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Don - those lonesome road shots look like the perfect place to see rattlesnakes getting warm on the road. Thankfully we have none of those terrifying monsters here in the cold NE. We do have mostly harmless snow ghosts - snow swirling in a gust of wind.
To tell the truth not so much, not a lot of small game for them to eat and they have to be very paitient and they have a large hunting area. Typical is what is called Sidewinders of the rattlesnake family. Ahhh the snow ghosts we have an equal down here in S Tx called dust devils, small, maybe a couple of feet in diameter swirling dust. When I was a kid we would chase them and try to catch, LOL.
To tell the truth not so much, not a lot of small game for them to eat and they have to be very paitient and they have a large hunting area. Typical is what is called Sidewinders of the rattlesnake family. Ahhh the snow ghosts we have an equal down here in S Tx called dust devils, small, maybe a couple of feet in diameter swirling dust. When I was a kid we would chase them and try to catch, LOL.
Out here on the south plains, those dirt devils get a bit bigger than that . I've seen them well over 2-3 acres in size. Plenty of days where they can be seen in every direction from miles off with dust thrown up thousands of feet into the blue sky. I had one almost plant me in a ditch on the other side of the road when pulling a trailer. It caught me unaware as it was hidden in some tall grass without the dust to show it. A number of years ago, we had a really well organized wall cloud out behind the farm, and there was so much rotation in the atmosphere, you could see 4 or 5 dirt devils from every window in the house. Luckily, the real thing dropped down well east of us and took off.
Out here on the south plains, those dirt devils get a bit bigger than that . I've seen them well over 2-3 acres in size. Plenty of days where they can be seen in every direction from miles off with dust thrown up thousands of feet into the blue sky. I had one almost plant me in a ditch on the other side of the road when pulling a trailer. It caught me unaware as it was hidden in some tall grass without the dust to show it. A number of years ago, we had a really well organized wall cloud out behind the farm, and there was so much rotation in the atmosphere, you could see 4 or 5 dirt devils from every window in the house. Luckily, the real thing dropped down well east of us and took off.
Very interesting phenomenon. It looks like a tiny tornado. Here on the great lakes we get them as waterspouts. They are wickedly dangerous. when fishing about a mile out in the saltwater off of Kenai, Alaska a waterspout that was enormously wide and tall up into the clouds moved against the mountain at the shore. We were very fortunate that it did not move towards us.
Some pictures from Australia - recent trip in the 2018 Platinum Diesel
Longest straight stretch of road in Australia - 96.8 miles and many, many kangaroos, emus, and occasional camels - usually 40-48 degrees Celsius (around 118 Fahrenheit) Perth (910 miles) Adelaide 775 miles The sign close up. Nearby is the start of the outback "golf course" which is 9 holes each spread about 270 miles apart Start of the Nullabor (treeless) Plain road goes for about 70 miles on this the narrowest part which extends about 480 miles inland and 125 miles wide This is the Great Australian Bight about 5 miles to the left of the Nullabor Plain road (Eyre highway) Main Street of Norseman an old mining town about 460 miles east of Perth Driving toward Perth Nullabor Plain ahead
Upanddown - great photos and thank you for the info. That looks like a great place except for the heat. It looks like the factory may have made a slight goof about your steering wheel and controls.
these photos (1 is through the windshield) show a Marsh Master veicl that is just too cool. I really need on of those for hunting. It is used by a dredging company working at a lake.
The heat? didn't notice further - up WA (I travelled 11,000 miles on the journey) it got to 51 Celsuis on one day but that is the dry season for U :-), The steering was done - with a stronger steering box -here in Australia and costs about 38k A$ to convert from LHD and a wait of almost 11 months from the date of order (I read where some in the USA complain about a 3 month wait!! lol) The Effie ended up getting an overall average of 18 miles per gallon with is not bad for a fully loaded rig with generator; porta loo; 30 us gals fuel; bedding and sliding draws; spare battery; 50000w inverter (the factory supplied is useless in Australia)various spare parts and tyre compressor. The average speed was about 60 mph except when passing the B Tripple trucks (53 meters long) and i had to get to 80 mph to get past them.
Wow, that was an adventure! $38,000 to convert is crazy. I can’t believe that Ford doesn’t offer RH drive. Wow, too bad you couldn’t just sit right and steer with left hand - Forgot about the console. Your mileage was great. I carry about the same for work in the country and usually pull a #14,500 trailer fully loaded with a tractor and equipment. Did you keep a journal with photos and video? My wife wants to visit Australia because the men are sexy. She wants to trade me in.
