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Awesome work @TheDocAUS ! I am certainly interested in both the NATO adapter and the Deutsche kit when they are launched. Cheers
Awesome work @TheDocAUS ! I am certainly interested in both the NATO adapter and the Deutsche kit when they are launched. Cheers
Standard fit on the Trialmaster
Great news Michael! Kim very interested and look forward to hearing more in the fullness of time.
Nice, definitely interested. I have some Deutsche plugs arriving soon and I have the crimper and always have tons of Anderson plugs lying around. When the Deutsche pligs arrive I will
Absolute bureaucracy gone mad. You can tow 3.5T with an "s" value of 350kg but you need separate type approval to fit a bike rack.
Re The locking nuts, they are far longer than the normal nuts and I believe they are intended for aloy wheels only. They just do not look or feel right for a steel wheel when I examined them and stick out "proud" a long way past the bolt heads when fitted. They look fine mounted on aloy wheels.
or you could put 10mm spacers on, fill out the wheel arches & give the car a wider stance
I could stand like John Wayne, but would it improve my shot?
www.ctals.com.au
www.ctals.com.au
FWIW...I'd check with the State Transport Regs... such spacers may be illegal... Spacers can increase the (shear?) loading on the wheel studs because of the spacer gap between the flange and body of the wheel. I (reluctantly) used spacers (10mm) on a camper trailer to accommodate electric brakes... which is where I came across the Dept. Motor Transport references to their use on cars.
And it is a good practice to use a torque wrench to tighten the wheel nuts to the manufacturer’s recommendations. In Australia, earlier model GU Patrols had a recommended torque settings of 90 foot pounds, until some wheels came off and that was changed to 120 foot pounds.Also, I seem to remember some engineering advice back in the long dim past where it was good practise to have several "excess" threads clear of the fastener once it had been tightened to spec. I'm sure there are others better versed in these matters who maybe able to clarify...
I hope to get the NATO>Anderson adapter from Connector-Tech ALS (or someone else) and they will do it properly, with a hydraulic crimper. One of my crimpers may be able to apply enough pressure, but that is not my preferred choice.
It's interesting to contrast with old Defenders and the option for the heavy duty steel (sometimes called Wolf) wheels. There the debate was about whether the standard hub studs were actually long enough and whether enough threads protruded through the wheel nut or not:
www.wrington.co.uk
I'd be interested in knowing anything more about this as I've not heard it before and my agent suggested the issue was just the initial supply was for the lower S rating of 250kg and soon swapped out for the higher 350kg rated items.Absolute bureaucracy gone mad. You can tow 3.5T with an "s" value of 350kg but you need separate type approval to fit a bike rack.
