Witchdoctor Oz
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EarthCruiser,
No luck with the pic's
No luck with the pic's
Mitsu Fuso Camper examples
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whatcharterboat
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Fuso maru >>> Hilarious!!! Thanks. Sounds like your typical Aussie to me too.
Not a bad way for an old Warrior tour bus to spend it's retirement.........this bus was still running tours up and down Cape York only last year.
The new owners have just had the camper conversion done in Brisbane and then up here for a single wheel conversion yesterday. The APE winch and bar were done way back when we first built it. That must have around '03 or "04 if I remember correctly. All those early Cape York buses got long span springs too....a lot of work but they do ride really well over the corrugations.
They turned 2/3's of the rear boot into a shower and toilet and kept the original walk in rear boot door.
They tell me a new insect screen door is next.
Some solar on the roof too.
There is a couple of powered fan hatches too. One at either end plus I see they've left the old emergency exit roof hatch.
Not a bad way for an old Warrior tour bus to spend it's retirement.........this bus was still running tours up and down Cape York only last year.
The new owners have just had the camper conversion done in Brisbane and then up here for a single wheel conversion yesterday. The APE winch and bar were done way back when we first built it. That must have around '03 or "04 if I remember correctly. All those early Cape York buses got long span springs too....a lot of work but they do ride really well over the corrugations.
They turned 2/3's of the rear boot into a shower and toilet and kept the original walk in rear boot door.
They tell me a new insect screen door is next.
Some solar on the roof too.
There is a couple of powered fan hatches too. One at either end plus I see they've left the old emergency exit roof hatch.
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whatcharterboat
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whatcharterboat
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This was in today for some quick mods.
Really well set up NPS from South Oz. Note the boat loader and solar on the roof..... full of camping gear in the back and he tows a full size Bushtracker too. They do semi professional prospecting. So those guys would usually set up the van as a base and free camp in the vehicle as they cover new ground over the period of a week or so and then return to the van to stock up again.
Very, very nice.
Really well set up NPS from South Oz. Note the boat loader and solar on the roof..... full of camping gear in the back and he tows a full size Bushtracker too. They do semi professional prospecting. So those guys would usually set up the van as a base and free camp in the vehicle as they cover new ground over the period of a week or so and then return to the van to stock up again.
Very, very nice.
whatcharterboat
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Don't believe so.
Back in '96 we did some work for a professional prospector. He and his wife were only in their early 20's then (and before kids) but are now very well known worldwide, write articles for gold prospecting magazines, sponsored by Minelab, etc.
They came in from the bush with their Landrover and we built them a really tough little (Phoenix) caravan to take back out to camp in.....12 months later we built them a much bigger but equally as tough van and set up a new Nissan Patrol ute to tow it.... the ute got the works.....big alloy box on each side.... all kitchen, fridge, camping gear on the left side and all tools, generator, jack hammers, etc on the right side..... big locker up front with all the detectors , shovels, etc...all charged from solar. ....crane for lifting an AG bike in between the boxes. We even did the bike too.....GPS, shovel racks, etc...........next year he came back and traded the Nissan for a Canter Crewcab and we swapped all the gear from the Nissan over to the Fuso. The poor little Nissan just kept over heating towing the van through the bush.
No roads where this guy goes either. Literally beeline through the bush. Parks the van as a main base , then heads out in the Canter....parks that and they head off on the bike. If they're digging deep, they bring the truck over and fire up the generator to run the jackhammer....lot of work but seem to have done very well for them selves.
BTW, last I heard , he stilll has the same Canter too.
I just happened over your post again, and I have to say that's certainly one of the funniest I have seen on here. Thanks!
EarthCruiser
Adventurer
Couple of vid`s from EarthCruiser play days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0kxeD9lKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQcLQyvUDLo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0kxeD9lKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQcLQyvUDLo&feature=related
Overland Hadley
on a journey
AHAHAHAHAHA nice!
EarthCruiser
Adventurer
Found in an Aussie mag.
http://www.roadahead.com.au/caravanning/around-the-world-–-in-uncharted-ways/
http://www.roadahead.com.au/caravanning/around-the-world-–-in-uncharted-ways/
moose2367
New member
This was in today for some quick mods.
Really well set up NPS from South Oz. Note the boat loader and solar on the roof..... full of camping gear in the back and he tows a full size Bushtracker too. They do semi professional prospecting. So those guys would usually set up the van as a base and free camp in the vehicle as they cover new ground over the period of a week or so and then return to the van to stock up again.
Very, very nice.
Saw this one last week at Adelaide River, near Darwin, very nice rig. All up with the van he's near 10ton.
I looked at it and that's what made the decision for me over the Canter, now to find a second hand one somewhere.
The owner owns a winery in South Australia nd it's his 9th trip up north i think he said.
SkiFreak
Crazy Person
You should be able to find out all the information you are looking for here:
http://www.allterrainwarriors.com.au/4x4-truck-accessories/single-wheels.html
http://www.allterrainwarriors.com.au/4x4-truck-accessories/single-wheels.html
EarthCruiser
Adventurer
EarthCruiser LWB in Spain.
