Hints, Tips and Great ideas

Long Weekend · Long Weekend

I removed the awning from its Carefree roller to have a repair done on it. As I removed the front end cap from the roller so as to be able to slide the awning out of the groove there was a buzz as the spring unwound. Now I have to reassemble the roller. Does anybody have ideas of how to go about that? Questions:...

pawsoz · pawsoz

Up in my cab over bed area I had nowhere to put some of those odds and ends, like a book, my glasses, my alarm clock, my mp3 player and earphones....then I saw a great way to store....one of those hanging packs for toiletries....but rather than hang it I have stuck mine up using the stick on velcro on both t...

Bruce and Bev · Bruce and Bev

How do you wash the smell of fish bait and (hopefully) freshly caught fish off your hands? In the past we used soap and water and rubbed with a lemon - but the latter is not always available.

chopit · chopit

A mate showed me a awning/tent peg idea he picked up from someone. He went to Bunnings and bought landscaping screws,about 20cm long. Using a cordless drill with the right socket he drills the screws into the ground. And out again. No hammering in,no reefing & grunting out. Sure looked easy to me....

gollymolly · gollymolly

Rod often has dirty and greasy clothes from working. I have found truck wash in the washing machine does wonders. We have a 5 litre container and you can use around about a 1/2 cup full if really dirty. Sometimes I do drop food down my front, it most be the those boobs that get in the way and I have used truck w...

Jobro · Jobro

Just about to embark on our 2nd motorhome (rented) holiday. First trip was for 8 weeks in WA And loved it and now we are preparing for 4weeks in Tassie. We are very keen to purchase our own motorhome. We have done a fair amount of research , but just wondering what other motorhome owners suggest in regards...

Two Strays · Two Strays

Hello All As many a fellow caravaner knows the manufacturers do things on the cheap. Recently I had the gas strut screws detach themselves from the bed base, leaving insufficient material for the screws to be used again. I solved the problem by replacing the screws with bolts, washers and nuts ap...

jonesjul · jonesjul

We are heading off on our big adventure for 12 months. How does everyone record the trip details on places they went, things they saw, fuel, expenses, photos etc. Would be interested to hear ideas

Happy Camper · Happy Camper

I've always had a problem of where to store the hitch bars without the ends getting grease over things when I get to the site. By reversing the bars the other way and hanging them just under the A frame on a sling solved the problem. If I'm in a area that could be a bit suspect I run the high tensile wire thro...

Sheba · Sheba

Saw this on another Forum I'm on. Looks like a good idea to me, if you don't always stick to the Bitumen. http://www.bogout.com/ Cheers, Sheba. -- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 17th of January 2015 07:59:09 PM

Jerryattrick · Jerryattrick

I am trying to get organized to do some tripping. I was wondering what the seasoned traveler was using for navigation especially for the free and low cost sites. There are soooo many books out there and other gizmos that I don't know which I should be buying. Money is not in abundance in our household. I w...

senseiray · senseiray

Hey guys left the cupboard for 2 weeks came back and oh no what is that smell left the potatoes in the cupboard didn't we so "how on earth can we get rid of the terrible smell in the cupboard" and yes we have removed the smelling potatoes.... -- Edited by senseiray on Friday 17th of January 20...

Happy Camper · Happy Camper

Just back from shopping where I purchases two thermometers on special @ Aldi for $3.99 each. There made of stainless steel and the ones I bought are - 1. -30 oC to +30 oC for checking the refrigerator temperature. 2. +50 oC to 300 oC for checking the temperature in the camp oven. At that price they could...

