On our way home yesterday an unknown object was thrown from the other side of the road, it passed over the top of the partly opened window,I saw a blurr mm,s in front of my face as I felt the wind from it as it passed & exited between us & out through the rear window of the ute. This happened at 100kl per/hr road speed. I have seen a lot of stones thrown up but the velocity of this makes me think it may have been a wheel nut or similiar. A very scarey moment.
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Although not a stone, yesterday on our way into Longreach from Winton, we have a couple of 'big mother' roos jump across in front of us - Peter didn't see them to start with 'til I yelled at him. There was also a couple of old man emus eyeing us off too just for good messure. This also happened around the 100km/h mark, and as you can imagine, we took it a bit more gingerly into Longreach.
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Pejay are travelling in a 2014 Holden Colorado LTZ Twin Cab Ute + 2013 Coromal Element van
I agree, buy a lotto ticket or tatts. Someone was looking after you!
And Peejay....
I was up that way in June and a roo jumped out in front of my friends, who were travelling in front of me. Luckily it wasn't too big. The only damage was a broken number plate surround. It went under both the car...a Mazda BT..and the caravan. Thank goodness I wasn't the one in front, as I drive a Hyundai i30!
wow, that would be enough to scare you for sure. hhhmmmm roos. I have a BIG bullbar on my cruiser, so I work out, 100kgs of roo compared to a total 5 tonnes or so of van and cruiser, i think I know whos gunna come off second best. he he but all the same, good excuse to stay in bed till the roo moving time has passed (early morning)
Yeh, we also have a BIG bull bar on the front of our Patrol, but still.... gald we didn't hit either the 'roos or the emus. It is nice to have that added protection though. Just to add the scariest bit - it was around 10am in the morning!!!!!
-- Edited by Pejay on Monday 9th of August 2010 04:58:39 PM
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Pejay are travelling in a 2014 Holden Colorado LTZ Twin Cab Ute + 2013 Coromal Element van
We have had Hopper Stoppers on our vehicles for years - toyota Camry, BMW k1100 motor bike, 2 by jackaroos, live in a rural area 1 hour south west of brisbane. Have seen the roos stop in their tracks as we drive past. Someone commented to us as we rode the bike into Cania Gorge CP that the wallabies stopped and looked at us!
Must get them on our Patrol. Best insurance we could ever have had, considering the kilometers we have travelled on our tours.
Hopper Stoppers are cheap compared to the elctronic Shoo roos for which I can't vouch.
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DUNMOWIN is no longer on the road and still DUNMOWIN!
Roos aren't bad if ya get em in the sweet spot of the bar, Wombats are the thing ya don't wanna hit at speed, they'll rip the dif clean out from under the front, tuff little buggers.
Wombats and termite mounds, both hard as concrete, had a young fella in the services decided to take a mound on at speed in a 4 ton unimog, the unimog lost big time.
Safe travels guys n gals
Hoo Roo Happy Days
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