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Next week with luck I will weigh my Vans ATM. (Water tanks empty) 1. Coupled to ute i will weight on both axles. 2. I will un-couple and weigh TB using jockey wheel. 3. Add both gives my my ATM..right. My question is,,will the TB weight be far out? As obviously the jockey is not identical to tow ball.

Well I sustained carnage to my awning whilst free camped on the Tassie East Coast, awning should have been stored however trying to keep the dog dry it was left erected. My awning is the Dometic brand and the frame is constructed totally of alloy. The main roller axles are 19mm OD 2mm wall aluminium tub...

Hello, newbie also. Just retired and about to take off end of march and stick to WA at the moment, away from the coast in the wheatbelt south east of Perth until it cools down. I have a very simple set up just a 2011 hyundai iload with shelving and a big gell cell 12v battery in the back to run the engel fridge,...

After having a taste of the Oodnadatta track last year we have decided to do Savannah Way this winter. Watched a video youtube "Trip in a van" towing a Jurgens van and got through with no problems. We are towing a 3.2 ton Nextgen with LC100, my only concern is the departure angle on river crossings as the...

Good morning I have a minor dilemma haha we are heading off to permanently travel and I was wondering what people use to store things like flour ,sugar etc. Thank you

Yobarr will probably answer this . What is the formulae to work out the approx weight transfered from the tow ball weight ,to the tow vehicles rear axle ,without a WDH? I was surprised to see mine had increased by 360kg from a 240kg towball wieght. Also front axle has reduced by 140 kg to 1100kg , Is there a...

Hi. I was looking at the overwhelming range of off road vans and a couple of Carrera vans caught my eye. Mainly because $60,000 is a lot less than some of the others! Does anyone have any opinions on this brand? Thanks Noel

Would anyone be running a Foxtel decoder through a Modified Sine Wave inverter. any problems? Cheers Wootts

An older lady named Ida was somewhat lonely since her cat died and decided she needed another pet to keep her company. So, off to the pet shop she went. She searched and searched. None of the pets seemed to catch her interest, except this ugly frog. As she walked by the jar he was in, she looked and he winke...

Hi all, We are finally making our journey north and it may take us until November to get into the top end Qld/ N.T. We would love to hear your view's about travelling with a caravan in the wet season in the top end ...is this to be avoided? At all costs? Should we stay and wait it out? or is ok to travel through...

We have heard some very sad stories about this COVID-19 virus The saddest being that at the time of opening this topic, there has been over 1,000,000 people who are positive, and over 53,000 deaths worldwide Some people have (in my opinion) turned inwards, and for use of a better word, have turned hoar...

Anyone who thinks the ABC goes soft on labor interviews....have a look at Leigh Sales interview with Dan Andrews on the 7:30 report tonight.(15/02/21)

I've been searching to buy a used pop top caravan, and during my search I inspected a van that had an Alko 10" Ratchet Jockey Wheel. I'm just wondering what experienced caravanners think of them and are they as good as they seem to be?

Hi, we are looking to buy a new van to tow with my Mazda BT50. Would like to hear from someone who has had experience towing with this model particularly as to what van weight would you recommend as a safe limit. Its a 2011 model (last of the old version) manual 4x4 BT50 Boss tray back as in the avtar pic. I ha...