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hi all, looking at buying new van around 21. Want to use on Birdsville track and Gibb River road. Any suggestions on best value for money for required van. have looked at Concord which appears well built

Front axle weight y62. My 2018 Y62 has a sticker inside the engine bay that says do not exceed 85kg (weight) on front the axle. I have a roo bar and spotties on the roo bar which weights 75kg total. Whilst I do not plan to add any more permanent weight to the roo bar (or front axle) I see that some people have fr...

People often complain about the police, but you rarely hear about the positive things they do, such as this incident involving a biker and a frozen carburettor. Last year on a bitterly cold winter's day, a motorcycle cop on patrol came upon a motorcyclist who was stalled by the roadside. The biker was...

How can I win, Coles rip off the farmers on 10 cents a litre surcharge. Woolworths rip off employees on pay rates. Closest IGA has questionable shelf pricing issues. Aldi milk tastes like...t to me. Perhaps go back to black coffee and take calcium supplement?

hi, getting two new batteries but the battery posts are further apart than previous battery, so wires won't reach, also will be running them in parallel which would make the - even longer. What is the recommended fix for this? the exisiting battery has about 3-4 wires connected to each post. Is their...

Hi All We have just found an issue with our solar Remote Meter MT50 A fault messeged flashed on screen RPPFault. This does not show in the manual, so no immediate remedy One set of lights flash once when ok button pressed, but all other 12v stuff seems to work, other lights, radio unit, water pump. The met...

We hopefully will be buying our first caravan soon and have a mazda bt50 ute and also a truck.Wondering what peoples thoughts would be on using a truck to tow our caravan around on a full time basis or should we just use the ute.Appreciate all comments.

In our Discovery we have a big fat cable running through to the back with an Anderson plug we use to charge the 12v 100A battery in the back which either powers the boat winch or runs the fridge in the caravan when we are rolling. Our new car is a Mitsubishi Outlander and I probably won't have time to chase so...

2 months into it and still struggling to find 'that' van. If you want something with decent self-sufficiency, a smidge of luxury for long-term travelling, and decent weights the choices seem to come down to reasonable price (relatively) and shoddy quality, or nice quality and obscene price. As I ca...

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Hi All. Was a bit bored today with very warm humid weather in SE Qld and then enjoy some welcoming rain, good reasons to stay indoors. While I hsd a chance I dug around looking for 5 dvds we brought to play in the caravan when we are away that gone missing. Instead found 20 saved VCRs with mostly musical co...

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I enjoy reading the blogs by different members on here and I marvel at the presentation of the information that you all willingly share with us. I am not computer savvy enough to have a website or a blog but quite often I make notes of things and places I read about and add them to a bucket list of visits. I ha...

We are looking for a 12v DC low wattage and silent fan for keeping the air moving on hot nights. We tried on of those water tank evaporative ones on our boat. Waste of money. We've also found that most dash fans are noisy. There is this, which claims to be silent: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-360-R...

I`m wondering if I'm alone in my journey. Short story: I presented to ED last week in extreme pain. Diagnosed with a blocked Bowel, and blocked Bladder. They eventually knocked me out with Ketamine, inserted a catheter, vacuumed my bowel, added a few stitches to repair damage, had a Spinal Block for p...

Hi Guys, We are new as well. We have not even started yet but we are super keen to get under way. My question, if anyone can help is this. Is there any difference between a Toyota 100 Series Turbo Diesel and a Troopie Turbo Diesel? As there is only the two of us, we like the extra space in the Troopie but I'm no...

Hi. I am planning my next trip and would like to do Birdsville, via Broken Hill going up, and coming out through Quiplie. I will be driving a Nissan Patrol (4.8 Petrol) pulling a Jayco Starcraft Tourer, NOT Off Road. Would I be in need of "Psychiatric assistance" to attempt such a trip with this combo, or...

I am just buying a tug for my new van atm 2500kg trying to decide between auto and manual cheers

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