Swampgecko

Horses for courses, you have however approached this in the right manner. Work out what you are towing weight wise and go from there. This was something my 4WD instructor said about caravaning (he was a professional towing instructor), but also applies to boaties. It will never hurt to have a slightly larger towing capacity than you really need. So aim for something that will tow about 2.5 tonne, remembering that you should also take into account ball weight. Rule of thumb 10% of the all up weight should be on the ball. So your towbar assembly on the new vehicle should be capable of the same. As for vehicles sometimes it is better to stick with what you know, so maybe a later model Prado might be best. I myself have a 2000 GU 4.2 TD Patrol, which I will not be parting with. I am also partial to the Pajero, My Dad's diesel 2008 ex cop unit tows brilliantly and can actually tow more all up weight than my vehicle.

You have nailed it so far, Tyres are always overlooked until they go POP! The only other thing I would add for tyres is bulging on the roadface, for want of a better word. The tyre can start delaminating as it heats up and will let go. I had this happen to me a few years ago. Not a pleasant experience

I recently had success with this sugapen yellow and clear bodied with red strips.

Great Fish Donna, both are bigger than my best lizard........ and your other half sounds like my father, he can't stand it when he gets out fished as well....

A good day even with the nets being lifted. Not that uncommon an act down there, I never leave my nets unguarded now. Always in sight of them, I had come across a boat edging into one, they took off when they spotted me closing in with a camera out. My father on the other hand jumped into a boat, ripped the net out of the bloke's hand, gave them a mouthful and told them to rack off after informing them he was a copper....

I found it anyway. Looks like he was correct. The best way might be to approach the council and see what they tell you, as I said this is only a guide, the council will be the final authority on it.

there is a government map website you can look at to get a possible answer, SIX Maps. It is operated by the NSW Government https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/ You need to check a couple of boxes to use it, but it is worth it. I am not sure if the layers line up totally but it should give you a good idea of where the boundaries are. Just a hint when using it, in the right hand top corner of the window there are a couple of menu buttons, one is base maps the other is map contents. Select the map imagery and not the satellite imagery first when looking for a location, it will proceed quicker, one you have the location close, select Map contents, it will give a new menu with various layers, Lot Boundaries is the one you want. Remember this is a guide only. If you need help with the website PM me

Short term submersion only, I prefer "water resistant", unless you have used a suitable adhesive or sealant with the heatshrink. If you don't seal it you can get some capillary draw of water into the connection. I have seen this from personal experience working on military aircraft.

Yes, John, Galahs, very cheeky buggers too... get up to all sorts of antics. That is a pair as well, I can't recall if Galahs mate for life like a lot of other cockatoos. We had three as pets over the years. My favourite was named "Stupid". He was actually my father's pet. Dad would teach him different things but the party trick was to get someone new to the bird to go and ask the following question, "How's your bum?" and Stupid woud reply "Full of feathers, How's your's?"

Thanks for the advice everyone. got the line off the spool, fitted some backing line and respooled the original line. Learnt a few new knots in the process. Cheers

Those splice connectors are similar to what is used in the aviation industry, however they are not environmental splices. The military grade ones that we use at work have a small band of adhesive at each end. When hit with either a normal heat gun or infrared heat gun, the insulation sleeve shrinks and the adhesive bonds to the insulation of the wire giving the full environmental protection. When rewiring my boat in the last few weeks, I did all my connections by the the tried and true method of solder splicing and covering with heat shrink, two layers of heat shrink, the outer sleeve just bigger and slightly longer than the first sleeve. It gives a bit more support and protection at the joint.

I had bearing buddies on my previous trailer with no caps. Never had a problem with the bearings. when I did finally get around to repacking the bearings the grease and the bearings were fine. A quick spray with some WD40 and a wipe down of the nipple before pumping in the grease always helps to remove any possible contaminates.

G'day, whilst I have had braided line on my spinning outfit for some time, I haven't really used it that much. I got talked into it by a workmate who is no longer with the company so I can't quizz him on it. I was out on the Hawkesbury below Lower Portland chasing bass using a light combo I have. The braid is a pink Fireline, I can't tell you the age of it or the weight but I believe it is somewhere around the 6lb mark. I had a few issues, but the two big ones were as follows. Frayed line and slippage on retrieval after the spool got wet. The outter couple of layers on the spool I have noticed are faded in colour, which surprised me as I store my rods in the garage. I had the line break couple of times casting, didn't notice the frayed areas until that happened. The fraying may have been from my lack of accurate casting and having the lure end up on rocks and snags. The second issue is the one that concerns me, the whole spool of line was slipping on the spool itself after getting wet during a light rain. Since I had some massive hits with bass and managed to hook up on one small one, I am now convinced that I need to look at how to load braid onto a spool correctly. So first of all how often should you change your braid? What is the best/correct way to load braid onto a spool? Do I need to put a backing line on? I was really enjoying the braid yesterday, I did get one hook up with a sugapen, previously I had used the same outfit at Gosford and had fun with some small tailor. Cheers

Nice! Must get my ;sp back in the water, been tossing sugapens with success for bass of late.

Guided or Not doesn't matter... tick that off the list, that is a nice fish!