I love watching your adventures and I also love that you do wash your dishes instead of wasting paper plates etc. so you are helping to save the earth. :) I miss not seeing your videos but fully understand why you gave it up. I hope life is treating you well. You seem like a really nice, genuine young guy. Take care.
Glad that someone finally starts with decent tyre pressure....10psi should be everyone’s go to beach pressure and the tracks would all stop Getting trashed. People seem to think you need 500hp for sand driving instead of correct pressure.
Depends on your tyres. Muddies Yeah, normal tyres no, 10psi can bead roll with soft normal non muddies. Also tyre pressure changes drastically with temperature, so 10 hot could be 6 cold and then driving at 6 the next day to start isnt ideal...
Good to hear and see you live by your rule of reducing rubbish by not using disposable plastic crap for meals. I'm also heartened by the fact you have actually mentioned this because many other 4wd channels hardly ever mention the issue of excessive rubbish and ways to minimise this. It's a growing trend that we Aussies get out camping and promoting less rubbish will help to keep Australia Beautiful! 👍😉. Good on ya mate and everyone who lives by the rule of reducing unnecessary rubbish.
I have got to say I really enjoy your videos. I would love to explore the places you go. Australia is beautiful. Your positive and humorous style of videos are entertaining. Keep safe and keep seeking. 👍
We took our 16ft road van through the north west of WA behind our 2WD Commodore wagon earlier this year. Heading out to Coral Bay we dropped them all to about 22psi and got through no problems. Even made it onto the beach (without van) and up to Telstra Hill without getting bogged.
awsome video again mate. I am so amazed about the effort you put in every single video. Just seeing all the different camera angles and whatnot, that must be sooo much work as a solo traveler.
Spooky88, Hang on a minute. Bought in 78. Inherited in 93, that means: 78 to 93 is 15 years. Then, continued to use it for 22 years more. 15 + 22 = 37 years of use! Is that not a reliable fridga fridge?
Hey brother - Another great vid. one tip on beach launching is to get your outboard trimmed all the way up, a couple of good waves can travel up you your exhaust through the prop, so pays to keep it as high as practical while launching and retrieving. You nailed everything else!
I hope you enjoyed the boardwalk at Skipjack Point mate, my crew and I built stage 2 (the car park it’s self and from the car park to the first seat) a couple of years ago. We drove that track each morning and evening for 2 weeks
My general starting point on trailer tyre pressure is matching whatever I drop the tow rig tyres down too...obviously keeping in mind weights of the tow vehicle and the weight of the trailer...it helps if you have matching tyres all round...you did exactly the right thing here in the vid, let em down enough to bag out, can always adjust later on. Love the new shirts!
Prudent and creative use of drone. Nicely done and good points to ponder. I had an Engel 40L for a few years then sold it for a good price again. Loved it. Easy to use, rugged & easy on power.
Hey Michael, I have an Engel fridge freezer that dad bought nearly 40 years ago, hasn’t been switched on for 2 years just turned it on still going great although the 12 volt side of it stopped working a few years ago, great product will be buying a new one that the 12 volt works soon .....cheers mate love the vids
Thanks Michael, good stuff as always. FWIW, I have a Waeco 40 that works great in the local area even on mid-40s days. Also have a Waeco (Dometic) 20lt car fridge for road tucker, or for when I use the 40lt as a freezer. And a old Chescold 3-way which works brilliantly, particularly on gas. Get them all out and working when I take the family away. Or when the power goes out for hours and days like it often does here. Looking forward to getting over there and checking out these wonderful places you show us in WA. Keep it up. Cheers!
that's why i have downsized my boat - to get to spots like that ! some beautiful drone footage there there are some beach launching tips - maybe I'll do my own - thanks !
Love your video always instructional ;). Can you make a video "How to clean your car after Beach Driving" and How to Rust protect your car"? I hearing that fish oil will do the trick..Keep up with the videos
Engel all the way. I have 3 and one is over 40yrs old and still running. I recommend getting a custom built trailer because the welds are not always the best on standard trailers.
It’s a nice spot for sure. Pity the department of pine poles has been extremely active. Great clip. Keep it up. You didn’t use the boat much in the video??
We’ve had a great run out of our 80l waeco. 15yrs and going strong, just down sized as the kids no longer come with us to an Engel 40l fridge and freezer. Both are great.. great video, that is a great place to visit and as you said if you want to see wildlife in the ocean hard to find a better place. Keep ‘em coming.
Love the video mate, couldn’t agree more about the fridge we had same issues with our waeco a few years back on our Kimberly trip, got home and bought a Engel straight away hasn’t missed a beat since 🤙 We just got back from Tamala stn what a spot 👌
Camped on that exact beach a couple of years ago. One of the best places on earth, I think. Need to get back there. Will have to buy a T-shirt. They look great.
Thanks for the video. There was an article in a Texas magazine about that. There are 2 ways to unload a boat from surf. The way you did it is when it's hard sand or you trust your rig not to get stuck. Second way is used more in soft sand unhitch your tralier and push it in but requires more than 1 person usually.
Off roading with a boat is great fun but I have to agree, the standard trailers just aren't built to take the pounding. We broke the back of one trailer although I have to say that it was due more to cheap imported steel than anything else. We have been using a Mangrove Jack collapsible boat trailer for a long time now and that is the best we have ever had. We don't drive huge distances with the boat on it but because it is collapsible, we put it together when we reach our destination and then only have to move the boat a few kilometres. Local WA made trailer and very good quality.
