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Thanks Martin and many thanks for doing all the arrangements, I know it is not easy.


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hello everyone,
counting the days,

Rhodes have confirmed our accommodation, normal B&B features applies, ie, bedding and towels supplied. Remember best to bring your own camping fridge.

it is nearly time to start your engines.
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My Tuna ready for any eventuality.
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Awesome Martin. You guys must buy the new SA4x4 magazine, it has a “5 passes” article. I haven’t read it but it will be a good prelude to your journey.
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wow, a lot of planning, all the interest, now its upon us. This is the beginning of an annual special event.
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Disco all prepped. Now to see if I can keep up with the old hands. Can't wait for departure.
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We did something similar a few years ago, and the thing we battled the most was punchers on the gravel roads
Take some (or a lot) of puncher repair kits, you might need them


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Gualter wrote:We did something similar a few years ago, and the thing we battled the most was punchers on the gravel roads
Take some (or a lot) of puncher repair kits, you might need them


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So there were people punching you on the trip???

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KurtG wrote:
Gualter wrote:We did something similar a few years ago, and the thing we battled the most was punchers on the gravel roads
Take some (or a lot) of puncher repair kits, you might need them


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So there were people punching you on the trip???

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No
But they might be punching you on the next trip


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Gualter wrote:
Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:22 pm
We did something similar a few years ago, and the thing we battled the most was punchers on the gravel roads
Take some (or a lot) of puncher repair kits, you might need them


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What tyre pressures were the guys running on the vehicles that had the problems?
As a "newbe" to this game I'm genuinely interested in how to maximise the fun and minimise the damage factor.
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Don't stress Paul.

Most of the tyre's were old HT's, and Walter just had bad luck.

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For the slow passes you can probably drop to 1.6bar but then you can’t exceed about 60km/h, you can suss it out when you are there depending on the rockiness of the roads. 1.8bar is safe for all conditions including tar
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KurtG wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:19 am
For the slow passes you can probably drop to 1.6bar but then you can’t exceed about 60km/h, you can suss it out when you are there depending on the rockiness of the roads. 1.8bar is safe for all conditions including tar
Thanks Kurt.
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Ya, just deflate a bit on the gravel roads and you should be fine



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