Exploring Abandoned Oil Well Tracks in the Simpson Desert

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Laps of Maps

Күн бұрын

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@sk00t3r8 Ай бұрын

bloody Bonza .. well done

@karlshazrado Ай бұрын

I like your driving style on the dunes. No wombat holes produced at correct speed and tyre pressures.

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Tyre pressures and speed are everything when navigating those dunes.

@jimmcfee3488 Ай бұрын

Love your work, oil and mining leases helped explore this country. I am Tasmanian, last weekend went to the highlands an hour away and found no one had driven that track in the three years since I had last been through there to look at one of the old family trapping huts(my 12 year old Grandmother used to walk supplies in to her father and his brothers with two pack horses and take skins out), there are still quiet places in every state.

@LapsofMaps 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing that story! It's amazing to think about the history of those areas and the resilience of people like your grandmother. Glad you're still able to access those special places.

@jimmcfee3488 2 күн бұрын

@@LapsofMaps Yep, Nan was hard core but pretty, she married my Pop in her early twenties after working as a housemaid. Pop's story is just as interesting, he left home and commenced his working life at the age of 12 as a remote area shepherd on his own for weeks at a time, his father's only stipulation was he learnt to read and write properly and had to own two sheep dogs, a rifle and a good horse before he was allowed to leave school. Pop paid for the dogs at age of 10, then trained and worked them running mobs across the Sheep station my great grandfather managed while he saved for his horse which he had enough to buy on his 12th birthday but the station owner gifted him a horse as a 12th birthday present so pop was off working the next week, a gentle, quiet man. I have had a very easy life in comparison to that generation.

@Daniel-nr6iw Ай бұрын

What a great way to spend your time together.

@onthefencefilm Ай бұрын

Great video mate. Thank you for sharing!

@tonyf7997 Ай бұрын

Great vid guys! So good to see people who are not only sensible but respect the tracks. Seen so many wankers go hell for leather spinning and sliding all over the track making it worse! Slow and steady in low range and the occasional lock of diffs - (take note viewers) ✅✅✅❤️❤️❤️

@ronhughes1805 Ай бұрын

Thank you another great video. The information was so very informative and interesting. We’ve been very fortunate in being able to travel through a few desert areas albeit not as extreme as your travels. The colours are beautiful and photography certainly does it justice.

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

We appreciate your kind words. The colours in the desert are hard to beat, and a lot of fun to capture on camera!

@stuartkcalvin Ай бұрын

Very enjoyable and informative, thank you 👍👍🎄🎄🎅🎅

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@geoffwilson7774 Ай бұрын

2560 meters in 8400 feet, long way down. Remote country. Great job guys 🤙🏽

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@MrShaka1965 Ай бұрын

Wow Guys, I did the Tanami from Alice Springs to Halls Creek. that was a busy highway compared. Great to see a coupe enjoying the outdoors.

@beathunziker171 Ай бұрын

Great video, with your technical driving explanations surly a lot of people will benefit and avoid wheel spinning making the holes/ruts deeper. Thanks.

@4bnewb969 Ай бұрын

Great little video. Thx for posting. Very interesting, the areas history and how to drive the dunes Cheers

@alexanderjameshamilton4255 Ай бұрын

choosing a good line is the most important thing, thanks for re-affirming solid bush & dune driving skills, common sense keeps the journey sweet and safe. rainbow beach salutes you

@LapsofMaps 2 күн бұрын

Absolutely! Couldn't agree more. Choosing the right line is key, and common sense is your best friend out there

@davewarland1680 Ай бұрын

Did the French line and Rig Road in the late 90's and early 2000's and wish we had spent more time out there as it such an amazing place to visit. I love your optimism with explaining tyre pressures and driving methods and totally agree with, hopefully the 40 psi & foot to the floor club actually listen 🤔

@LapsofMaps 2 күн бұрын

Sounds like an epic trip! Hopefully, you get a chance to head back out there sometime. It's always worth revisiting those amazing places. Glad you appreciate the advice on tyre pressures and driving techniques!

@aussiequest9543 Ай бұрын

great video i just learnt so much about the desert

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@pippaknuckle Ай бұрын

That was really interesting, thanks.

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@RhondaJ-p8s Ай бұрын

Great video, love your style

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@allanpower8041 Ай бұрын

Good video, as always guys.

@TheOldaz1 Ай бұрын

Good practical advice, thanks for sharing.