The Waco cfx 40 I bought 8 years ago must be 1 in a million its fricken awesome lives on the back of my ute without a cover and doesn't miss a beat in outback QLD, lucky me I guess.
Best thing u can do if you plan on beach launching - add a third wheel just behind the hitch, with stub axle and hub. Put a swing gimbal on it so you can lower it and drop the trailer off the car. If u get bogged you can then either tow or snatch the trailer out. It also gives you full set of spare bearings if you have trailer trouble.
No matter how many videos of Australia I watch, I am always surprised that cars drive on the "wrong" side of the road and you get out of the "passenger side" of the car, lol!
Trailer tyre pressures - we did the Canning Stock Route earlier this year towing a small home made box camper. Fully loaded weight of around 750 kgs. On Cooper all terrains on Hilux rims. Had the trailer tyres down around 8 to 10 psi. Kept having to pump them back up every morning but could not find the leaks. Finally worked out that if I kept the pressures around 15 psi, no more problems. Can only surmise that the constant bashing from corrugations and rocks was letting air escape around the bead. That's my best guess anyway...
haha 22 deg, cold? That's why you live in the west and I'm in the east. I don't do hot! My engel fridge I have had for thirty years or more. It has spent a large part of that time bouncing around in the cabin of a truck, being used every day. It still works as good today as when I first got it.
My Waeco has been very good, even in 43degree heat out west last month it was working hard and kept everything icy cold. I've heard bad things about Engels too as well as good. I think the Waeco and the Engels are fairly well made, and how well they function depends greatly on how they are treated by owners.
Have a Waeco and Evakool fridges; they all worked perfectly and have friends with Engel and had issues. All three are good fridges really, but personally find Engel designs old school. I tow a 2.6t camper off-road regularly. I go down to 25 to start and 10 if epic soft. It’s all about the pressure and load you carry. Just have to find the balance.
I live in the USA on the east coast, where there are lots of boats and I have to say that on every weekend you'll see a quite few overloaded boat trailers broken down on the roadside. Flat tires, broken axles and frame bits scaping the ground are all common. Seems to me that trailer maintenance is an after thought to most boaters. They don't get used enough to wear out the tire tread so no one looks close enough to see the cracked sidewalls. Too many trailers get totally submerged for launching and retrieving in salt water without being rinsed afterward causing rust in all sorts of hidden places. I suspect that with a little care and proper loading you don't really need a special trailer unless you're doing some serious wheeling just to get to the water.
As others have mentioned trailer pressures the same as car. But given they were road tyres leaving them at 18 to protect the sidewalls a bit was probably about right. I’ve towed a nearly identical size boat on a standard trailer into bottle bay for 10 years now. I have light truck tyres with tubes though so can let them down quite low. You don’t really need an off-road trailer unless your doing 100’s of k’s on corrugations or rock hopping type tracks. People tow standard boat trailers on Fraser Island every day. Putting bigger wheels/tyres on and lifting the boat higher make it 10 times harder to launch and retrieve.
Another great video. Someone has probably asked this already but what are you using for your aerial shot ? Mavic pro or similar? Your living the dream.
Up in Denham at the moment and it’s our last night but would have loved to done Francois peron but don’t have the time. Great video to watch all the same. Do all nation parks have pressure stations though?
I match my trailer air pressure to the 4wd tyres. 10psi would be a very soft ride for the trailer but keep speeds very low as normal.. I tow a Drifta hard top camper. On the way back to WA from a trip to cape York via Birdsville Big Red Bash and Tasmania for a month..
I always listen acutely when a man is waiving a sharp blade around. Perhaps my wife needs to hold a knife in her hand more often and I might listen just that little bit more carefully when she speaks. Haha just kiddin, awesome video mate. I found it really interesting.
Cliff even I felt intimidated when I was editing that scene 😂. I wondered if anybody would comment on it haha. That would probably work for most guys wives! Selective hearing would never happen haha!!
Trailer tyre pressures are the same as your vehicle. I usually start at 14-16 on well used beaches. If it feels a bit sticky I'll drop them down a bit more.
Boat trailers- Don't overload them they are only designed for the weight of the boat + motor. You can upgrade the springs and tyres for peace of mind. Great show, keep em coming ....
Might change your trailer tyres to light truck with a thicker sidewall and inner tubes. The standard boat trailer tyres have very thin sidewalls and will get a puncture off road from sticks if bagged out.
Good start at 18psi, but I go lower too. There’s no weight in your tinnie so you can get away with much less too. Like your truck, keep letting them down until the wheels float on top rather than carving in.
Hey mate! Greetings from Greece! I admire your effort to make those videos and your passion about off-roading! I would like to tell me what's the song from 13:01 to 13:54 because I searched it with shazam but I didn't find it! Thanks in advance. Have a nice day and "SEEK ADVENTURE"!!!
Yeah Waeco fridges tend to run continuously so they fail earlier , Engel's are more reliable . Nice boat launch . Modify the trailer if your going to keep it . Keep the stories coming and seek adventure , did i just say that :-)
Hey Mikey. You mentioned you had a a Waeco in cyan for the WANT trip. Have you had an Engel in the cab with you? Are they noisy? Do they give off much heat? Never really been on either side of the fence with fridge brands but I'm starting to hear better things about Engels and worst things about Waecos.
