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Here I go again.... Another question.... Supposition. I have a tow capable of 2.5 ton. Fully loaded my caravan is 2.4ton (like to think it wouldn't be that heavy). So, if I'm now towing full height van, say 2.9m high with aircon, rather than a poptop with a lower chassis, I personally would want to cons...

I have a Projecta 150 dual battery set up and no instructions on how it operates....does the Vehicle alternator charge the 2nd battery in the car ? Does the Van Battery get topped up by the 2nd Vehicle Battery via the Anderson outlet if wired to the Van ? If the Van is not wired to the Anderson plug does t...

Finally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the morning After a hellish start to the year heading to Hervey Bay till Sunday. Meeting up with Mr and Mrs slip sliding away in our usual spot at the Harbour View Cp. Scraped a few days clear before we head down to Dubbo next week for No I Grandsons 2nd Birthday

when swapping gas bottles you can get either a 9kg -8.5kg and now a 7.85kg. When I queried I was told they were all filled by weight and were all the same, I think they only fill all bottles to a max of 80% so 80%of a 9kg is in my book more than 80% of 7.85kg . My question is if they are all the same are they under f...

Hi all, I am considering a few days away with my lady (wife) at the end of this week... can anyone tell me how busy it normally gets at Greens Lake during Anzac Day weekend? I am looking for a quiet (kid free) few days somewhere. Mike

hi all. i'm toying with the idea of those magnetic screens to put on my campervan. do they work and are they easy to install I thought it'd be good having the dog wander in and out. and onto the next bit....I have a sliding door *sigh* and wondering about some sort of catch thing so said dog can come and go bu...

Gentlemen, I have a little piece of advise that you may want to think about. I laughed but sheesh it sort of just hit a raw nerve a little also. I spent about 3 hours solid hand washing and polishing Miss Daisy this afternoon. Now MD is a 26foot long MH, so no small feat. I was up and down my ladder, changing w...

We've just bought a Toyota Coaster, Priscilla 2 which may be known to some members. We last spent time traveling Oz back in 2006 and look forward to getting back on the road. Ill health caused us to sell our rig and we believed that our traveling days may be over. However, life goes on and it's given us a sec...

Well by the latest news on the telly it looks good for us old farts !Because I can,t see me going on till 70 ! Now I,m going to be 64 in 3 weeks .Like many of us I still have to work part time cause of what I lost in the crash.In the last week I was on a 2 storey roof fixing a big leak in the rain for 2hrs.2 days later I...

Can anyone give me a bit of information on how this works please. Thanks Tess

Been at Town Beach Tocomwal for three days, carried out some repairs to the bike rack, enough to get me home. Yesterday Mothers Day we went to Brooga Sports Club for lunch, had a great three course meal including a glass of wine. Today done a couple of loads of washing as there is plenty of water in this fr...

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K.J. -- Edited by kiwijims on Tuesday 13th of May 2014 04:37:04 PM

My secret camp site by Xmas creek is worth while a stay for a few days or a week or 2. It is app 41 km south of Beaudesert, has clean flush toilets, water, free elect bbq. No Telstra mobile phone there but a few have had Optus working, no local tv but I have sat tv which can be connected up easy. Winter time can be...

sorry...just seen the same pic...with a different caption....... -- Edited by rosco532 on Tuesday 13th of May 2014 10:25:56 AM -- Edited by rosco532 on Tuesday 13th of May 2014 10:26:16 AM -- Edited by rosco532 on Tuesday 13th of May 2014 10:27:29 AM

Two middle-aged couples go on a camping trip. The men stay in one tent and the women stay in the other. At about two in the morning one man wakes up and says, "Oh my gosh!" The other guy wakes up and asks, "What's wrong?" The man says, "I gotta go find my wife, I just woke up with th...

We are in Adelaide with our 31 ft mobile home, we are seeking new coil springs for the hydraulic lifter jacks, it seems that it is in the too hard basket, have been to hydraulics specialist , he wasn't interested, phone Darios Caravans in Adelaide, didn't want to know us after they found out the size of ou...

I still get a laugh out of this from Andrew O'k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MagtXy1Exwo

I have been sitting here, having a Think about my aches and pains, ( 70 this year ) The Wife said something which is very true..... Our Parents never told us what it would be like, or how it feels when one starts to get old, after all, how does one make you feel the way they do ? You wake in the morning with stif...

Hi guys. Our plans once again have changed due to family medical delays. We were taking a c.van but can't rebook as full. Grr. so have decided to go anyway minus van and pay caravan or cabin stays along the way. We do have tent for warmer areas. Plans are made to be changed right? so wondering where we can st...

Hi, has anyone had a dometic fridge 2011 model 186 litre rm4601 . freezer on either gas or 240 setting on 7 will go down to minus 23 at night but soon as the sun hits side of van will rise up to zero or even warmer . fridge over night minus 9 but will get up to 17. freezer on minus 15 fridge plus 12.Thats now , fro...