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AndyCook said:wheres the photos!
none on bits4vits blog yet either - just a teaser saying = *** LATEST - Back from the Lake District - eventually! (long story!) Blog up Soon!...
Dave didnt get back home until 1:20am .... on a flat bed truck, it'll be in the blog, which should be ready tonight!
Dont forget that Dave gets up every day at 5:30am to open up his shop/Post-Office and closes the shop at 9pm.
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if i get chance tonight i will stick some pics up. 
got quite a lot of paper work to sort out tonight for my visa application.
ive got a visa agent in Melbourne preparing everything for my application for state sponsorship. they want a lot of information and want a lot of questions answering.
apparently one of the harder states to get into, but im sure it will all be worth it.
im hoping ive got 5 months work left in the UK, and i want to save another 10k, so need to get some overtime in and stop spending so much on my truck and trips out.
got quite a lot of paper work to sort out tonight for my visa application.
ive got a visa agent in Melbourne preparing everything for my application for state sponsorship. they want a lot of information and want a lot of questions answering.
apparently one of the harder states to get into, but im sure it will all be worth it.
im hoping ive got 5 months work left in the UK, and i want to save another 10k, so need to get some overtime in and stop spending so much on my truck and trips out.
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bloody excellent trip report as always from suzuki Dave! 
http://www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/weeken ... g_188.html
http://www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/weeken ... g_188.html
AndyCook
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excellent report, photos and videos
sorry to see the damage to hilux and hubs...
note you drove parkamoor, i didnt have time to do that one
and pleased to see you struggled on the sadgill section - it is a bugger
and it was slightly damper for you guys
my truck was a lot heavier with camping gear, RTT etc so i never went for it like you guys did
as didnt want to damage anything
still not sure i will do that one again, well certainly not solo!
that ellterwater lane was good too - your last lane of trip - you guys did it opposite direction to me, doing the narrow bridges first,
lots of tippy rock slabs
cheers for sharing!
sorry to see the damage to hilux and hubs...
note you drove parkamoor, i didnt have time to do that one
and pleased to see you struggled on the sadgill section - it is a bugger
and it was slightly damper for you guys
my truck was a lot heavier with camping gear, RTT etc so i never went for it like you guys did
as didnt want to damage anythingstill not sure i will do that one again, well certainly not solo!
that ellterwater lane was good too - your last lane of trip - you guys did it opposite direction to me, doing the narrow bridges first,
lots of tippy rock slabs
cheers for sharing!
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What happened to the digger?
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AndyCook said:excellent report, photos and videos
sorry to see the damage to hilux and hubs...
note you drove parkamoor, i didnt have time to do that one
and pleased to see you struggled on the sadgill section - it is a bugger
and it was slightly damper for you guys
my truck was a lot heavier with camping gear, RTT etc so i never went for it like you guys did
still not sure i will do that one again, well certainly not solo!
that ellterwater lane was good too - your last lane of trip - you guys did it opposite direction to me, doing the narrow bridges first,
lots of tippy rock slabs
cheers for sharing!
on Sadgill i told the guys what you had said in the thread about your trip, that the best line was not to go right, next to the wall. but to go left.
me and 2 of the others then struggled a little bit to get up, and then Maverick went far right and surprised us all by driving straight up!
so maybe SWB vehicles are better going far rightt?
this is me struggling.
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Maverick said:
There used to be an abandoned JCB style tracked digger on the Breasthigh Road, just to the east of the summit. If you Google earth the track, you will find a photo of it.
