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Story in today's Daily Mail regarding drivers of so called heavy vehicles being fined in South Australia. One in particular was a Ford F-350. Apparently, some larger utes are classified as 'heavy' vehicles by SA authorities with the same speed restrictions as say, a B double! I drive a Ford Ranger...

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Funny what people do with time on their hands, very clever..........

I have a Pajero towing a Jayco 17ft. But a lot of gear in rear of car. fridge, battery tools etc. So a bit of weight there the van isn't overloaded and we have weight distribution hitch. So the problem is it the tow bar, although looks level we hit the ground on speed humps or deep gutters coming onto road. W...

"A blonde man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts: "Did you find the shampoo?" He answers, "Yes, but I'm not sure what to do... it's for dry hair, and I've just wet mine." A blonde man spies a letter lying on his doormat.It says on the envelope "DO NOT BEND ".He spends the next 2 hours trying to figure out...

Hello everyone, we are fairly new to travelling so joined for any help that we may need, still learning We have an Avan Cruiser 5 and love it, just got home from our first big trip up to Darwin, down thru the center then along the Great Ocean road, up the east coast and back home. 12,600km. Had a great trip,...

Gday, hope to get some informed advice and maybe see you on the road after I retire next May. Not quite sure whether to by a new motorhome or second hand. Busy looking at the options. Im new to this game so taking it slowly as I dont want to waste upwards of a hundred grand for something me and the wife arent ha...

Hi all, I am about to try a gas saving trick with my Dometic 3 way fridge. I want to turn the gas off through the day and run my 3000 w inverter to power the the fridge on AC. Then at night go back to gas. Has anyone had any success with this technique?

The selector valve on our Jayco, is a cheap three way home garden irrigation valve. I am having trouble with the entire water system, and think the only way to fix it, is to re-do the system, plumbing it properly. I am thinking of fitting two ball valves, one on the outlet of each tank to the12v pump, but ac...

Ah, the bagpipes

I currently use gregorys touring atlas of Australia, paper maps, camps 9, & wikicamps for my travels. Is there an app available that is simply maps of Australia with a good zoom ability. I am looking for a replacement for paper maps. The apps I've looked at have symbols for camps, dump points, et...

Just a quick word to say hello, we are new members looking to contribute as well as learn from the vast experience that exists with members of this forum. We are in our 60's, still working full time but enjoy getting away for extended weekends when we can mainly around North East Victoria in our 2009 (bea...

The topic came up on another thread in the solar section and rather than drag that topic (AGM battery advice) in a different direction, I thought I'd start a new topic over here in the techie part. First off, we need to look at how the numbers of Amp hours advertised on the battery case were determined. Th...

I recently bought a Motorhome that has parabolic springs , shock absorbers and air bags . We have been away in it the last couple of months , everyone here will know how bad the roads are in Qld especially out west . Our problem started North of Gympie on our beautiful A1, when we hit a dip we would pogo down t...

It would make a really constructive thread, if we all put in ideas about reducing the weight of our rig, rather than going on about what we should have done. We need persons to contribute and ask, rather than feel bullied by some who just what to prove how knowledgeable they are to each other. So what abou...

Hi there all Looking for a powered van site in Winton for the festival. Mis anybody there that knows of a site. I have a 22ft van. If I have to I can go non powered but prefer not to. Thanks Bruce

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