One Small Lap
When I got the new batteries ages ago, I also got two additional solar panels for the roof. There was a bit of a run around getting the mounting gear so I never got around to installing them. I finally got the mounts and worked out the wiring. So a trip to Bunnings to get the required bits and pieces and I couldn’t put it off any longer.
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When I installed the heater it came with a clear/white fuel tank. The best place to mount this was on the side of the rear toolbox. I was hoping to maybe cover it with some black checker plate or similar, but I couldn’t really fine anything suitable that wasn’t really expensive. So everyone gave me a hard time suggesting the van had a specimen jar on the back!
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Over the last two camping trips away, at some stage we’ve run out of battery power. Given my preference to be away from Caravan parks, and our recent experience where some parks have run out of powered sites. We figured we needed to do something about it.
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In preparation for our Christmas getaway, I thought it would be good to be able to take the bikes. Caravan parks are a pretty safe place to ride around in.
Continue reading “Van Bike Rack”
I took the van away for a week while I was working out in western NSW a month or so back. As it was pretty cold and as the AC is not great at heating, I needed to get a fan heater. This worked a treat and kept the van nice and warm.
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Last Day. What a whirlwind. We are renting the house out fully furnished for the whole time we are away (so there is no coming back). So we need to pack away all our personal stuff and leave the place ready for the people who are renting it.
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The van is finally registered, the Blue Slip needed to be done manually as the RMS did not have a Wonderland Amaroo 1806 recorded as a model. Seems the inspectors don’t do to many van blueslips in the inner west, so the process between the inspection station and the RMS became a bit confused. I think it took 4 trips to get it completed.
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A few modifications to the van.
I’ve realised I would like to shift a little weigh to the rear, if I move over the spare tyre, I can fit a small toolbox to the rear bumper bar and use that to balance the weight and to have a little more storage room. So off with the bumper bar to take it to a steel fabricator and have some support brackets welded on. The only toolboxes I could seem to find were just plain aluminum checker plate, given everything else is black checker plate, there was no choice but to send it off to the powder coater’s to get it fixed up
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Underside of the bed is a great place to put the map.
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