If you see this van or vehicle say hi







The disco will be minus the ladder and sitting level by the time we leave, had a blown rear air bag when pic was taken and has since been replaced.




And just to finish with a pic that was still on the camera from a bit of a drive about a month ago
cheers
blaze

Hello Blaze.

Old disco is a tdi 300 deisel, I sit on 85 to 90kmh. Hills slow me down a bit if they are long, turbo temps start to creep up a bit. Have been told by some you can get 900km from a tank of fuel. I have never had them figures, best ever was 720km with that roof rack and ladders on. The more you carry the more fuel you use and as it was a work vehicle it was loaded all the time. If I can get 600km a tank I will be happy while towing. cheers blaze

Only wish i had a skill like that to help pay for a bit of fuel blaze.
By the way that is one top pic you have posted.
ccb

One of my mates who is semi pro with the camera reckons I should submit some for publication, I dont photoshop any photos and they come straight off the camera and I dont think they are good enough. But I do see what he has published, of late they have been postcards and calanders and a couple of mags, he puts a fair amont of work into them cheers blaze

Goodonya Blaze... I'm sure you'll get heaps of diesel money along the way!!! Now considering what we'd like printed on our tyre cover.....

Already got work teed up when we get to Perth doing some of the 4x4's in a rally or something that runs north of Perth on easter weekend, dont know how many yet though. cheers blaze

Will be watching out for you blaze Cheers Dellie

Best wishes Robert for your life on the road, hope you get plenty of work. Re your Disco, I have friends with an 02 model (petrol). They recently upgraded from a camper trailer to a Jayco Sterling and in order to fit a weight distribution hitch they replaced the rear air bags with coil springs. They now find that the rig tows much better and is more stable on the road since doing the modification. As I'm not a Disco owner myself I can't give much more details than that. cheers, Jim

Hi Jim Towed the van around some of the worst roads you may encounter on the way to our annual camp, twisty, bumpy and hilly and the van tows straight and true even when taking evasive action. I run 20 pound in the air bags (only air assist). I very neally put air assist under the van this year to lift it up to get into the annual camp site as it was very wet and bogged up. Still may fit them one day as it would be handy to get another 3 inch cleanacr at times cheers blaze

You've obviously got it right then, no point in fixing a non-existent problem. I have air assist similar to yours fitted to the Pajero. That info may be useful to other Disco owners. best wishes for the trip, Jim

Hi blaze, hope you do not mind me using your water pic, I have made the water ripple, its a .gif file so if you want a copy just right click and selecet save as.
not sure if this will work, but here goes, it may take a while to load, just give it time.

yep, it does work for me, does it ripple for you, I had to wait a couple of mins for it to load.

I feel like Ive been on the turps now wombat, amazing what you can do with some good editing programs. No dont mind you playing with my pics. cheers blaze

Geez Wombat thats amazing! Can you change the weather too?

I can make it rain or snow but the effect is not that good, can also make the clouds move, problem with these images is that they are 14mb and thats a gif file

Hi Folks Todat is D day (departure) See you on the road cheers blaze

Best wishes, Take care, Jim

Hi blaze, you have a safe trip, and enjoy yourself, I am sure you will.

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I can make it rain or snow but the effect is not that good, can also make the clouds move, problem with these images is that they are 14mb and thats a gif file

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hi wombat, can you make cyclones disappear, make a fortune if you can.

 

Hang on I'll give it a go. 

Hope this helps with the cyclone

Orignal pic


After getting rid of it


wish it was that easy in real life, all you QLD's stay safe now.

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Hope this helps with the cyclone

Orignal pic


After getting rid of it


wish it was that easy in real life, all you QLD's stay safe now.

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your a genious, can you moove up here and live ???????????

 

sorry no can do, too busy here

Hi Wombat Can you do some thing about this mini heatwave in the barossa ATM, maybe get a cold front and push it up from the south. cheers blaze

Hi blaze, wish I could, we are heading that way in a couple of weeks, hope it is gone by then

from what they are saying it should be all back to normal by then, low 30ish cheers blaze

Thats a good temp for me, don't like it toooooo hot