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Morning all, firstly thank you all who have replied and helped me with Nissan patrol 3.0 ltr inquiry please keep the advice up, now looks like I have to be careful as to a caravans ATM and vehicle ATM ? if the vehicle says braked towing 2500kg and a caravan is 2300kg for eg what do I need to look at,years ago...

Hello to all. Just this afternoon I returned to Sydney via Lithgow / Blue Mountains, and had the joy of climbing up Mount Victoria. I am driving a 4.8 litre Nissan Patrol, Petrol fueled, and pulling a Jayco Starcraft, 2010 model, with corrugated Alum exterior, weighing around 2300 kgs. My little is my...

Just yesterday I was on a trip from Wagga Wagga to the South coast to visit family via the Hume Hwy. Come onto the Hume from Wagga and spotted a van approx. a klm ahead. I was only towing a 6 x 4 trailer this time and had cruise set on 104 klms. I don't speed at all, too costly for fuel and also knew that there was a...

We have a camper with 2x100 amh batteries and 250 watt solar panels so far we have not had any issues with the batteries not getting enough charge, however we do live in Queensland. We are planning a trip south and I am expecting the sun to stay in Queensland and not follow us. Would a DC to DC charger be enou...

Hi, I've been a motorcyclist all my life and look forward to hitting the road in the next few years with my motorcycle in tow. I'm wondering whether other people do the same. I started a business making ride-on trailers that use a wind-up lift. With a bit of luck this will finance time on the road and I'm ho...

We've always wanted a Jayco Penguin but the ball weight was always too heavy for whatever car we had at the time. but when Jayco reversed the interior and put the bed at the back in 2015 the ball weight went down considerably. We saw a 2015 model in a yard and enquired. The Penguin was bought new by an elde...

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This story today about person who should know better A man has been charged with arson and threatening violence after allegedly setting another man's caravan alight during a dispute in North Queensland.Police allege a 61-year-old man threatened a 72-year-old man with a knife at Watsonville nea...

As I understand it, the one thing that can kill a vehicle when towing is the automatic gearbox oil temperature. I want to find some sort of gauge that will give me a referance temperature, i.e. I don't need to know the exact temperature, but just need to have an indication of when to stop and have a tea brea...

EPIRBs, PLBs and Spot Messenger My previous post regarding PLBs suggested there is some misunderstanding around them so let's try and clear that up. EPIRB = Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon PLB = Personal Locator Beacon Spot = Spot - it's just a trade name PLBs and EPIRBs are identical in w...

At the regular Saturday morning service, the rabbi announced thathe was planning to leave for a larger congregation that would pay him more.There is a hush within the congregation. No one wants him to leave because he is so popular.Fred Shapiro, who owns several car dealerships in Newton and Brookl...

I'm currently on my third night at Carinya Caravan Park. Super quiet in rural setting, up behind the uni. Ten minutes drive into town. $30 per night for one person, don't know if more for 2. Drive through site. Very level, slabless site. Very friendly staff and clean amenities. Yes, there is a free cam...

I need to remove my tail lights on the camper. They are LED AUTOLAMPS 80Series Triple. I need to get into the void space behind the lights. There is a Hand size Service hole behind the light fitting. Behind is a Void with no access from the inside of the van. The lights are screwed on with Self Tappers that a...

Hi all My husband and I and little dog will have to spend approx. two weeks in Scone NSW. Both listed parks have fairly poor reviews due to noise. I would be grateful if anyone has any advice on alternatives around Scone. best regards Marg

Cheers to Pt Lincoln, we're heading nor'east along the Spencer Gulf coast, next stop Whyalla. We'd take a couple of whistle stops along the way, Tumby Bay particularly, after a mate said, "It's a beautiful spot". He'd spent a day or two there, making use of the tiny caravan park-up at the CWA facil...

We / I love stopping over in Leinster, Its like following the ants to the food sauce. The town was built to accommodate the mining of Nickel and gold. You don't spend the kind of coin, unless the resource is there. A full air strip for the FIFO crews. Police paid for by BHP. After the end of the mining boom T...

Joe had suffered from really bad headaches for the last 20 years.He eventually decides to go and see a Doctor.The Doctor said, 'Joe, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration. You have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press on your sp...

Well we made the call to pack up 2 weeks early and set a course that would take us home east to Sydney. After 10 weeks living under canvas for 10 weeks and sleeping on Euro air beds (Bad Decision) on our part. Both of us have suffered bad hips and backs from doing so. The logistics of cleaning up and repacking...

Late start after yesterdays happenings and Lambies Birthday today. We are traveling 432km to Leinster with a stop in Mt Magnet to do our 5000km oil/filter change and lite lunch. As we always eat in Leinster in the dry mess for $20 a piece. Sundays in nowhere. Not a sole all the way to Mt Magnet. We left at 1...

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