Moved towns!!

[DanXR6T]

Just moved from Kingaroy, Qld (most famous for some now deceased former Qld politician that may/may not have done some random things a few decades back, who despite the rumours, never grew peanuts) to Atherton.

Packed up the AU ute and trailer, headed north 1700kms and after 21hours I was here.

Fuel econ was pretty dismal, never topped 430kms (ODO + DTE) from a tank but I guess it was to be expected. This is a pic of the loaded ute (the tray is also loaded up).



I was tempted to drive it onto the weighbridge at work to get an idea of the weight I was towing, but it was closed at 3:30am when I left Kingaroy.

In the end I was happy with how the ute went. Only slight issues:

1. When I had the trailer on and I hit the high beams the lights cut out, maybe it was a problem with the trailer lights overloading the circuit breaker. I haven't checked it since.

2. Coming up the Palmerston Range between Innisfail and Milla Milla I got the temp light to come on, which was to be expected towing the weight I was and going up a 6-7km long 8 degree incline at 90-100km/h @ 4000rpm... I'm glad I wasn't in an EA....

Apart from that it was a great trip. Stayed the night in Townsville on the floor of my mates hotel room (I'm sure the hotel people thought we were gay).

Now I just have the crappy job of unpacking all my stuff I have dumped on the rear patio and returning the trailer to Cairns tomorrow...!!!

Dan...