[jimnynutter]

Oh sweet

Cheers.
I had a 5m roll of the 5050 smd LEDs and 2 27w led work light things
Lost them months ago didn't I?

[jimnynutter]

So, I picked up some 20mm orange HD PVC conduit, and 16mm grey PVC conduit.

They came from different stores (bunnings and TLE electrical)
The 16mm doesn't fit inside the 20mm, how tight a fit are you talking about?

[atari4x4]

i've always used the white conduit, it's a snug fit but not tight. i'm guessing the wall thickness on the 20mm HD orange stuff is thicker than the white stuff making the 16mm not fit.

got a measuring device such as a pair of verniers or a ruler?

[jimnynutter]

Ok then, I'll swap out the orange for white

[atari4x4]

take a measuring stick with you or borrow one from the measuring stick isle at bunnings etc & check the ID on the 20mm stuff.

[Scrawny]

Are sand flags a legal requirement down there? Don't think I've seen them used up here

[atari4x4]

nah, just common sense...

way to many blind dunes that you've got to climb & on coming traffic on tight single track where the cars can be hidden by scrub & small dunes + the motorbike factor. i'll also use my 120db air horns a bit punching up over crests just for piece of mind.

IMO the taller the flag the more right of way you have as they should have seen you first & had plenty of time to pull over.

lot's of this sort of single trail

[christover1]

And ya usually going at a fair rate of knots to top some dunes

[atari4x4]

yeah, it's quite surprising at the pace you need to keep on some climbs.

there are so many close calls with dirt bikers, this one was closer than normal.

[jimnynutter]

Putting this up here for future reference.

Grey/white (im colourblind) PVC is medium duty and thinner walled, orange PVC is heavy duty and thicker walled.
If you get a hold of 16mm grey
16mm PVC is not stocked at bunnings, masters, blackwoods, John r turk,
I found it at TLE electrical; they had heaps.


Edit

Atari, holy crap!!!!

[atari4x4]

yeah i do mention that in the first post, i usually get mine from Miter 10, but that might be a SA thing only.

[steve125]

I used a gas burner (heat gun maybe be better, less charing) to heat the bunnings 25mm conduit, the male end went a bit soft but I was still able to shove it in an extra inch, was going to use an R pin to hold it together.

[atari4x4]

the 1 piece flag poles i make are double sleeved 2m for extra stiffness while still staying nice & bendy, then the last meter is just the 16mm stuff for flexyness as there are a few sections that are very over grown, you might find that the HD stuff will bend, kink & snap either at speed or by a low branch/tree.