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Have a look at Quad Lok, great Aussie gear, they make them for evrything from walking, running, bikes, motorbikes cars and trucks.

We usually sat on 100kph (62-3 mph) max as we found that going any faster greatly increased the fuel consumption. Of course much of the travel was at a slower pace on back roads and trails. Never had any problem passing slower vehicles but remember we were never in a rush and just took each day...

Back in 2012-13 us Aussies bought a secondhand F250 super duty LWB 4wd with a 5.4 litre gas V8 with just over 200k kms on it in Canada and after fitting a brand new Real - Lite poptop truck camper spent 10 months travelling the US and Canada. We covered over 55,000km as we criss crossed the...

There is a chinese copy of the Truma made by Belief which works exactly the same and is cheaper here in Oz. Surely someone distributes the Belief diesel stuff in the US as it is of good qua;ity and works well.

I have a 6bt and 6 speed Allison in my 4wd OKA campervan here in Oz, I used a wiring harness and TCU supplied by transmissiontuner.com, Jason built the harness to suit the truck using my measurements to place plugs and connection points to the truck, the whole setup has now been running without...

Ten years ago a few Aussie couples with the help of some great Canadian friends travelled all over Canada and the USA with F250 Super Duty utes and Real Lite truck campers. We spent over nine months exploring North America and two of us carried two jacks each mainly in the event of a major...

You need more solar especially if the panel you have is laying flat. A 160 watt panel won't keep up with a fridge so you are slowly draining the batteries, anything below 12.2 or thereabouts is starting to kill them and as others have said they don't come back if down that low at 10v for long.

Here in Oz most are running domestic inverter 240v fridge freezers on a dedicated 300 or 350w PSW inverter, Victron seem to be the most popular. As the inverter fridges are soft start you can get away with running such a small PSW inverter as even when running they don't use much power even...

We looked at a factory 4wd Coaster before we went with the Oka and there are a couple of huge problems with them. They were only built in limited numbers by Toyota for the northern snowy areas of Japan. As they are no longer made parts supply is questionable.They are also the only Toyota...

Tomica number 103 is a 79 twin cab in matchbox size.

How would you go hinging the wind deflector off the box and then flip it upwards when using the a/c. You could use over centre catches to lock it down when travelling. then the a/c would effectively be outside and exposed like in a house situation with the added benefit of a sunshade created by...

I bought an ARB type core removal tool but while it is quick it is a bit of a PITA, especially after a couple of valvea continued to leak after replacement. Suspect that the seal on the valve gets damaged during the removal/install process so have gone back to the 30 year old Staun's.

The biggest problem is that here in Oz there are thousands of people getting a boy to do a mans work by using these mid size utes to drag huge caravans around or sticking trays on twin cab utes so all the weight is behind the rear axle which leads to chassis failure. They should be buying light...

So what are those bike racks called? Who makes them? TIA

Very rare to see frozen water here in Oz except in the High country around the NSW/Victorian border area and some places along the Great divide. To give you a better idea of the size of the Oka it stands 2.6 m high (roughly 8 1/2 foot) and is 6.2m long (20 ft 4") and is 2m wide (a wee bit over 6...

Insulation in the Oka is pretty much non existant in the Oka although the poptop roof and slideout walls and roof are 25mm thick and insulated internally. While winter in Oz is the travelling season it is rare for it to be very cold and the coldest we have ever experienced in the Oka is about...

The cab and poptop roof are covered in glass panels now after several flexible panel failures. The poptop got a bit hard to lift with the additional weight so I fitted electric actuators to lift the poptop. I'll attach some inside shots.

Here are a couple of shots of our ex RAAF Oka van which I turned into a camper. It has been repowered with an intercooled Cummins 6BT driving through a 6 speed Allison and Nissan Patrol transfer case into the original Dana diffs. The Queen size double bed slides out the back a metre and the...

Lots of motorhomes and caravans in Australia are running AC mains powered fridges in the Rv's and have been doing so for many years, as the PO said much cheaper even including the cost of batteries, solar and PSW inverter. Most domestic fridges are rated to perform to a standard and are usually...

You can buy them on ebay from this seller in Turkey, he is very well regarded and can supply most bits for Webasto and Eberspacher. I've also not long bought a secondhand Thermotop on ebay and needed the plug and connectors to suit. See this seller...