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it was mentioned in post, vehicle towing capacity changes in general section that inspections for shackles were happening in gympie. Can anyone who was stopped please confirm this and tell us the date or is it just A furfy. I have never been stopped. I am not interested in chinese whispers, only fac...

Gday... See if you can pick where the vans park and where the grey water is allowed to run free...... Inland Straya is currently a VERY dry place ... locals appreciate the assistance to keep some of their grass alive. cheers - John

I quote from the Highest Legal person in Qld a few years ago. His response was into the media and the public complaining about the mild sentencing of violent offender. The Chief Justice of Qld said that the public, Quote "Have no say in the sentencing of offenders" Don't we the public employ these peop...

Doing some research atm on drawbars. Going to use an "A" frame type in new caravan to be built. Van wont be over 850kg ATM 650kg tare towball weight will be around 70kg Angle I'm looking at is-75 X 50 X 5 BLACK ANGLE AS3679/300W: 75mm H: 50mm T: 5mm Kg/mt: 4.4or RHS65 X 35 X 2.5 RHS AS1163 C350 LOH: 35mm W: 65m...

Hi, I have a 2010 Regal Roystan that we bougbt in January. it has been parked up for the last 3 months and was heading to Tom Price on Monday. 240v power is working fine but 12V power not working. Bought a new battery and still no power via 12volt (lights, radio and water pump etc) there is a 3 way switch next t...

A woman from New York was driving through a remote part of Arizona when her car broke down. An American Indian on horseback came along and offered her a ride to a nearby town. She climbed up behind him on the horse and they rode off. The ride was uneventful, except that every few minutes the Indian would le...

When fitting mounting brackets to the solar panel frame, is it better to use a metal screw or bolt and nut? Looking at ease of removal if necessary for any reason. Also what size screw or bolt/nut. As the frames are aluminium should the fasteners be aluminium as I hear s/s corrodes aluminium??? TIA for a...

Friendship between Women A woman doesn't come home one night. Next morning, she tells her husband she stayed over at a girlfriend's place. The husband rings ten of her best friends and not one of them knew anything about it. Friendship between men. A man doesn't come home one night. Next morning, he te...

I was at my bank today; there was a short line. There was just one lady in front of me, an Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars. It was obvious she was very irritated .. She asked the teller, "Why it change? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo yen. Today I only get hunat eighty? Why it chang...

A boy overturned his fathers tractor. The farmer who lived next door saw what happened so he went over to the boy and said: Hey son, dont worry about that. Come over and have dinner with us and Ill help you get the tractor up later. Thats really nice of you, the boy replied. But I dont think my dad would like m...

Tyrone' s 1st day in the first grade he comes home crying. When his motherasks why he replys. "The teacher told us to say our abc' s and all thelittle white boys could say them and I could only get to e why is that." Momsays "cause u black and they white." Next day Tyrone is crying again ."What's wrong today T...

Hi, I have a 2010 Regal Roystan that we bougbt in January. it has been parked up for the last 3 months and was heading to Tom Price on Monday. 240v power is working fine but 12V power not working. Bought a new battery and still no power via 12volt (lights, radio and water pump etc) there is a 3 way switch next t...

could be useful in Canberra at the moment !!! K.J.

Hi guys, Last weekend was a bit of an average day weather wise, so I decided to take on an in-van project trying to make it a bit more comfy for me to watch a movie or use the tablet whilst in bed. I didn't want to add a tv as I don't want to dedicate the space or set up to one and frankly it just wouldn't get that muc...

Big write up in today's 21/8/2018 Courier Mail about Towing vehicle changes in QLD Mentioned on front Page , 8,9, 13,22 Proposed new laws will stop upgrades to popular vehicles Transport Minister Mark Baily, despite repeated requests requests has not told peak industry bodies why the governmen...

Yes NSW & QLD are in drought & property owners are doing it tough but some of it may be self inflicted. http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/132923

Just signed a deal on a new mux4wd great deal was very happy wont be picking it up for a few weeks,Just found out today they have a dpf filter in the new one (just my luck )can cost up to $500 dollars to clean,any one here running a vehicle with one of these things fitted,I do my own servicing are they easy to g...

Any Bushtracker owners there? I know they are a good heavy duty off road van with a high price tag. I would be interested in any info on how the company handles warranty issues and general after sales service. If I purchase a BT I will be a long way from the factory and getting it back to fix up any defects wou...

Bit of a Bradbury happening methinks

I recently changed my hitch to a Hitch Ezy and used a torque wrench to do the nuts up to the required tension as per the instructions , there has been mention on the forum about peoples hitches coming loose as with wheels on their vans . So I'd prefer it didn't happen to me. What I'm after is info on what tensi...