pee wee v kangaroo

Hi everyone

just heard from pee wee he caught a kangaroo on the way home the van needs a good fix up now

kerry

dam that brings back some memories... is he OK ?

looks like he got it mid hop....i got one years ago and damage was exactly the same..

i hope the roo come off second best

ouch... answers the eternal 'should i mod the front end question.
which reminds me to ask... Has anybody every seen an Esky Van with RS2000 kit? i never have myself though it is something i thought of doing way back years ago.
good luck to peewee.

Yep. a well known GREEN Esky from Geelong called Logans Run had one ( back in the early 80's ), the Vans long gone tho Log's was at the Van Nats....

spoke to pee wee he is ok

Good he's okay... wonder how the van will fare?

(If anyone's got any pics of Logan's green esky could they post in the pics from van shows thread or similar? thx)

woodvan wrote:spoke to pee wee he is ok

Thats so good to hear Kerry, send him our best wishes when you chat next

We were very lucky not to end up like that on the way home almost had a very large Bush Turkey fly into the windscreen of the transit at about 120kmh about 1 km from the Nullabour Roadhouse missed him by about 6 inches. Paul

wow that wouyld require a change of undies,


had a few close calls coming in and out of my village, driving a mini you need eyes the size of dinner plates they come from no where

good to hear he is ok, how was the roo every one forgets the poor roo

PeeWee's front will be abit of a pain to fix, that vans been around for so long, shame, though a good excuse for a change of colour sceam again.

forgot to ask about the roo hope it is ok to

its good to see his still okay and he got home.he wont be able to make too many toys for the good girls and boys this year (sorry kids) he has a van to fix and more custom bits to do.

transit350 wrote:We were very lucky not to end up like that on the way home almost had a very large Bush Turkey fly into the windscreen of the transit at about 120kmh about 1 km from the Nullabour Roadhouse missed him by about 6 inches. Paul

Sorry to hear about the near miss Paul, I drove the beddie all the way while Julian slept she never missed a beat, and was going too quick for the wildlife on the side of the road to hit the big box on the highway

But must give credit where credit is due, tucked in between a convoy of trucks and let them take the risks, and get me home safe 3 for the interstate truckies

Apart from the near miss it was a pretty uneventful trip home just a long drive we finally got home mid afternoon Saturday

i drove to Elizabeth S.A for a guy one night going across the Hay plains doing about 110 in a semi and a big red stopped in the middle of the road. i was told not to back off or turn as you run the risk of putting the truck on its side at that speed. so i lined him up in the centre to the bull bar and belted him and he didnt get back up and the centre of the bull bar was bent and touching the grill. got to S.A. and got the bar cut off and came home in the day

I certainly know what its like on the Hay plains as i was born and bred out there the roos are bad all the time and have been for as long as i can remember they were not to bad this year heading back to Perth mind you we only travelled during the daylight hours.

when i came home from S.A. nats. i went via broken hill. from there to dubbo,i didnt see 1 roo. but seen about 1000 goats. they were in groups of 3 or 4 to about 10 every few kms

All we saw on the way back from the nats were sheep and a couple of Deers.
The of course hail in Sydney.

Down here there is a road kill cafe, you take what you hit depends what they are. I hit in me van a 9 foot gator did not fase it busted front flares bent bumper broke tie rod end, the worst part was sitting 3 hours on gator higway waiting for some one stop for help. Before any other gators came looking for chump food.

woody blow out a tyre on the trailer on the way there and he had to get another on the way home the hardest thing was me trying to find somewhere to turn around with the car trailer on but he got it fixed got home alright

hi

just found out the roo did not make it it had to be put to sleep

craziebob wrote:Down here there is a road kill cafe, you take what you hit depends what they are. I hit in me van a 9 foot gator did not fase it busted front flares bent bumper broke tie rod end, the worst part was sitting 3 hours on gator higway waiting for some one stop for help. Before any other gators came looking for chump food.

i picked a load from Miami and headed west via Aligator alley, seen about 15 gators on the side of the road. hoping that i dont break down.