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did the sky open up at Greens? Should I bing my gum boots to move around when I arrive? Tug packed... wife's Dr appointment done.. fridge on... water tanks full... ready to roll... now I have to wait until Friday morning... save me a spot...

I would like to get a power invertor so we can run a 240v kettle, toaster etc when we are on the road. I'm not sure how I would connect it to the batteries and any help would be great.. It's got two standard house batteries another huge green battery thing connected together but I have no idea how this all wo...

Hi everyone i am new to this forum and am wondering if any of you can help with information about the lotus brand caravan. They look good but are they. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Sandra

Anyone using a VSR? eg Navra. Got a fridge in the boot of my ute running off a factory installed power outlet from the ute battery. Want to plug a 2nd battery in that outlet and run my fridge from the 2nd battery and recharge that battery when driving along or with solar. I am assuming the VSR will stop the ut...

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He hasn't been on for ages, I sent him a PM in the last week or so, and had no response. Anyone heard from him? Did I miss something? -- Edited by jules47 on Tuesday 20th of October 2015 11:03:55 PM

I have an aluminum checker plate stone guard across the fromt of my c-van and it needs to be brightened up.....what can I buy to take the film of corrosion off and make it shine?

Hi,, when towing with my duel cab ute, do i turn the stability control off when using stabilizer bars on my van.. Tandem van weighs 2800.. Thanks

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We have an LG Plasma 3D smart TV I'm considering keeping it for use in the van subject to available space and suitability. Searching the user manual about power consumption it refers you to the back of the TV. "AC 100-240v 50/60hrz 3.2A" what is this telling you. I have looked at the 12v mode...

From now on I know where my fuel cap is.........

Parked on the water front, down past Dave. The water is so calm here, just beautiful. Interesting if anyone catching fish here. They put fish in at the start of the year.

One of the things that I've noticed from time to time are vans with a sign on the back that says something like: "Peter and Marie - UHF Ch. 44" Now, the last CB that I owned was a 27mhz AM/SSB job way back when they were (a) illegal and (b) legal but licences were required. And back then they were m...

Hi all would appreciate help we are considering going on road fulltime , but financially will be final move, we both are happy but a bit scared , of getting old on road , can someone tell me the positive and neg, of such a move and important , things to remember, thanks we have been on the road 6mths this time...

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I wonder if anyone can shed some light on this problem.... I am fitting a new water pump into my van. The old one is still working but is very noisy. I have purchased a new pump that when tested outside of the van using a bucket of water does appear to run quieter once the initial priming has finished. Here i...

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Hi Folks, Very new at this...my 1st post! Just in the process of buying a van and setting it up for touring and running most things on 12volt, just wondering if any one out there has had any experience with the EFOY Fuel cell system for recharging batteries. Many thanks for any info.

We are considering the Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited for our next car. Mainly down to price and towing capacity. It comes with 20" wheels. However, someone said that in order to get the towbar that's capable of 3,500kg towing we'd need to get the smaller 18" wheels (and its higher profile tyr...

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