From bunyip - 'Rupert' the 4WD - an introduction.
Oct 1, 2011 22:33:27 GMT -6
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Post by bunyip on Oct 1, 2011 22:33:27 GMT -6
Rupert the 4WD.
This vignette is inspired by Jerry’s ‘Rufus’ the Suburban PAWV - with an Oz flavour.
(Rupert also being the name of an gentleman of Aussie extraction who had something to do with starting the FOX network).
Hi, I’m Rupert. I’m a ~2001 Toyota Hilux diesel engined 4WD, something like this;
My owner is Jason, a country boy from ‘back-o-burke’ in outback Australia.
He uses me for getting out bush, and one of his favourite past-times is pig dog’n (going after feral pigs with hunting dogs and (maybe) a rifle or just a knife).
(I’d also make an excellent bug out vehicle, if TSHTF - though Jason doesn’t think in those terms).
I have the 2.8 litre diesel engine, about 100mm (4”) of lift, a ‘roo’ bar (sometimes called a bull bar), and lots of other goodies.
Starting from the front - there’s that aforementioned roo bar. Mounted on that I have a CB antenna (UHF 40 channel) and some driving lights.
Mounted to the roo bar is a Warn® M8000 winch (for getting us out of tough situations),
In the engine bay is a stock toyota 2.8l diesel, fed air through a Safari® snorkel. I have dual batteries, one heavy duty cranking battery for startup, and a high capacity deep cycle battery to power Jasons fridge, and other accessories like lights, air compressor, and the radios. the batteries are isolated, managed and charged by a Redarc SmartStart® SBI is a microprocessor-controlled Dual Battery Isolator.
Inside the cab, there was not much to notice, an extra panel with switches for the lights, the spotlight, the 12v fridge, and the air lockers for the diffs, most noticeable was a GME UHF CB. (Jason could have gone for a HF radio covering 2 - 30MHz, but that ran to big money, and the CB covered most of his needs in the areas he worked. There were even repeaters in the area, so he got good range, in the right areas at least).
Jason was also an occasional contract roo shooter, so often, behind the seat in a metal locker was his .270 (a well-worn Parker-Hale .270, which was on it’s 3rd (or was it 4th) barrel - he wasn’t sure as it was bought 2nd hand. It shot minute of roo-head anyway so it was a keeper).
Mounted on the roof was a Blazalight® spotlight with an in-cabin control handle. This was used mostly for roo harvesting, but occasionally for rabbit and pig shooting at night also. (There was nothing sporting about roo shooting, they were harvested, for pet food and for their skins. there was no danger of their numbers dropping as the stock troughs and broadacre farming provided them perfect conditions to breed in).
Jason had a large extended family, and some of them were welders/metal fabricators. So he had replaced my original pickup style body with a tray body and cage type frame. They had also welded up an extra large 2nd fuel tank and installed it under the tray. The cage/frame served several purposes, there were pens for the dogs, it was the frame for a tonneau type cover, and it was secure storage for his gear (some of the indigenous communities around here encouraged good security if you had much to do with them, without going into too many details).
Jason didn’t think in terms of bug out bags, or even bug out locations. He was equipped to spend up to several weeks at a time very comfortably at any one of several campsites he’d set up. he knew where to get water, fish in the billabongs, and he was very capable of living off the land.
So that’s me described. Maybe we can tell of some of Jason’s trips sometime. he doesn’t think of them as adventures, just his lifestyle (though it is a lifestyle quite different to what many from Australian cities - or other countries lead, so I guess it would seem like an adventure to them?
(PS: Authors note: I’m not a pig dogger but I thought a different way of doing things might interest some folk a bit).
More here;
This vignette is inspired by Jerry’s ‘Rufus’ the Suburban PAWV - with an Oz flavour.
(Rupert also being the name of an gentleman of Aussie extraction who had something to do with starting the FOX network).
Hi, I’m Rupert. I’m a ~2001 Toyota Hilux diesel engined 4WD, something like this;
My owner is Jason, a country boy from ‘back-o-burke’ in outback Australia.
He uses me for getting out bush, and one of his favourite past-times is pig dog’n (going after feral pigs with hunting dogs and (maybe) a rifle or just a knife).
(I’d also make an excellent bug out vehicle, if TSHTF - though Jason doesn’t think in those terms).
I have the 2.8 litre diesel engine, about 100mm (4”) of lift, a ‘roo’ bar (sometimes called a bull bar), and lots of other goodies.
Starting from the front - there’s that aforementioned roo bar. Mounted on that I have a CB antenna (UHF 40 channel) and some driving lights.
Mounted to the roo bar is a Warn® M8000 winch (for getting us out of tough situations),
In the engine bay is a stock toyota 2.8l diesel, fed air through a Safari® snorkel. I have dual batteries, one heavy duty cranking battery for startup, and a high capacity deep cycle battery to power Jasons fridge, and other accessories like lights, air compressor, and the radios. the batteries are isolated, managed and charged by a Redarc SmartStart® SBI is a microprocessor-controlled Dual Battery Isolator.
Inside the cab, there was not much to notice, an extra panel with switches for the lights, the spotlight, the 12v fridge, and the air lockers for the diffs, most noticeable was a GME UHF CB. (Jason could have gone for a HF radio covering 2 - 30MHz, but that ran to big money, and the CB covered most of his needs in the areas he worked. There were even repeaters in the area, so he got good range, in the right areas at least).
Jason was also an occasional contract roo shooter, so often, behind the seat in a metal locker was his .270 (a well-worn Parker-Hale .270, which was on it’s 3rd (or was it 4th) barrel - he wasn’t sure as it was bought 2nd hand. It shot minute of roo-head anyway so it was a keeper).
Mounted on the roof was a Blazalight® spotlight with an in-cabin control handle. This was used mostly for roo harvesting, but occasionally for rabbit and pig shooting at night also. (There was nothing sporting about roo shooting, they were harvested, for pet food and for their skins. there was no danger of their numbers dropping as the stock troughs and broadacre farming provided them perfect conditions to breed in).
Jason had a large extended family, and some of them were welders/metal fabricators. So he had replaced my original pickup style body with a tray body and cage type frame. They had also welded up an extra large 2nd fuel tank and installed it under the tray. The cage/frame served several purposes, there were pens for the dogs, it was the frame for a tonneau type cover, and it was secure storage for his gear (some of the indigenous communities around here encouraged good security if you had much to do with them, without going into too many details).
Jason didn’t think in terms of bug out bags, or even bug out locations. He was equipped to spend up to several weeks at a time very comfortably at any one of several campsites he’d set up. he knew where to get water, fish in the billabongs, and he was very capable of living off the land.
So that’s me described. Maybe we can tell of some of Jason’s trips sometime. he doesn’t think of them as adventures, just his lifestyle (though it is a lifestyle quite different to what many from Australian cities - or other countries lead, so I guess it would seem like an adventure to them?
(PS: Authors note: I’m not a pig dogger but I thought a different way of doing things might interest some folk a bit).
More here;