Roger
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i didnt see a digger last year up there
I tried the line by wall first Ben and attempted it about 4 times, failed each time, so tried the otherside on left and got up on 2nd go
it was Mike54 who said:
"The "right" line is on the left, even though it looks like it's right. If you go right the front kicks up and if you have too much gas you hit the wall (hence the repair in the image due to loads of people doing that)"
and that SWB would struggle.
so maybe the wheelbase does affect what time you try, and whether or not you get "stoppers" at just the wrong place on a wheel
I tried the line by wall first Ben and attempted it about 4 times, failed each time, so tried the otherside on left and got up on 2nd go
it was Mike54 who said:
"The "right" line is on the left, even though it looks like it's right. If you go right the front kicks up and if you have too much gas you hit the wall (hence the repair in the image due to loads of people doing that)"
and that SWB would struggle.
so maybe the wheelbase does affect what time you try, and whether or not you get "stoppers" at just the wrong place on a wheel
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so i needed to do a few repairs after the trip to the lakes. 
one thing that had become a problem, was after fitting the spare 35" tyre, (which actually measures a true 35") was that because the wheels have got so much off set, and the tyres are so big, they were catching on the off side rock slider.
got it jacked up.
and at full droop its clear to see it catching badly.
out with the 9" grinder with thin inox disc.
marked up.
and cut the end off.
borrowed an old mig welder off my mate, complete with bottle of CO2 pub gas.
the welder did the job, but it was difficult to get a good flow with the welder, so ended up doing lots of spot welds.
i think ive found some where that sells full size bottles of argon welding gas, without the con that is the contract/bottle rental that BOC and Air products charge!
hoping to go halves with my mate, and then i can make my roof rack!
got some paint on it.
bumper took a scrape on the stupidly tight lane, with the railway sign on the gate.
quick lick of paint.
went to open the rear door on one of the lanes and the wind took it and threw it open, smashing one of my back lights.
the reason was the pin had some how come lose and got lost.
luckily i had a spare light for that side.
so after replacing the missing pin with a bolt and lock nut, i fitted a new light.
my wheel/tyre took one hell of a hit when a rock jumped out in front of me.
it was bent worse than in the pic, the first thing i did after it had happened was get a hammer and start hammering the rim back to prevent the tyre from going flat. then i realised id put a hole in the tyre aswell.
took the core out of the valve.
used the high lift to break the bead on the tyre.
few hits with the BFH and the wheel looked a lot straighter.
hoping to get the tyre fixed tomorrow. need to see if my local agricultural tyre place will vulcanize the hole in the side wall for me.
one thing that had become a problem, was after fitting the spare 35" tyre, (which actually measures a true 35") was that because the wheels have got so much off set, and the tyres are so big, they were catching on the off side rock slider.
got it jacked up.
and at full droop its clear to see it catching badly.
out with the 9" grinder with thin inox disc.
marked up.
and cut the end off.
borrowed an old mig welder off my mate, complete with bottle of CO2 pub gas.
the welder did the job, but it was difficult to get a good flow with the welder, so ended up doing lots of spot welds.
i think ive found some where that sells full size bottles of argon welding gas, without the con that is the contract/bottle rental that BOC and Air products charge!
hoping to go halves with my mate, and then i can make my roof rack!
got some paint on it.
bumper took a scrape on the stupidly tight lane, with the railway sign on the gate.
quick lick of paint.
went to open the rear door on one of the lanes and the wind took it and threw it open, smashing one of my back lights.
the reason was the pin had some how come lose and got lost.
luckily i had a spare light for that side.
so after replacing the missing pin with a bolt and lock nut, i fitted a new light.
my wheel/tyre took one hell of a hit when a rock jumped out in front of me.
it was bent worse than in the pic, the first thing i did after it had happened was get a hammer and start hammering the rim back to prevent the tyre from going flat. then i realised id put a hole in the tyre aswell.
took the core out of the valve.
used the high lift to break the bead on the tyre.
few hits with the BFH and the wheel looked a lot straighter.
hoping to get the tyre fixed tomorrow. need to see if my local agricultural tyre place will vulcanize the hole in the side wall for me.
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It is illegal to repair the side wall of a tyre.
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Legally you would have the problem that side wall repairs are not allowed, therefore a tyre with a damaged side wall is illegal. Bit of a catch 22.
Plus it is not good practice to use a tube in a tubeless tyre.
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Plus it is not good practice to use a tube in a tubeless tyre.
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Roger, I have side walls repaired before without problems. No one has ever told me that it was not legal. I will ask a tyre fitter friend.
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