The heat? didn't notice further - up WA (I travelled 11,000 miles on the journey) it got to 51 Celsuis on one day but that is the dry season for U :-), The steering was done - with a stronger steering box -here in Australia and costs about 38k A$ to convert from LHD and a wait of almost 11 months from the date of order (I read where some in the USA complain about a 3 month wait!! lol) The Effie ended up getting an overall average of 18 miles per gallon with is not bad for a fully loaded rig with generator; porta loo; 30 us gals fuel; bedding and sliding draws; spare battery; 50000w inverter (the factory supplied is useless in Australia)various spare parts and tyre compressor. The average speed was about 60 mph except when passing the B Tripple trucks (53 meters long) and i had to get to 80 mph to get past them.
They call them Road trains in Aus - or "bloody hard to pass mongrels" by some, although most are reasonable truckies, they sway a bit when empty that is why they may be hard to pass then. Some of the large mining gear gets transported by road and they are almost the full width of the road and trundle along at about 40 MPH and when they fill up for fuel tanks costing $3- 3,500 are not uncommon.
Wow, that was an adventure! $38,000 to convert is crazy. I can’t believe that Ford doesn’t offer RH drive. Wow, too bad you couldn’t just sit right and steer with left hand - Forgot about the console. Your mileage was great. I carry about the same for work in the country and usually pull a #14,500 trailer fully loaded with a tractor and equipment. Did you keep a journal with photos and video? My wife wants to visit Australia because the men are sexy. She wants to trade me in.
Dunno about the "sexy men" but we are fairly direct over here. Yes kept a lot of photographs and details of fuel costs etc. There is a hella lot of work in the conversion process which includes shifting much of the electrics to fit in with the conversion, removal of the firewall and replacing and welding in a new one to the same specs as original, making new plastic for the dash and realigning the mirrors to RHD, pulling out the interior and motor to work on the cab as well as putting in new flasher lights for our stupid road regulations (must be amber flashing). That conversion cost include the "mark up" by the company that did it and the F150 Shelby trucks are around $Aus250,000 which makes the F250 a bargain! Ford refuse to consider the RHD mainly because they market the Ranger utes over here and they have just taken over top spot in the 4x4 market over here last month. It's cheaper to produce vehicles in Thailand (where the rangers are built) and Ford are like all manufacturers, only interested in making trucks for profit and it would cost a lot more for them to change to RHD production capacity and ship over here. Just broke a rear tail light backing a camper and had quotes for $1200 -$1500 for one ! got 2 on the internet (usaswitchcity) for $US450 which ended up $US597 with shipping and import duty - so parts aren't cheap
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. I've seen them well over 2-3 acres in size. Plenty of days where they can be seen in every direction from miles off with dust thrown up thousands of feet into the blue sky. I had one almost plant me in a ditch on the other side of the road when pulling a trailer. It caught me unaware as it was hidden in some tall grass without the dust to show it. A number of years ago, we had a really well organized wall cloud out behind the farm, and there was so much rotation in the atmosphere, you could see 4 or 5 dirt devils from every window in the house. Luckily, the real thing dropped down well east of us and took off.
but we are fairly direct over here. Yes kept a lot of photographs and details of fuel costs etc. There is a hella lot of work in the conversion process which includes shifting much of the electrics to fit in with the conversion, removal of the firewall and replacing and welding in a new one to the same specs as original, making new plastic for the dash and realigning the mirrors to RHD, pulling out the interior and motor to work on the cab as well as putting in new flasher lights for our stupid road regulations (must be amber flashing). That conversion cost include the "mark up" by the company that did it and the F150 Shelby trucks are around $Aus250,000 which makes the F250 a bargain! Ford refuse to consider the RHD mainly because they market the Ranger utes over here and they have just taken over top spot in the 4x4 market over here last month. It's cheaper to produce vehicles in Thailand (where the rangers are built) and Ford are like all manufacturers, only interested in making trucks for profit and it would cost a lot more for them to change to RHD production capacity and ship over here. Just broke a rear tail light backing a camper and had quotes for $1200 -$1500 for one ! got 2 on the internet (usaswitchcity) for $US450 which ended up $US597 with shipping and import duty - so parts aren't cheap