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Welcome back to The Explore Life! Pt.5 of our 2024 Cape York adventure sees us hit Punsand Bay and start exploring the creeks, beaches and epic islands at the tip of Cape York...But the Cape has taken a casualty..The Explore Ram BROKE!

Shoutout to the lads at @TrueNorthAdventures for joining us for this leg of the trip showing us around the top end!

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[BundyToo]

Good to see the True North boys on channel they are FNQ legends.

[e.c.]

Coolest thing found on the beaches. Well, this was not in Australia, but my family and I were headed south on the west coast of Florida (USA). I think we were fishing around Cedar Key. I found two, large, engine hatches along the shore that were made of teak. Apparently a water spout came through a few days prior and may have ripped them off and they floated to shore.

I took them home. removed all the stainless hardware. Lacquered them up, reinstalled the stainless hardware, and then put some legs on them and made some really good looking lounge tables out of them.

[GrantMcDermid]

Your honesty and relatibility is why I'm a subscriber mate, good on ya

[reynhardttheron]

So glad we have youtube to learn from. Bottom line if I had the money I would have the same rig as you mate but for now I might be just as happy doing that same trip in my 30k hilux.

[harrisonwhittaker]

Found a message in a bottle on Fraser island from a kid in NZ about 4 years ago was pretty cool emailed the photo to him

[darryloconnor]

My grandparents lived at the mouth of the Pascoe river 37 years ago. That was a wild trip once you turned off at Morteon telegraph station. Your video took me back to my childhood memories of up there. Thank you🍺🍺

[JamieWilliams-jz]

Well done big fella, being upfront helps other people builds plus liking the long eps as well

[TimmyT.]

Absolute legends boys. So sad to see all that rubbish left behind, but glad to see you lads doing the right thing.

[Herc-eles]

I found a Seadoo jet boat on a beach back in 2004, it was pretty well clagged and the motor had been stripped out of it. Still had all the seats and dash intact. If I could have got it home, I would have.

[JamieWilliams-jz]

Well done big fella being upfront helps other people builds

[jorobson]

I like your analysis of what caused the trans to fail! Like everything it has a engineered design limit. But the Chevy is still going but once again that 10 speed has it's limit. Even a 200 series will fry the clutch packs if you drive in the sand too long in the high range. F series are number 1 seller in the states for a reason! They are pretty strong and refined. We run a 2500 HD Chev but we know that the 10 speed is near its design limitations - bigger tyres etc put more load on the running gear any anything will break! Great video - love the big American truck review!

[_Media]

Get out there buddy love ya vids sucks to hear about the poor Ram so many fun times and videos with that thing, cheers mate 🤙🏽

[RDRT]

Only had a Ram for a year and was an absolute bucket mate got stranded numerous times in the outback and spent 6 months (out of the 12 months I owned it) parked up waiting on failed parts numerous times absolute joke. Sorry to hear it let you down too! It’s the risk we take for these big rigs! Do you miss the 79?

[TrueNorthAdventures]

Thanks for having us boys!
Beat you at fishing and cooking… Next time let’s go for a 4WD! 😜🙌

[JoshListon-ey]

Great few episodes in the cape loved it! See ya at Deni this weekend!!

[garycharters]

Nice mix up with the True North boys but where was Baxter?

[joshuarowe]

We found a fridge sitting in the bush just inland from the beach that had looked like it had been floating for years. Didnt gather of anything inside, but opened it up and had a pair of boots and bottles of water and a bottle of champagne in it 💁‍♂️ was a pretty cool find.. off the coast of W.A

[bree.bonnie]

17:40 😂
Tylen: full farmers convo
Matt: *buffering*

[Dazza-uc]

The 68 RFE is a crap gearbox. The 2025 is having a ZF 8 speed powerline, no upgrade will be needed. The Aisin gearbox had a lot of snap ring failures. RAM is ditching both the gearboxes for the powerline next model as well as only one engine, HO for both the 2500 and 3500.

[Jared-tcfo]

Hey mate, blew our 68RFE on Fraser back in Jan. Running 35's at 20psi, didnt bother with low range as the cummins makes it easy. Had all sorts of shifting issues heading back to the barge, limped it back to Sunny Coast and it was toast.
G&L rebuilt and upgraded it, tuned also and turned it into a beast.
I did the same, thought I'd get away with out upgrading and it bit me on the ass...