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I like how your dog is just chilling on the back🤣👌

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

He loves it mate, never wants to miss a ride in the back of the Ute or a trip to the bush 👌🏼😎

Bloody awesome, beautiful countryside! I can't wait to get my hands on a Raptor too.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

They are great trucks...if I could live up in the Cape I would be there in a heartbeat

Love your videos mate. So good to see the whole family there, really makes we want to get out and do more of that down here in NSW.

Lovely views and loved the sections with the clear water! Looking forward to the next instalment!

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👍🏻 LOTS more water crossings coming up in the rest of this series 😎

Ive always been a Toyota bloke. But im starting to like the Ford raptor. Awesome videos mate 👍

You are so lucky man... One life, live it. Cheers mate.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta enjoy what you do, that way you are always doing something you enjoy 👍🏻😎🍺

Nice video. The drone tracking was working great and of course watching the Raptor was good. I always cringe, however when I see a dog on an open ute. Sorry mate, but imagine what would happen if he got thrown and was strangled by his collar!

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, I agree, I often see poor examples of animal restraint that don't meet government standards on my travels.

Great vid mate. Looking forward to part two

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Legend 🤘🏻

Nice work mate. Looking forward to the next one.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, the trips gets heaps better as we head further north.

Nice one Damo raptors going well. I see the dog is loving it. 👍😎🇳🇿

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

He’s always happy to get out and about in the bush...I won’t spoil it too much but he ends up with a bit of an upset further into the series 👎🏻

@philipw7557

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire enjoying the video mate keep it up

Great video. I found your first river crossing on Google earth. Cool location. Looking forward to next clip.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, the trip gets better as we go along, can't wait to show them.

Oh man looks good can’t wait to see more about that beach looks mint👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Mate has to be one of the best beaches Ive ever camped at! would be awesome with a little tinny.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

You should of been on this trip if the timings lined up...looking forward to seeing the continuation of your trip video.

Mate another top video as usual the creb track didn’t look to bad late into the year I’d love to do it but bloody covid is holding me back can’t wait for the next one!

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Mate it was really easy end of August...it was my first time doing the CREB. Last trip up there I went the other side and did the Old Coach road (much harder) In August I still had plenty of other travelers telling me it was impassable but I figured I would go see for myself...turned out ok. It would definitely be a challenging track after a sprinkle of rain. 👍🏻

Your very lucky to have trail's like that in Australia , awesome drive

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Australia is an Overlanders paradise, so many untouched remote areas to explore.

Hey Damo, great part 1, love the drone shots. Mate I was there on the 6th August 2016, did about a 10min recon across the river late evening and all looked great for big hit the next day. Track was dusty, hadn't rained for over a week. Overnight we got about 50mm of rain and it was still raining that morning. The track was so slippery, (lucky we got F & R lockers) we gave up after about 15ks, it was just not safe or worth it. Heard via the grape vine 2 days later that a guy we had talked to in the evening lost his 80sers. that day. That track is treacherous when wet!! You were so lucky to have it dry and sunnyish. Can't wait for part 2. Thank you Damo and family.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly right mate, I was up there about the same time in 2017 and didn’t even give it a look at as there had been a recent shower. I can definitely see the potential for the CREB to be a nightmare just judging by how much of the steepest sections of the track are pure clay. Definitely well equipped 4x4s and a bit of common sense (and major winch effort) would be required.

Awesome drone shots sir. Good life 👍🏻

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍🏻😎🍺

Savage

Just subscribe, great video mate looking forward too the next one.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, just checked out a few of your vids. Nice work 👌🏼🇦🇺🍺

Awesome video mate

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thank You, more to come 👍🏻

Nice vid mate - enjoyed the countryside and you talking through things. Bet the beer tasted better up there too!

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! 👍🏻 The air seems easier to breath and the beers seem that little bit colder on any adventure 👌🏼😎🍺🇦🇺

@jfe7101

3 жыл бұрын

Out of interest, you said you put your tyres down to 30psi. Is that cold or hot and what do you normally have for cold?

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

@@jfe7101 For everyday use I run at 38PSI cold pressure. For big trips (loaded) i use 40PSI cold pressure. After that on trips I use the running temp as the base line regardless of the terrain. It makes it easier for me to calculate speed doing it this way. I use 40PSI as 100Kph...reduce to 20PSI (half pressure) I be mindful of cornering at speeds of 50Kph (half speed).

Awesome mate, and you got a beautiful raptor, try 5 rocks at Byfield mate.

Nice vid!

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate!!

Awesome to see a family trip, can't wait to get up there ourselves, might let you tag along with us 😂

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

😂 thanks mate, would love to come along 👍🏻🍺

Can do the creb in a camry when it's dry, diabolical when wet. One bloke living on the track runs snow chains during the wet

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

I agree mate, without water from the sky the CREB is a casual run through the rainforest. I can definitely see just judging from the clay base it would definitely be a mission in the wet.

