Recent content by Maninga

I've got the Alison auto in my MAN 18.220. Sits on 100-105 quite easily though it's empty at the moment, waiting to see how it runs once camper weight is added

Nah, Australia. I'll start posting a build once something interesting has happened

Bought a MAN 18.223 about a year ago from Queensland. It was an adventure bringing it back home, currently getting the mechanicals sorted, new fuel tank installed, all the dry rotten hoses and blocked/broken/worn out bits replaced. It'll go into paint in a few months time, new cab interior...

I just bought home a MAN 18.220 over the weekend. Awesome vehicle to drive, ours is an ex-civil engineering vehicle, most problems caused by sitting in the Queensland sun for 7 years without being used. Planning a new build over the next couple of years. It's a big truck, will take some...

Our new direction. New thread to come in a few months time 1997 MAN 18.220 Parked at Unidan getting Hutchinsons test fitted

Well this is quite the thread resurrection. It's been quite a few years since I've looked for more than a few minutes, but starting to come back again. The farm has been a great lifestyle, but we found after a couple of years I suck at farming. Combination of bad advice, historically mismanaged...

Makes sense. I'm converting this to a big pickup/ute in the next few months, we bought a farm and needed a vehicle for it, truck is otherwise perfectly set up Edit: Check out Unidan (www.unidan.com.au), they have some nice slide on ideas

Might be worth talking with David Deere about his experiences and suggestions. One of his campsite pictures I saw on his blog Link to his site is http://daviddeere.net.au/. He posts on Portal occasionally too

Wow, I didn't quite realise it's been 8 months since last posting on my thread. I can tell that lots been happening in the background, some to do with the camper, some not so much. I don't have access to my photo's at the moment, so this will be just a wall of text until I can find/take some...

Well that's a bugger. Ours went up in flames ~6 weeks ago, though we managed to save it (5 minutes more and we'd have lost it), feel some of your pain. Main thing is you're safe

Sounds like someone picked up a bargain with that

I often find myself browsing the Unicat website, looking at their floorplans and vehicles. Some comfortable looking layouts there (though I don't like some of the small kitchens).

Not practical nor probably road legal in most countries. Height would restrict it from low bridges/overgrown areas. Most countries allow vehicles to be 2.5, maybe 2.55m wide, at 2.7 (not taking into account mirrors or the like), not road legal. Good looking though

I'm over 3 years into my build, 2 1/2 years where it's been at my place planning to register it next month, still unfinished but with enough stuff to have it usable. Taken way, way longer than expected to get to this point. If I had my chance all over again, I'd have bought something prebuilt...

There's 2 scrollbars when looking at the ad on my computer, one for the page, second for the pictures. Use the inner/second scrollbar to look at them all. Sleeping arrangement seems weird, as does looking out the back window and seeing the toilet.