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grandpabob


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Hi all, 

I am preparing for trip from Brisbane to Broken Hill via Lightning Ridge etc then on to Renmark, Echuca and returning via the Kidman Way to Cunnamulla then home.

Before leaving I would like to have the wheel bearings checked and repacked and the brakes inspected and adjusted. As I have my van in storage I am considering a mobile caravan service to come to the van and do the work.

Has anyone used such a service?

I am in North Lakes a suburb of Brisbane and the van is stored at Nerangbah 10 minutes away.

Thanks in advance.

Bob



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Pondy


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Hi Bob,


We have used Caravan Solutions 07 38765031 or 0417 710 252 he is mobile and came to our house to do our wheel bearings on the van

Hope this helps

Suzanne



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Welcome to the forum Pondy [Suzanne] .Hope you enjoy the goings on and the info passed on by a great lot of people..Alan

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Al-Ko electric brake service the Avan manual states that the first service for the Al-Ko electric brake system must be performed between 500 and 1000km from new. So, I rang my local Avan dealer, and strangely enough, they said it was an Al-Ko service and not an Avan service, and they were unable to offer a brake service to me (yet more strangely, servicing of the electrical braking system is part of the Avan dealer annual service anyway) Go figure!!!

I then rang Al-Ko in Brisbane and asked for a brake service contractors name although the Al-Ko manual states that you should ring them for an authorised serviceman, they dont actually have any. They said, just go to any major caravan or brake dealer.

We found Peter Armstrong from Tow Care to be excellent he came to our home and performed a full Al-Ko electric brake inspection, clean and adjustment, including adjusting the handbrake cable to prevent brake drag when the camper suspension flexes on undulating roads.

Find him at peter@towcare.com.au or call him on 0417 747 831



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Hi Pondy,  are you based in Brissy and is this where this mobile service guy is based.

Thanks Herbie,



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hi, thanks for posting this. it is an interesting question.



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Thanks Pondy,why I asked where he was based is it would make it easier for me to get a van park around the area he is located in,if I needed him to service my van.

I used one of these mobile caravan servicing services once before while in a park in SA and could not fault his work.

And the best part of it all,was I was near by to see that all that needed to be got done,and if he found anything that he thought may need attention to

I was on the spot to agree for him to carry out the work.



-- Edited by herbie on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 11:17:34 AM

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Hi Alan, Thank you for the welcome yes I am enjoying the site already.

Hi Herbie, yes I am in Brisbane on the southside and Caravan Solutions is on the northside I think but he is mobile and will come to you. He is very good


Suzanne

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Thank you Pondy and ShortNorth for your replies. I will investigate both repairers, once again Thank You



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