meanwhile , in the hope of theslightest advantage , Ive slapped together my final wheel for the weekend. a little experiment to see if I can lighten the job, only 5 spokes, drilled out

just got back from Broome and catching up on stuff.

Chook- if icing is a problem, could you run twin 4kg bottles instead of 1 x 9kg?
that way, each bottle would be draining at half the speed- hopefully slowing down the freeze.

I have a pair of 4?kg bottles doing nothing but gathering dust-(both full)
Also have a couple of spare 9kg full bottles and the decanting tap to top up the smaller bottles from the 9kg ones.

Also dragged Grandads flying helmet and leather gloves (late 1930's) dusting them off and giving them a dose of dubbin.

hoping to convince the boss to let me borrow some truck space on the next kalgoorlie run to get stuff that wont fit in the car a bit nearer to lefroy

Paul,
You live out at Kambalder somewhere s don't you?? It is just that it would explain the Baffles in your water tank[}:)]
Ron