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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: eagle27]
      #387672 - 13/11/24 12:07 AM

Little Suzukis can be worthwhile vehicles.

If I was a Grey Wanderer, I would tow one behind my monster RVmor bus, as the run around.

A soft top Suzi might make a neat safari car per my other thread,

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: NitroX]
      #387674 - 13/11/24 04:16 AM

My hunting buddy Keith had one of the old Suzy's with the 850cc engine. He put 750x15" mud tires on it and used hit when guiding. With 538 gears & it's clearance, it was a good mud buggy for the bad mud holes that grow on bush roads here in B.C.
I've had to build a road under my trucks more than once.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: DarylS]
      #387677 - 13/11/24 07:18 AM

Way back up thread is some post on horses by Ripp. He hasn't posted in a while.

Any one heard from him lately?

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: DarylS]
      #387678 - 13/11/24 07:35 AM

The latest Suzuki Jimny model is quite a bit more sophisticated than the earlier models having most of the electronic driving assist features of their big brother utes and SUVs. A ladder chassis with live axles and minimal overhang front and rear along with a very short wheelbase give the Jimny a good start for off road use. The all-grip traction system using electronic controlled individual wheel braking provides virtual diff locking which drives the vehicle over rutted ground where one front and/or one rear wheel is off the ground. I do like the 2H-4H-4L second gear lever instead of the electric buttons or switches that are prolific on 4WDs today.

I went for the auto transmission option, a breeze to drive on and off road.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: DoubleD]
      #387679 - 13/11/24 09:33 AM

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Way back up thread is some post on horses by Ripp. He hasn't posted in a while.

Any one heard from him lately?




I was wondering the same.

John that old Nissan with a little work the engine would probably still fire up.

Eagle, I like your choice. I refer to the Jimny's as little Landroves as they have much the same shape. a box on wheels with a clamshell bonnet.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: Rule303]
      #387686 - 13/11/24 06:08 PM

Ripp and family are good. Busy on the ranch.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: Rule303]
      #387688 - 13/11/24 07:06 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Way back up thread is some post on horses by Ripp. He hasn't posted in a while.

Any one heard from him lately?




I was wondering the same.




Ripp decided to associate any negative comment about the precious Creedmoor as a personal insult and left. "Kicking sand in the face of the Creedmoor" was the message. As if a cartridge is a person.

A couple of memes posted by another member who posted dozens of memes, cover the situation well. But I've resisted reposting them.

I'm resisting saying more. This thread is about hunting vehicles.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: Rule303]
      #387689 - 13/11/24 07:43 PM

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John that old Nissan with a little work the engine would probably still fire up.

Eagle, I like your choice. I refer to the Jimny's as little Landroves as they have much the same shape. a box on wheels with a clamshell bonnet.




Re the Nissan I doubt it and wouldn't spend a dollar on it. In its "Prime" it would turn over endlessly for minutes before starting. On a goat hunting trip thirty years ago,we got some 3.5 kms to the litre from it, but I remember 3.5 miles to the gallon? It was used as a dog house for years by my parents. I believe rats lived in it last time I opened it.

NOT a good vehicle. We have a Datsun 180B on the farm as well rusting, falling apart. It also had ignition problems. Both these vehicles turned me off Nissan/Datsuns for ever. Never again.

By contrast LandCruisers (fingers crossed) always seem to start very reliability. I glowed mine, and vang it starts. As long as the battery(s) haven't run down. My "new" Triton starts pretty reliably as well. But Toyota's are king,

Nothing worse with ones vehicle than being out bush than it failing to start. I usually carry a thumper type sparecstarter battery as well. If running a fridge, Sometimes even et a generator started, to run the fridge, at a spot for hunting for many hours.

At Darwin once I unloaded my fridge and freezer, both Engels, and took the up to my hotel room. Plugged them in up there. I could not get my LandCruiser with roof rack into the hotel undercover carpark. Parked in the outside carpark, nearby was another newer LandCruiser. He had a fridge, some modern equipment. He ran his ridge for a week without moving it. I spoke to him and also he see a charge Jeter through the window, and it was Stillwell charged.

What sort of equipment was he using, for this result?

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: NitroX]
      #387703 - 14/11/24 12:30 PM

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If I was a Grey Wanderer, I would tow one behind my monster RVmor bus, as the run around.






I've driven Perth to Brisbane return a few times over the years, and have seen the old school bus towing a Suzuki 4WD in the more remote areas a few times. In 2007 I was driving through Nevada USA and saw similar except it was a Greyhound size bus towing a Jeep Grand Cherokee - things are just scaled bigger over there.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: mauserand9mm]
      #387711 - 15/11/24 04:36 AM

Buncha years back, there was a beautifully painted 45' Class 1 motor home driving through P.G., B.C. It had a colour co-ordinated BMW on the top bunk of a colour co-ordinated 2-decker trailer with a colour co-ordinated 26' Fiberglass boat on the lower deck of the trailer. It had California plates.
Quite a "rig". The fellow driving it who had to be in his 80's. His poofy white haired wife in the passenger seat.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: NitroX]
      #387717 - 15/11/24 08:44 AM

Shame about the Nissan. A mate inherited one with a farm he bought. Cleaned the carby, new plugs and with a bit of coaxing she fired. Still uses it as a farm hack. It does guzzle the fuel. Parents had a Nissan Sedan of some sort back in 1964. Bought while in PNG. Sold it in 1971 to buy a V8 Valiant.

