I wish I had installed the new low range before this weekend. I went down to Bendethra and the hills there are really steep, and they have irrigation humps which you have to slow down for. With the trailer on, the things just ran out of revs and I had to get towed up a number of hills by a turbo V8 diesel Toyota.
I had to explain tp the group it was not a question of tyre pressures or that I had road tyres on. The car did not have the gearing or grunt to tow the trailer up the hill. Simple as that. But, we then came to the creek crossings. One had a particularly steep, rutted exit. I took one look at that and said there was no way my car would get up that with the trailer on. A Pajero was struggling without a trailer. It took about 4 goes to get up. What chance did I have! Well, I'd give it a go and wherever I stopped they could tow me out. So In I went, and half way across I floored it. The embankment looked impossibly steep considering the weight of the trailer. I hit the bank, and the car slipped sideways but I kept my foot into it and bugger me we made it up. The amazing things was that there were a lot of people watching all of us do this, and everyone it seemed cheered as got up. None of us could believe we got up- especially with the trailer on and with road tyres! Over the CB people were almost in shock. We pulled over further up the track to wait for our group, and others not with our group gave us a big cheer as they went past, and when looking for a campsite cheered us again. It was incredible. No one- including me, thought we had even a remote chance of doing that. I tell you, those diffs are a bloody ripper and as long as you can get enough power to them they will do the rest. No wucking furries. Driving up another track without the trailer on, I saw another Pajero spinning it's wheels. On the same line, not a trace of wheelspin in the Forrie. Now I really need to install that new low range.