this may have been started before but ......today as the sun was nice for this time of the year i painted round the roof four season hatch with light green paint to match the rest of the roof .........and at the moment i have the secondhand awning on the van as i needed to figure out the poles for it and the clips on the van for the spreader bars .........will take it off tomorrow as i need to patch a small hole in the awning with iron on patch and put a few eyelets on the long edge to put a side wall up when needed ........am off if we dont get a lock down on 10 september for a club run ...........
I didn't do anything to my camper but I did re wire my Kayak does that count? It is a major part of my setup, at the moment my goal is to get my camper registered but with covid shutting things down every other week it's proving to be a difficult task.
I changed gas bottles over in the middle of cooking bacon,eggs and tomato.
I needed to remove and replace this time, as I was preparing to live home I sprayed soapy water around the gas fitting, found a very small leak, now after 7 weeks on the road At wrong time, jumped out of bed to attend to the appending disaster.
I moved mine from the driveway to front yard, might move it back tomorrow just for giggles lol It's looking like I might get out on my first trip in it in a few weeks, then I will post some pic's ;)
I looked at my Van's exit route from its' parking spot alongside the house.
It might be a problem as the new neighbour across the road has parked his spare vehicle, a van, permanently it seems on the road outside his house. He hasn't moved it for about 4 or 5 weeks.
The issue is that to stop the rear of my caravan bottoming out as I move from the block onto the road, I come out as straight as I can & then swing to the left right onto where he has chosen to park his vehicle (quite legally of course unlike my manoeuvre I suppose.)
A few weeks ago, I asked him if it was his vehicle as I thought that it might have been abandoned, he said that if it was an issue let him know & he would move it.
I just wish he would put it in his unused carport. He has another spare under cover parking spot as well but chooses to park the spare van on the road & his work ute in his driveway.
Not to worry, I'll just have to talk to him the day before I go or modify my exit method.
We really feel for all you good people who are in lockdown while we in Queensland have unlimited freedom. I guess our turn will come. Have had the caravan ready to go for the last 3 weeks, since our last trip to Proserpine Dam ( Peter Faust Dam ),so that in the event of a lockdown up here we could just load the ute, hook up and be gone in 3 hours. Gotta keep ahead of the play you know. Next trip is to one of our favourite spots, Theresa Creek Dam near Clermont, and that starts this Sunday. Today I finished installing the dual Battery system in the Navara and saved myself about $400 by doing it myself. And before any of you lot start suggesting where the first cloud of smoke might come from, I have tested and run the system and all the smoke has stayed inside the insulation.The generator is now obsolete unless of course we travel south where the sun only shines for 46 days/year. Looking forward to a feed of Redclaw and some kickback time.
today i fitted a metre long by 5 inches wide shelf above the sliding doors on the kitchen side of the van to hold all the small stuff needed for cooking ........like gravy mix and tins of booster......salt and pepper and the like ..........
Today I got my camper registered I had been putting it off as I thought that while in lockdown I was unable to have it done but to my surprise it was allowed.
Yesterday I installed a grey water system, which will give me more overnight stay options in my hiace camper.
Pity I cant make the wiz bang door any quieter so that I dont upset fellow campers. I have covered the track and rollers with heaps of spray on lithium grease. Sorry!
Regards Bob
Yesterday I installed a grey water system, which will give me more overnight stay options in my hiace camper. Pity I cant make the wiz bang door any quieter so that I dont upset fellow campers. I have covered the track and rollers with heaps of spray on lithium grease. Sorry! Regards Bob
I would try by sticking "sound deadening" material ( thin and dense with adhesive already on one side - cut to shape , peel and stick..) inside the outer panel of the door - I think it would help stop resonance in the door caused by the "rollers and track.." Used by many car restorers/hot rodders etc... KB
I had been putting it off as I thought that while in lockdown I was unable to have it done
but to my surprise it was allowed.
