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How many of you have tried a full emergency sudden breaking Exercise with your rig fully loaded. Or have you never bothered. And how did it go. Did you stop in a straight line/ and or pull side ways. We, with a new van fully loaded with loaded tug, am thinking of doing a few out on the open road with no traf...

Gday the topic is simple I am a plumber with 51yrs of the trade under my belt .However I am being pestered by wifey to see if we should go solar in our home.I have no idea whatsoever on the topic suffice to say that if we do this it will be a 5 KW job [not negotable ].We live in rural Echuca so we get a good sun inp...

Once more asking those in the know. The van we are getting will have a roll out awning and we are planning on just getting a privacy sun shade. My question is would we really need an Anti Flap Kit?

Spotted at the Echuca Steam Rally, there's a bed in there but not much room for anything else. Doubt it would meet the CMCA criteria for Leave No Trace! Joe

I am heading to the Brisbane Caravan Show on Wednesday and Thursday of this week to look at caravans in the 17' to 21' range. While I am cost conscious, I am interested in caravan manufacturers that are known more for the quality of their construction and their attention to detail rather than the price...

They sometimes shipped empty boxes without the tube inside. This challenged their perceived quality with the buyers and distributors. Understanding how important the relationship with them was, the CEO of the company assembled his top people. They decided to hire an external engineering compa...

Hi all, What methods did you use to attach your 100mm PVC tube/ Tubes to your van. Im thinking hard about one for our sullage hoses. did a search but no detail. Regards Jim

This morning around 9.00 we started watching ABC Kids on my Iphone and eventually this happened Eril snuck in with camera!! Aussie Paul.

Needed to put diesel in the Pajero. Eril gives me the rewards card and after an appointment I stopped at the servo. A bit of a wait but no rush these days. Pulled into position flipped the filler open, grabbed the nozzle and away it went. Suddenly something sounded not right and I let go the handle. UNLEAD...

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Can anyone please give me an opinion on a Federal Battery? We were advised to get one for our AWD by the staff at Battery World It was a $350 Silver/Calcium Battery This exact one: http://www.federalbatteries.com.au/649MF/ It has lasted not even 2 years before it failed to start our daily driver 2 wee...

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I will be storing my caravan that has 2 batteries that are normally charged of the mains or solar panel on the van.(2 X 110 amp AGL) I will have a cover on the van when stored and no access to power, so i purchased 20 W Solar panel and charge controller from Battery World. I will mount the controller next to t...

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Just sold the Leisure Seeker wanting to upgrade to the Alpine 30'. We want to tow a 2 door Suzy behind, the choices are 4.8l turbo or 5.3l turbo the latter being a lot dearer. My question is from people who have either, is the 4.8l turbo powerful enough or should I save up a bit more and go for the 5.3l turbo.C...

On their way to get married, a young Catholic couple was involved in a fatal car accident. The couple found themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven.While waiting, they began to wonder if they could possibly get married in Heaven.When St. Peter ar...

Gday... This has to be one of the best pictures I've seen in a long time. Our beautiful World through the lens of the Hubble telescope. Cheers - John

HI And thankyou to those off you who gave me info on far NQ yes we are looking forward to getting up there my wife`s family has a lot of history on the tableland and also the Tully area.again thanks for the info.

Hi everyone, my mum and dad are is Kallangur QLD and are in need of an electrician to redo their pop up caravan, does anyone know of a good reliable one in the area that isn't going to cost them a an arm and a leg. Thank you

Good day techie. Can you and the rest of the nomads assist with a vexing question. Do I place my levelling ramp behind the wheel that is to be leveled and back on to the ramp or place it in front of the and drive onto the ramp. Or does it matter. Once again many thanks for the replies on my last question. R an...