Hi , enjoy the channel looks like a great spot and a good destination enjoy. Just a thought in SA we have to close everything up or else it goes missing but does your gear not get full of dust and end up to spoil everything , i know it would make me mad so would a closed cannopy not be better ie from say RSI, your thoughts.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

G'day Mate, The RSI canopy's are a great looking bit of gear and would work really well on the Raptor. I like to keep mine open so i can unbolt everything easily to be a ute "IF" i need to. Everything in the back of my set up does get wet and dirty but I generally don't put anything in there that can't be exposed to the elements. My experience of remote travel is no one messes with another mans gear...I worry the most when i go to big towns or city's as unfortunately there does not seem to be the mutual respect for property someone has worked hard for.

Great video and review for the ford ranger raptor, a sir how is the payload capacity did you try to long travel with a max load of 700kg, and how is the performance with it?

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👍🏻 my channel is all about long travel working within the max payload and performance of the Ranger Raptor 👌🏼😎🍺

Brilliant Part 1, can't wait for Part 2! You're heading to my dream spot. I'm slowly building up my raptor to get there. As a SE.QLD fella myself, how much time did it take from Home -> the Cape -> Home? Need to somehow convince the wife to take time off work :P

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate. This series is 10 days Cairns->Cape->Cairns (without going to the tip) I’m planning on running a tag along trips up to the cape including the tip next year. Keep an eye on my website www.roundthefire.store for when it’s announced if you are keen...follow on with the series and it will be quite apparent, not much to do to the big girls to get them Cape Ready 💪🏻😎🍺🇦🇺

@bravocharlie777

3 жыл бұрын

I’d be keen for a tag a long in my Raptor too. Having it slowly fitted out to be a tourer. Would be good to see a few raptors at once.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

It would be wicked to have the first tour populated by a heap of Raptors. The footage would be Awesome 😎👍🏻

really enjoyed the video man , keep it up just a question, how is the overall performance of the raptor ? and with the additional weight with all the gear ? also have you had any issues with it? looking to get one

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Grant 👍🏻. Overall VERY happy with the Raptor! Even loaded up, still plenty of drive about them. (I run a DP power chip on mine for the last 2 years to give it a bit of extra go, we sell these on our website www.roundthefire.store) if I really had to nit pick the truck I would say the rear springs are a

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Little bit soft so you do notice a sag at the back when loaded up for big trips or with a trailer on. The Raptor is wider than most 4x4s so the turning circle is slightly wider curve than the regular rangers. Hope this helps mate, I can’t really think of too many more bad things to say about them?? In 2 years I’ve never stopped and thought I wish I had got something else?

The crew is a completely different track in the wet. Have you got your finger in the pie for the new Raptor?

Well, what can I say - god speed! (Jealous :-) )

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, stay tuned the series gets better as it rolls on!

Its looking good so far Have been wondering, Now that your loaded with the kids and other accessories how far have you been getting on the Brown Davis 150L Tank or have you been regular on topping up throughout your traveling and do you know your rough weights with everything on? I am about to have a Brown Davis fitted to mine and waiting on some other fittings and fixtures including the Safari ARMAX Snorkel that is about to be released for the Raptor from late November I may be conducting some of these tracks in my Raptor throughout my Christmas leave period, weather pending and road closures, leaving from Darwin around 11th of December heading up to Bamaga and the Tip via the Carpentaria route to the East then North before heading south through to my folks in NSW on the Central Coast 35 mins from the Watagans National Park. And all in time for Christmas before returning to Darwin by mid January via 4x4 Tracks (don't worry I wont be placing any vids on youtube) last time I was in that area was in 2016 for AACAP (ARMY Aboriginal Community Assistance Program) working on projects at Laura for almost 7 months and getting to visit part of the Daintree, Cooktown and other areas.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a bloody good trip mate! Perfect time to be heading that way, definitely be needing a snorkel 👍🏻 I’m an NT boy born and raised only moved over to QLD because of posting with the ARMY...so this Raptor I have here is new, no long range tank in this one (the last one got stolen) for the trip up to the cape I carried an extra 40L of Diesel in Gerry’s but never needed to use them. If you are gonna cross from the NT to QLD via the savanna way I would definitely recommend carrying extra fuel, you may end up just short fueling at Mataranka trying to reach heartbreak.

Hey Mate, great video, Raptor is looking great. What Drone do you use? the pics look great and I'm in the market for one.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate, Im using the DJI Mavic Pro Platinum...If I was to buy one today knowing what I know now, I would go for one of the smaller DJI drones, same flight endurance and camera performance as the big drones in a much smaller and easier to carry package.

@mattleach3177

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire Thanks for the advice mate. Loving what you are doing to the Raptor :-)

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattleach3177 Thanks mate, hoping to set up some tag along trips next year so guys and girls can come along to some of these amazing places we have to explore.

