Trip Reports

I have been asked, "'"what's the best way to send my photos from a still camera to whatsapp?". This question has come about, since we recently started broadcasting our trip photos at our general meetings. I will try my best to show you how to do it. Now, I do use WhatsApp on an Iphone, but I assume the Android version of WhatsApp is similar. (Please note, some things will be blurred out for privacy reasons). Step 1. Download all your photos from your camera, and onto your c

Following is a story showing the importance of having the humble Maxtraxs when going into sandy areas. On Sunday night at 19.11 I received a message from a friend if I had any suggestions with a picture showing his Prado buried to the sills in sand. I asked what his tyre pressures were and suggested to go to 10 psi as he was already on 15. He tried but he was bottomed out and got no movement. The decision was made that I would come to help him. Luckily I had my mighty LX470 r

I thought I would create a "how to " guide on how to create a trip report. Hopefully this guide makes it easy for you, and easy for me, to create a great trip report. To demonstrate this, I will use a trip report that I've recently received A link to the original story can be found here "Qu i ckie to Breton" Emailed trip report The email contains a trip report composed in Word, and all photos relating to the trip. Once saved, I can see clearly see the photos have been label

A few weeks after the trip from Joel to Mundaring where I tried to go through the water hole, the engine didn’t want to start. After reading up on wat it could be, it turned out it was the starter motor. Easy to do, so I thought. More reading on IH8MUD forum was required and it turned out that the starter motor in the V8 engine is located between the banks under the intake manifold. After deciding I would do it myself, I looked at getting the starter motor. As it is in an imp

I thought I would write a little article about “How to wash your 4wd after a beach run”. My target audience for this article is the “newer” or lesser experienced 4wder, this is the way I would normally wash my 4wd. No, I’m not talking about spraying the car, washing it with car wash and you're done, I’m talking about under the car and places you never thought to wash. The Chassis Rail Before I start, the first thing I want to mention is, Don’t worry about the look of my chass