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

Was defrosting our Waeco fridge this morning and remembered the problem we had when we first started out. The fridge used to leak water from "somewhere" when travelling, onto the floor. I realised that it didn't defrost itself like the one at home, and if I keep defrosting it weekly there'...

tommo · tommo

snapper49 · snapper49

WAs having trouble with my Prado rear door hitting the handle on my coupling when opening the door Problem solved with a bit of cutting drilling and tapping

D and D · D and D

Phil C · Phil C

Hi all Im not sure this has been talked about before, if so I apologize to the OP. We have this wonderful shade we attach to the roof bars on our ute, stop for a cuppa, roll out the small awning and presto a cool place to sit and enjoy the bush. We spend a fair bit of the time in a static camp, thus this unit can fal...

MarkandDeb · MarkandDeb

We laughed our way through any problems we had. 1st: First thing was that you don't always need load stabiliser bars. I sat our van on the ball and the back of the ute dropped to its "load height". That is where the ute would normally sit if you had a light load in the back. 2nd: Write a check lists...

Olley46 · Olley46

We'll I just made up my own Breakaway Battery Monitor,I bought a Battery and Altinator tester $20.00,and 9mtrs of 4 mill wire $35.00 ,I hard wired it through the van to the plug then hard wired it through the Prado to the plug through a on off switch on the dash ,the reason for running it through a switch is...

