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Its Under Way
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Well folks after the demise of Creative caravans and our plans being put on hold, our plans finally turned up today for our new van. Thought I would share it with you all can't wait to see the finished product. Have been told that we should expect delivery mid October so fingers crossed, we still might ge...
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Well her she is! Intro to Betty Benz
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Don't take this wrong way, but to my friends, she's Motel Mercedes. Believe me, after camping out in the cot tent, this is luxury. I'm still exploring her possibilities.
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Cruising Granny
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THE BEAST IS HERE;
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Here's a couple of pics just to get started; Storage area for long items, as in boat trailer pole & loading equipment. I have to say that the ISRI truck seats are paying dividents already to my crushed spine, the upright positions along with height adjustment & suspension adjustable to weigh...
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justcruisin01
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My ageing Jayco & Patrol
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Hi .. I have attached a pic of my one & only caravan & 4WD. Got the 1995 Patrol 4.2 EFI when I retired in 1998. It had 50,000 on the clock & was in immaculate condition. It has now done 270,000 largely trouble free Km, mostly pulling the van. Rarely goes out these days, except for a few East C...
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Cupie
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Ford Econovan Winnebago
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Hi Our first post after joining this very interesting and informative forum. After travelling in a 1994 Mitsubishi Delica LWB DIY campervan conversion for a while, it was decided that the time had come to have a little more comfort without going much bigger. We finally settled on a very 'honest' 1993...
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Introducing "Barry" and the Eagle
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Hi Guys, This is our setup. "Barry" the ute (the name has something to do with the colour) and the Eagle. This is our new (and first) setup the day we brought the camper home about 2 weeks ago. Lyn has been busily filling the Eagle with stuff and I have been bolting bits & pieces onto it to ma...
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Kendo
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UPDATE ON THE BEAST!
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Been a busy week, among the socalled normal things we have to do each day I have managed to remove the two axul batteries, the twin DC-DC chargers , wiring, amp & volt meters from the cruiser. I have built the new chassis mounted twin battery cradle, fitted the two DC-DC chargers, along with the amp &...
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justcruisin01
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Jayco 5th Wheeler
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Jayco have their first 5th Wheeler detailed on the Website now. As we live fairly close to the factory we will drop in for a look see.
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Cloak
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A few more "on ute" tents
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Further to the rear end tents (one shown here) here are a few "on ute" tents they sell online in the US; http://www.lakelandgear.com/truck-tents.html
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Duh
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OUR WESTERN HOMESTEAD /TROOPY IS HOME
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OUR WESTY IS OUR 2009 WESTERN HOMESTEAD ,VAN 26FT 6 ATM IS 3TONNE TOWS BEAUTIFULLY BEHIND OUR TROOPY , TASSIE SO FAR HAS BEEN A GOOD TEST FOR THEM BOTH TROOPY IS 2004 THE HDT FTE MOTOR BRILLIANT , GETTING AN AVERAGE OF 16.8 TO 17.5 WHICH WE THINK IS GREAT , TRAVELLING AVERAGE OF 85 TO 90 LOL IN TASSIE 90 KM...
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grae and deb
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A couple more. We love it!
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Take off Saturday week on our first trip. -- Edited by gooba53 on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 10:16:18 AM
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gooba53
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Our vancruiser - Quo vadis
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if someone can remind me how to downsize photos I'd appreciate it
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gooba53
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The Beast is built
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Today I went to the Jayco factory and did the tour of the complex...wow is all I can say....80 acres of state of the art technology and lots of caravans and motorhomes in various stages of being built. Got to the motorhome area and there standing in the sun having its final detail before being delivered t...
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A JEEP ?
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NA NA, not a jeep, But its comming & all will be revealed. JC.
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justcruisin01
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Getting the ball rolling.
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G'Day All, We are new to the forum,caravaning etc. but not to the " We are having fun because we are older". Having been in the Ulysses Club for several years. Their motto is " Grow old disgracefully". Very valid. I'm George & my wife of 35+ years,Linda have a plan. We will reti...
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chopit
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Differentials!!
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Moved to Techie's corner....................... -- Edited by Mark on Wednesday 26th of June 2013 11:03:02 PM
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Mark
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Exploring Turkey.
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On the edge of Lake Egirdir, Turkey. Not a bad free camp? Ours is the one on the right
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Peter_n_Margaret
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PJ
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I've posted this pic mainly for Bill12's benefit. It's a pic taken of my slide-on when it was on eBay showing the storage bins and awnings. The box trailer was the one used to deliver it to my place (after I told the bloke I had the wrong type of ute, which was a Falcon tub at the time). I thought I hadn't saved...
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maxda BT50 versus Ford Ranger XLT
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Hi nomads! We are fairly new to the forum and planning the big lap next February. We have looked at the BT50 and the Ranger wildtrak. the vehicles are essentially the same in terms of towing performance? Has anyone test driven both vehicles? We live in NZ and have not found a wildtrak to test drive! We lov...
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Great wall
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Hi every body, looking at a great wall 2lt diesel to tow my travella 18ft. Is anybody towing with one so i can get some feed back regarding fuel economy and performance. Any input would be great .....Tar
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