How good’s that drone footage though

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate 👍🏻🍺

I imagine its time consuming to stop for camera shots and stuff. Ive seen alot of beautiful places here in the States, Australia has alot also. The lions den, is that place out in the middle of nowhere?

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Alex, I would love to do a few trails over in the states the scenery looks amazing. The lions Den isn't too remote of a Pub/Camp ground. Its accessible via 2wd vehicles (the long way around) but its an iconic stopover if you are tackling the North Eastern area of Australia...you could describe it almost as a gateway destination, great navigation checkpoint.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely is a lot of effort to capture all the footage. I’ve basically got to drive everything 3x. Once to see it and think “yes let’s film that, stop set up camera” 2nd time turn around and drive back over. 3rd time to get the shot, pick up camera and head off looking for the next thing to film 🤣

@alexwolf8019

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire Im sure we all appreciate and respect the amount of work and effort that goes into your videos. Also respect to your wife and family for putting up with it lol

Great video. Why are you not wearing seat belts?

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter we had a great time making this Vid. As a general rule I don't allow anyone in the car to wear a seatbelt when water crossings are involved, i feel its easier to extract the kids (should the worst case scenario occur) otherwise the parts you see filmed on the dirt roads are planned and not done at any type of speed

What breed is your dog mate, american staffy?, seems to have a great temperament.

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

He is mate, very good dog to have with the kids. As far as we can tell he is a staffy x bull Arab?? We aren’t really sure what breed jumped the fence to get at his mum.

Hi Damo how deep was the water crossing I recently took my raptor through water almost to the top of the wheels and ended up with wet feet in the cab did any water get into urs

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Damn mate, that's not good? I keep taking this truck deeper and deeper as the series goes on eventually as deep as over the bonnet ford badge deep...i didn't get a drop inside? one crossing I was sure water was going to come in...possibly lucky? Ive found that if i keep the windows up it keeps a bit of positive pressure inside the cab and also don't stop in the water to take photos, just get the job done in and out. stopping or going too slow that's a receipt for water to get in.

@matthewcullen4293

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire thanks for the advice mate love ur videos would love to take my raptor places like that but I love in England so no chance

@vevohoeyo

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewcullen4293 you live in England and dont have these sorta places to drive but you happened to get water inside. Sounds like you parked in a deep hole and expected it to behave like a submarine. Vehicles are not made to be submerged for long at all. Like Damo said do not stop in deep water. I have a ranger and a raptor. Both have been over the wheels numerous times in water but have never had water inside. You must be stopping for photos or some dumb shit

@matthewcullen4293

3 жыл бұрын

@@vevohoeyo I’m guessing you haven’t seen the ford ranger video on KZread where they park a ford ranger in 800 mm of water and let it run for two hours after watching that I thought I wouldn’t have a problem as I was only in the water for less than two minutes it it was going very slow as no snorkel

What type of snorkel do you run and how noisy is it with the windows up Thanks in advance Jono

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

G’day Jono, I’m using a ‘Platinum Mechanical’ snorkel and Airbox. Not really noticeable/ you can kinda hear it?? With the windows up...windows down you can definitely hear the turbos sucking wind

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

You can kinda hear it in the video @9:46 where I’m talking in the car with the windows up.

@johnlewis2947

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire thanks for that It’s the last piece of the puzzle I need

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnlewis2947 no worries, I'm pretty happy with it so far.

@johnlewis2947

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire here's a walk around my one which is fairly similar kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6F62NuSmpi9dag.html

sup damo.... so, the big question.... are you gunna do gunshot???

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

VERY good question!! I won’t get to gunshot until at least part 3...stay tuned 👍🏻😎🍺🇦🇺

@CohnmanTheBudbarian

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFire oooh lookin foward to that 1, the raptor will eat it up im betting, looks like i will have to be 2nd raptor down gunshot 😒😒😁😁

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

@@CohnmanTheBudbarian or the first....?? haha not giving nothing away just yet.

5 minutes of drizzle on the creb and trucks end up on their sides real fast pal.

Can I ask what you do for a living mate?

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

I’m ex Army...I was driving trucks before the “health crisis” now I seem to have a fair bit of time on my hands...?🤔

@jamesop22

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoundTheFirecheers mate, trip looks mint, hopefully this can be your new gig!

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

It would be really nice if I could be outdoors and camping for a living 👌🏼...one day mate hopefully 👍🏻😎

where are you, nothing for a year?

@RoundTheFire

Жыл бұрын

Hey mate, I had been in talks with ford about the new Raptor, couldn’t post any content while doing so. Then I’ve blown my back out again. So that’s kept me stuck at home.

How does the suspension behave when you are loaded?

@RoundTheFire

3 жыл бұрын

Still handles well and doesn’t bottom out although personally they could use a stiffer spring from factory to stop the sag when loading them up and hooking on a trailer.

You would never do it in the wet .a lot have tried and failed a completely different beast😂