@gummyroid Ай бұрын

Did one of you have a KZbin channel in the past. Norseman included. Great vid 👍

@jlkhh97 Ай бұрын

Great info, very interesting thank you

@slowboat6021 Ай бұрын

well done you two, so you don't need 40" tyres and bounce the engine off the limiter ... LOL

@peterwardle-f3e Ай бұрын

Love watching this great explanation of driving the tracks

@MrDmjay Ай бұрын

Great stuff.

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

@rayjordan-hn8lf Ай бұрын

I love your videos can’t wait to to watch them but there not long enough good information well done merry x mas

@cruisin_our_country Ай бұрын

Cheers guys. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Will you both be doing another season out there?

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Hey mate, thank you very much. We are definitely going back in the desert, and passing through Mt Dare, but not for a season in 2025. We've got lots on next year! 😃

@cruisin_our_country Ай бұрын

@LapsofMaps cheers. Safe travels and see out there somewhere, sometime

@robpinter5431 Ай бұрын

Love you both great content for the past year and have a great new year.

@steveformosa5191 Ай бұрын

Bloody well done explaining everything what to expect

@russellbanfield1704 Ай бұрын

Loved it.👍

@andrewford80 Ай бұрын

Awesome content you guys. I love it

@vicbittertoo Ай бұрын

great vid, well done, sorta retired and just getting a big Isuzu FTS750 4x4 truck together for these sort of missions, very inspiring :)

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Sounds great!

@Bennyboy-dog Ай бұрын

Worth waiting for!

@Bigcountry_littlelegs Ай бұрын

Great video guys, I see the desert drivers are like farmers, just like sheep and stay in the wheel ruts no matter what

@trickster8635 Ай бұрын

Check out ALLOFFROAD, Stefan Fischer. He teamed up with the Long Range Desert Group and drove into Kilumi last year. Most likely those are their wheel tracks.

@ozasokozasok3264 Ай бұрын

Great video. But regarding diff lockers - they do not equalise power at each wheel. They are better than that. More power and more torque is distributed to the wheel with more traction, compared to the wheel with less traction. The only factor which is equal at each wheel is the rpm.

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment and you are right about the RPM being the same but there is no fluid transfer of power when diff lockers are engaged. So more power and more torque to a wheel with less or more traction is incorrect, as both wheels are locked together. This would be the case if the diff was unlocked.

@ozasokozasok3264 Ай бұрын

Nope. Fluid transfer of power is not required. Mechanical transfer in the form of torsion in the axle is required. All that is needed for an uneven balance of power and torque for a locked cross axle differential - is different traction (impedance) at each tyre. That results in different torsional stress on the left and right sides. Another example, of unbalanced torsional stress, which is familiar to 4WD drivers - is bind-up - when a locker is accidentally left on when returning to bitumen. An open (unlocked) cross axle differential always splits torque 50/50 between left and right, but only splits power for the special case of left and right road traction (impedance) being identical. That special case is rare on a 4WD track - it is the uneven left right traction which causes us to want to lock the axle diff in the first place. A locked axle diff only splits power and torque 50/50 between left and right for the same special case. The ONLY parameter which is always and genuinely split” (n the sense of being identical for each of the left and right) - when an axle differential is locked - is the rpm. For example, if the differential is open (unlocked) and the left wheel is off the ground whilst the right wheel is on the ground, the situation will be as follows: left power high and right power low, left rpm high and right rpm low, left and right torque the same as each other. An open differential is a torque splitter regardless of the traction (impedance) at each end of the split. Even for the extreme case of the left wheel spinning at huge rpm and the right wheel not moving at all - the torque at left and right will be identical. The left will experience dynamic torque and the right will experience static torque. And for the other example, when the differential is locked and the left wheel is off the ground whilst the right wheel is on the ground, the situation will be as follows: left power low and right power high, left torque low and right torque high, left and right rpm the same as each other.

@Bennyboy-dog Ай бұрын

Looks good.

@glenhopes8233 Ай бұрын

Great video!! I have always been cautious of driving at the side of the track to avoid the wombat holes because of the fear of staking the sidewalls... what are your thoughts?

@LapsofMaps Ай бұрын

Thank you. The tip we showed is more specific to the Simpson Desert dunes because of the softness and lack of hard vegetation. In the Simpson desert on those soft sand dunes, there isn't a whole lot of vegetation to stake your tyres, it's more in-between the swales (middle of the dunes.)