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	Awning Rollers - Reassembling (Preview) I removed the awning from its Carefree roller to have a repair done on it. As I removed the front end cap from the roller so as to be able to slide the awning out of the groove there was a buzz as the spring unwound. Now I have to reassemble the roller. Does anybody have ideas of how to go about that? Questions:...	Long Weekend	5	1612	09:03 AM Feb 20, 2015 by Long Weekend
	storage for bits and pieces where there is none (Preview) Up in my cab over bed area I had nowhere to put some of those odds and ends, like a book, my glasses, my alarm clock, my mp3 player and earphones....then I saw a great way to store....one of those hanging packs for toiletries....but rather than hang it I have stuck mine up using the stick on velcro on both t...	pawsoz	10	3026	03:35 PM Feb 19, 2015 by Stanyer Clan
	FISH FINGERS (Preview) How do you wash the smell of fish bait and (hopefully) freshly caught fish off your hands? In the past we used soap and water and rubbed with a lemon - but the latter is not always available.	Bruce and Bev	15	2647	11:04 AM Feb 17, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	Easy in,easy out tent pegs. (Preview) A mate showed me a awning/tent peg idea he picked up from someone. He went to Bunnings and bought landscaping screws,about 20cm long. Using a cordless drill with the right socket he drills the screws into the ground. And out again. No hammering in,no reefing & grunting out. Sure looked easy to me....	chopit	12	5094	08:15 AM Feb 17, 2015 by jules47
	TRUCK WASH (Preview) Rod often has dirty and greasy clothes from working. I have found truck wash in the washing machine does wonders. We have a 5 litre container and you can use around about a 1/2 cup full if really dirty. Sometimes I do drop food down my front, it most be the those boobs that get in the way and I have used truck w...	gollymolly	6	3095	11:31 PM Feb 10, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	Beginners (Preview) Just about to embark on our 2nd motorhome (rented) holiday. First trip was for 8 weeks in WA And loved it and now we are preparing for 4weeks in Tassie. We are very keen to purchase our own motorhome. We have done a fair amount of research , but just wondering what other motorhome owners suggest in regards...	Jobro	3	1636	11:27 PM Feb 10, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	Under Bed Repairs (Preview) Hello All As many a fellow caravaner knows the manufacturers do things on the cheap. Recently I had the gas strut screws detach themselves from the bed base, leaving insufficient material for the screws to be used again. I solved the problem by replacing the screws with bolts, washers and nuts ap...	Two Strays	1	1223	11:11 PM Feb 10, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	Recording your big Trip (Preview) We are heading off on our big adventure for 12 months. How does everyone record the trip details on places they went, things they saw, fuel, expenses, photos etc. Would be interested to hear ideas	jonesjul	7	2206	02:37 PM Feb 9, 2015 by wauri
	Where to store your hitch bars without getting grease over things. (Preview) I've always had a problem of where to store the hitch bars without the ends getting grease over things when I get to the site. By reversing the bars the other way and hanging them just under the A frame on a sling solved the problem. If I'm in a area that could be a bit suspect I run the high tensile wire thro...	Happy Camper	7	2427	12:04 PM Feb 7, 2015 by JayDee
	Bog Aide. (Preview) Saw this on another Forum I'm on. Looks like a good idea to me, if you don't always stick to the Bitumen. http://www.bogout.com/ Cheers, Sheba. -- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 17th of January 2015 07:59:09 PM	Sheba	1	1449	09:54 AM Jan 20, 2015 by Ame25
	Finding your way around (Preview) I am trying to get organized to do some tripping. I was wondering what the seasoned traveler was using for navigation especially for the free and low cost sites. There are soooo many books out there and other gizmos that I don't know which I should be buying. Money is not in abundance in our household. I w...	Jerryattrick	13	1998	09:12 AM Jan 20, 2015 by Big Gorilla
	Unwanted Smells (Preview) Hey guys left the cupboard for 2 weeks came back and oh no what is that smell left the potatoes in the cupboard didn't we so "how on earth can we get rid of the terrible smell in the cupboard" and yes we have removed the smelling potatoes.... -- Edited by senseiray on Friday 17th of January 20...	senseiray	6	1521	05:29 PM Jan 13, 2015 by ozgraymad
	Aldi Special on Thermometers (Preview) Just back from shopping where I purchases two thermometers on special @ Aldi for $3.99 each. There made of stainless steel and the ones I bought are - 1. -30 oC to +30 oC for checking the refrigerator temperature. 2. +50 oC to 300 oC for checking the temperature in the camp oven. At that price they could...	Happy Camper	8	3423	01:45 AM Jan 12, 2015 by Joe50
	Does your Fridge need defrosting (Preview) Was defrosting our Waeco fridge this morning and remembered the problem we had when we first started out. The fridge used to leak water from "somewhere" when travelling, onto the floor. I realised that it didn't defrost itself like the one at home, and if I keep defrosting it weekly there'...	Gerty Dancer	3	2682	01:06 PM Dec 30, 2014 by eddieandjulie
	one more idea (Preview)	tommo	13	2604	02:25 PM Dec 18, 2014 by 03_Troopy
	Coupling Modification (Preview) WAs having trouble with my Prado rear door hitting the handle on my coupling when opening the door Problem solved with a bit of cutting drilling and tapping	snapper49	7	2655	10:11 PM Dec 3, 2014 by Two Strays
	A loo by any other name would be as comfortable (Preview)	D and D	12	2647	08:43 PM Dec 3, 2014 by hattonhall
	A bit more static camp shade. (Preview) Hi all Im not sure this has been talked about before, if so I apologize to the OP. We have this wonderful shade we attach to the roof bars on our ute, stop for a cuppa, roll out the small awning and presto a cool place to sit and enjoy the bush. We spend a fair bit of the time in a static camp, thus this unit can fal...	Phil C	2	2164	02:08 PM Nov 25, 2014 by Phil C
	Things we learnt on our first trip. (Preview) We laughed our way through any problems we had. 1st: First thing was that you don't always need load stabiliser bars. I sat our van on the ball and the back of the ute dropped to its "load height". That is where the ute would normally sit if you had a light load in the back. 2nd: Write a check lists...	MarkandDeb	15	3299	06:27 PM Nov 22, 2014 by Bruce and Bev
	Breakaway Battery Monitor (Preview) We'll I just made up my own Breakaway Battery Monitor,I bought a Battery and Altinator tester $20.00,and 9mtrs of 4 mill wire $35.00 ,I hard wired it through the van to the plug then hard wired it through the Prado to the plug through a on off switch on the dash ,the reason for running it through a switch is...	Olley46	2	1251	06:48 AM Nov 16, 2014 by Alex1551
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