you can get a job. That’s in Australia anyway. Cheers
Great in depth vid buddy. Has it altered the sound quality of the speakers? Sound waves need a solid surface to bounce off the get the full acoustics. It’s my only concern of putting it inside the door. I hear it’s better on the door panel to stop the sound wave penetration but speakers still push good sound out.
Hey mate, sorry about the late reply - I missed this comment! Interesting! Would definitely be an good thing to compare; I think it’s made the whole shell of the cruiser a lot more “deadened” but the improved listenability to music in general is GREAT; solely from having significantly less road noise inside the cab and not having to drown the road noise out by turning the stereo up. Can now actually hear the music a lot better without having to crank it up if that makes sense!
Oh wow, A couple of those water crossings were WAY DEEPER than I would have thought just by seeing them! You guys did a great job of saving that 200 quickly!
As long as you don’t expose any bare metal that should be ok! I tried methylated spirits and it was working to dissolve the glue, but was in too much of a rush to spend half a day on something That inevitably made no difference to the performance of the sound deadening
That is a lot of mud! I am surprised that 76 was able to make it through some of those super slick mud areas. Very nice!!! Thanks for sharing the great video with us!
Hey mate it’s call a LadSaf - these are the 3M SALA LadSaf X3+ fall arrests to suit the LadSaf cable system. They’re great going up but can jam on the way down, but saves hooking on a massive ladder that’s for sure!
