I don’t know what it is, but the older videos with Roothy seem better?

It's the vibe....

@@IndyHepburn With Roothy every video was like a good old story told by a wiseman. The current thing is more in tune with the modern Social Media hype hype hype mentality.

@@kenim Yep, I'd agree with that - I'm a bit out of phase for the new world but quite happy living in the old!

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY we loved how you took moments to tell the history of the places you visited. Old Crusiers visiting the old tracks they used, it really heightens the “adventure” part of it.

It sure was tough - but took a lot of spannerwork too!

Thank you kindly

Thanks mate - we sure will!

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY best!!! 🙌🙌🙌

Thanks John - go hard mate!

Hahah - thanks Shelly - we go out of our way to go out of oour way! Most tracks in Australia narrow down when they get hard - so the big Americans don't even fit without lots of bush pinstriping! Love the Silverado - and love to see you out here off-roading!!!

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY You mean getting new fresh Arizona Pinstripes? Have a 1986 Dodge Ramcharger that I want to drop a new Mopar 360 engine into and the slap a Mopar A727A tranny behind it. Once I get that baby up and running I can get out and explore more roads and it will coast less in gas to do it. When I was in the Navy and stationed out in the Mojave Desert, 1976-1978, I had a 1977 Dodge Powerwagon 3/4 ton with a Mopar 360, an oil bath air filter, the A727A tranny. I also belonged to a 4x4 club called the High Desert 4x4 Club. Our decal was a differential with the axles broken off, and a high desert scene on it. People find it odd that I claim to have been stationed at the largest Naval Station on the west coast and it was located in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It was a great place to explore, but you had to be very cautious, the area had been used as a bombing range during World War II, and you could on occasion find unexploded ordinance out there. The Air Force also practiced their aerial attack maneuvers out there as well. I was out chasing rattlesnakes one day and became a target for a couple Navy A4 Skyhawk. The pilots chased me all over the desert, it was fun playing with them. When we stopped to dump some gas in the p/u, they came in low over us and we hoisted a cold brew from our ice chest to them. They buzzed us, any lower they would have taken the 9 foot whip off the back of my p/u. The came screaming in in low as we hoisted our brews and they did a roll over the top of us, then went screaming off back towards base. We brought in 3 Mojave Green Rattlesnakes, the deadliest of the snakes on the west coast, and a big Pacific Black Rattlesnake that day. The Mojaves were small, just a bit over 4 feet (1.22m) and the Pacific black was close to 7 feet (2.13m) and about as big around as your forearm, it would have made some mighty good eating. That was a good catch for the venom research program, we caught them for that day. Here I go again getting long winded, I grew up stomping around the hills near where my Dad was Chief of Police. I was then a tomboy and at 70 I guess I still am. Do you by chance have another channel?? That you post some of your back country videos on? //es//Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Keep the Sunny Side Up and the Dirty Side Down.

@@ShellyAnn1a thanks mate - wow, sounds like you've had plenty of adventure in your life!!! Realy appreciated your 'long winded' reply - hell, it's great to hear from the US, I've spent some time there working with 4wds and motorbikes and 'done' the Rubicon once in a Jeep with lockers, great fun, even better catering thanks to Jeep - this is my channel Shelly, haven't got any others - but if you dig there's heaps here - you stay cool my friend and hope to see you out here maybe one day when the world cools down. Not like you don't have enough fun over there!!!

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY Two winters ago, I was exploring one of our many back roads, following another set of tracks. I got up to a point where I was pushing snow up onto the hood of my p/u, it was snowing rather hard and there was a little over three feet of snow on the road. Came around a corner and there in the middle of the road was a pair of Land Rovers, stuck in the snow. One tried to pull the other out and became stuck itself. I offered to pull them out, chained together, hooked up my tow chain and pulled both out at the same time. As I was backing onto a side road so they could get out, I misjudged the road junction and backed over a big rock. I became high centered on the rock. The two of them, together, could not pull me out of my predicamenrestaurant had already closed, I was going to buy the guy a hot cup of coffee.

You're not mistaken - great rubber in the mud.

Thanks Ron, we're lucky eh!

Wow, thank you

Don't chop it is my advice, when I chopped Milo you could pick up running Troopies for $500 - wow, things have changed!!! Plus I think I got the last station wagon panels left in Australia....

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY yeah i get that lol. I cant really make up my mind. I want it to be a family tourer. Something we can hit the road in with a days notice etc and almost be able to live out of it. Some days i think the 80 chassis is the way. Make it more comfy abit wider and less likely to roll. Or if i throw some parabolic springs in there and some 60 or 75 diffs etc. I just dont know lol. Cant make an old car perform like a new one but i dont like new cars. Cant win haha

Too cool mate - Spokane, wow!

Hahaha. Yep. Always thought of Milo as more tractor than car!!

We had them here too! And lots of grey imports -

Wow

Unbelievable

Sure was - your guts felt like a milkshake after a decent track!!!

Me too! Was hoping he was in Fiji! haha

Shaun's been in the game since he was a lad - always keen!

yeah, me too.....

Hey Roothy, absolutely stocked you read the comments! Any links to what you're up to now?

Ball joint presses are excellent for removing ball joints (crucial to do it slowly since they're an interference fit) but in this case, its probably just a combination of trying to do this out in the scrub with limited time, and the press not being made to remove the joint in question that caused the tool and ball joint to break. Or just a common mistake, happens every now and again

We were lucky back then - not so much about selling stuff as see ing what was possible.

G'day Robert - from Australia - I think it was about 2012, had more hair back then....

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Err, funny you said that - not long actually....

Yep, but the blokes drove that thing hard too! Before and after this trip!!!

Goos question - last seen somewhere on the central coast of NSW - probably eating a pie.

Yep, but important thing is she got there under her own steam - and smoke...

Gave the test Pik Up back - and hanging out ever since, might have to buy one to play with!

Yeah sure - try beer goggles.... opn ya mate!