I use a 2-leaf solar panel to charge the spare battery when camping. It runs lights and the fridge.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: Rule303]
      #387726 - 15/11/24 05:24 PM

I'd hate to see the fuel bills of these Grey Wanderers using huge buses, trucks, and the sort along with towed trailers.

BTW when in South Africa years ago now, one of our members, "BigFive", whom I hunted with, had a nice newish Utility 4WD. The mandatory anti snoobab hard top lid on the ute back. He also towed a trailer behind similarly equipped with supplies.

He said he didn't want to scratch up his shiny "town car" bush bashing it, so was thinking of a open top cut off 4WD of some sort, Landcruiser, or something, as the bush bakkie. The idea was the second 4WD could be towed behind the better vehicle on the roads. Then used "on country" as the hunting vehicle. The second vehicle could be loaded up with provisions as a trailer for the highway jaunts as well.

Now my questions is:

- I assume a solid sort of tow bar would be needed. I'm guessing some sort of custom tow setup in front would be needed?

- I assume the steering front tyres would need to be "locked" straight so they didn't turn wherever by themselves, how is that done?

- In Australia, would such a setup be legal? He was talking about in South Africa of course.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: NitroX]
      #387734 - 15/11/24 08:13 PM

The towed Jeep I saw in the US was freewheeling and had some frame connecting to the back of the bus - the front of the Jeep faced the rear of the bus. I don't know how that worked.

In addition to neutral in the transmissions, those Jeeps had a neutral in the transfer case so could be guaranteed complete free wheeling. Not sure it there was any "remote" braking connection from the bus but I would think that the mass of the Greyhound bus would allow it's brakes to control the towed load too.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: mauserand9mm]
      #387741 - 16/11/24 06:00 AM

I seem to recall a notation with my 4x4's(or some of them) that the transfer case had to be in neutral for towing. The tranny neutral setting was not enough as it was.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: NitroX]
      #387747 - 16/11/24 08:37 AM

Unless the laws have change it is/was legal in Aust. In days past I saw quite a few towed the Suzuki or something similar behind the bigger 4 wheel drive, bus, motor home. They used a solid A frame, similar to trailer set ups. The towed vehicle had two points, welded I presume to the front that the A Frame locked/bolted to.

No idea about braking but the wheels appeared to be free wheeling.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: Rule303]
      #387748 - 16/11/24 08:46 AM

Yes - I've seen the same thing here, Rule303, with the A-frame having 2 points of contact on the towed vehicle, to 2 on the towing vehicle. My buddy Keith's hunting "Suzuki" has that A-frame that locks back in an upright position when not being towed. It can also be quickly removed completely.
Pretty sure the steering wheel is not bound. I have also seen tow truck drivers run a small rope around the wheel and out the door, closing the door on the rope. I do not remember the configuration of the 'hitch' arrangement as there are several different ones used.

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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: DarylS]
      #387750 - 16/11/24 11:08 AM

A lot of people here tow Suzuki Jimny's or the earlier small Toyota RAV4 vehicles behind motorhomes, caravans or even roadworks machinery such as tractor mowers, graders, etc, using A frame hitches having two hinged (allowing up and down movement) attachment points on the towed vehicle and the standard tow ball attachment to the towing vehicle. Ensure the ignition key is in the steering UNLOCKED position in the vehicle being towed and likewise manual or auto transmission is in neutral and the 4WD selector in 4H or TOW position that some have.
No need to lock the front wheels in straight ahead on the towed vehicle as the steering toe in and camber makes the vehicle track with the A Frame attachment.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: eagle27]
      #387771 - 17/11/24 08:30 AM

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A lot of people here tow Suzuki Jimny's or the earlier small Toyota RAV4 vehicles behind motorhomes, caravans or even roadworks machinery such as tractor mowers, graders, etc, using A frame hitches having two hinged (allowing up and down movement) attachment points on the towed vehicle and the standard tow ball attachment to the towing vehicle. Ensure the ignition key is in the steering UNLOCKED position in the vehicle being towed and likewise manual or auto transmission is in neutral and the 4WD selector in 4H or TOW position that some have.
No need to lock the front wheels in straight ahead on the towed vehicle as the steering toe in and camber makes the vehicle track with the A Frame attachment.




That, and only they should have both gear box and transfer case in neutral. I have seen what happens to transfer case and gear box after a 300km tow where both were not disengaged. This was on a full time 4WD vehicle.


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Re: Show us your hunting vehicles [Re: Rule303]
      #387792 - 18/11/24 08:28 AM

A lot of those Suzuki's that are towed behind a bus have a dog clutch fitted that completely disconnects the transmission from the rear diff. Its fitted at the back of the gearbox and there is an addition lever inside the cab.

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