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Hi - just joined the forum since we bought our Westport three weeks ago and have been on a shakedown trip ever since. Its been a bit torrid at times but all in all pretty good. Anyways I want to get some rims and tyres for the van that are an inch or so bigger so we can get a bit more ground clearance. Its got the r...

At last, confirmation of 'Murphy's Law' with a wonderful Irish explanationMurphy drops some buttered toast on the kitchen floor and it lands butter-side-up.He looks down in astonishment, for he knows it's a law of the universe thatbuttered toast always falls butter-down. So he rushes round to th...

Hi guys sorry but this is a really dumb question. when travelling does the Anderson plug ( wired directly from the 200's R/H battery) charge the vans battery or supply the fridge ? There for the 7 pin aux supply the fridge or charge the vans battery. This is for a standard wired van with solar panel. ( inco...

I have had the van parked outside with the 12volt only fridge going. The weather over the last two days has been overcast and raining. The in house batteries have tumbled and I have switched the fridge off. I have 300 watts of solar power, doing hardly anything these last days, two 100 Amp hour batteries...

Forgot Something Sport24/03/2016Christine Thiel Youve spent a small fortune setting up your travel equipment. The caravan and tug have been decided. The motor-home is under conversion from the road coach or school bus. All the big decisions have been made, the budget has been set, and you are...

I have installed a DC-DC charger in our Mazda BT50 that feeds an auxiliary battery in that vehicle. I did this because of the possible problems occurring with "smart" charging systems. Before you say the BT50 has not got the smart charging system, I read some forums and there seemed to be confusion in t...

Myra Rhodes, an elderly lady, answered a knock on the door one day, to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. Good morning, Maam, said the young man. If I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum clean...

I am tossing up between a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport or a Toyota Fortuner. My test drives have provided me with too many pluses and minuses for each one to be sure which one to choose. Would welcome any comments from those that have one of them. -- Edited by Hylife on Saturday 16th of April 2016 09:12:28 PM

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Caltex are hiking up the Price of U.L.P. by 25 -30 Cpl tomorrow here in Perth, Any locals who want fuel, had better get it tonight !! todays price .98 Cpl most stations tomorrow $1.25 upwards. "Robbing Mongrels" K.J.

hi everyone, needing some help. We are going to maryborough and do not want to go up the bruce hway. Thinking of inland But not sure if past the burnett highway through woolooga then to bauple and onto maryborough is ok to drive with a 25foot van. Does anyone know or even woodford, kenilworth to gympie bu...

Were heading to South Australia tomorrow on a two months trip fron our home on the south coast of nsw, we're trying to figure out where to stay on the Eyre Peninsula. We have two spots we are thinking about staying at Haslam Camp ground and Cleve Yeldnucke weir? Is there any other spots on the Eyre peninsu...

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We have found that the serial number of a dual fuel appliance installed in our caravan is different to the serial number of the appliance shown on the documents submitted to the gas authorities for certification and approval, therefore this appliance is a illegal connection and not approved.

The Daughter called around home the other day, we happened to mention that we were thinking of buying some Wine for our up-coming trip into the North, The next thing we knew was that we received a shipment of 24 bottles of every kind of Wine, plus Champagne, Port and Brandy. + I think our Happy Hour i...

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We have a Sun Burst Eclipse (SBE) awning on our Kingdom van. We're looking to add an 18' privacy screen and are not sure if the Cgear screen will fit. Their website details which awnings it will fit and which ones it won't. The SBE brand is not mentioned on their list. Does anyone know or have a recommenda...

hello everyone, i have got the kettle on if you are near here. We are at the woodford showgrounds qld. There is about 100 vans here. Surely someone on this forum is here too. Kind regards. Rocket n strop