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Lowered Brumby......... for a 1/2 hour anyway.

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:56 pm
by Reg Brumbys
The ol' man called up today to see if I could pick up a load of gravel for his yard from a landscape mob a few suburbs away - no dramas - the Brumby loves to work.

Rocked up, pulled up to the holding bay, the bloke in the front end loader belts into the pile of gravel and eases a bucket load into the Brumbys tray - hat's off the the bloke - I rekon he could stack nanas china cabinet with the thing and not break a saucer.

As the cloud of red dust cleared I realized that my wash job yesterday (the first since the easing of the water restrictions) - would need to be repeated next weekend - no dramas - I like doing it.

He was riding a little low with the load as you will see - I'm not sure how much weight was in there. The bigger tyres gave a few scrapes as I hit the bumps on the highway and went round the traffic acne - but no real dramas.

As the gravel was unloaded (by shovel), he popped back up to normal height with no sign of ill effect.

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but I got to see what the ute would look like if I pimped my ride an lowered it ;)

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Not much room there eh, Can't wait for the lift!

Go the mighty Brumby!

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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:30 pm
by Subafury
nice now jack up the back so the shocks are at full height and you'll see what a lift kit looks like!

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:15 pm
by steptoe
Can't go too low in the Brumby, given that there is only 20mm between no load and the bump stops when new ! My landscape supply fellas went a little further with topsoil on my 84 - the front of the pile started on the roof about 10 inches high an estimated 800 kg load steering was veerry light

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:14 pm
by Subafury
pretty sure i can outdo this as my rear shock broke last weekend on a 4x4 trip. the spring base on my brand new 2wd kyb strut broke leaving me scraping the tyre all the way home.
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