End of our travellling

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Re: End of our travellling

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T1 & Vik,
Same same.
When Girt finds a new home we plan to downsize, but stay with a motorhome.
At one stage we looked at the pull-along box option, but decided to reject it for the same reason we rejected the fiver option when we bought Girt.
Towing a car/trailer combo is work enough. Don’t want to be person-handling* anything heavier than the empty Tilta.
Couldn’t, anyway.





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Re: End of our travellling

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Greynomad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:03 am T1 & Vik,
Same same.
When Girt finds a new home we plan to downsize, but stay with a motorhome.
At one stage we looked at the pull-along box option, but decided to reject it for the same reason we rejected the fiver option when we bought Girt.
Towing a car/trailer combo is work enough. Don’t want to be person-handling* anything heavier than the empty Tilta.
Couldn’t, anyway.





* Must maintain our gender-neutral language, mustn’t we… :D
We just happen to have a Mazda 3500 diesel, 10 sp gearbox to keep the mind active, solar and lithium batteries and 3000/9000w inverter/charger, inside recently refitted out .... just thought I'd mention it ;) :lol:

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Re: End of our travellling

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Be good for a straight swap [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]


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Re: End of our travellling

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Coolabah1au wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:56 am Be good for a straight swap [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]


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Girt for the Mazda :lol: :lol: Poor Ray will be gasping for breathe about now ;)
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Re: End of our travellling

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T1 Terry wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:53 am
Greynomad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:03 am T1 & Vik,
Same same.
When Girt finds a new home we plan to downsize, but stay with a motorhome.
At one stage we looked at the pull-along box option, but decided to reject it for the same reason we rejected the fiver option when we bought Girt.
Towing a car/trailer combo is work enough. Don’t want to be person-handling* anything heavier than the empty Tilta.
Couldn’t, anyway.





* Must maintain our gender-neutral language, mustn’t we… :D
We just happen to have a Mazda 3500 diesel, 10 sp gearbox to keep the mind active, solar and lithium batteries and 3000/9000w inverter/charger, inside recently refitted out .... just thought I'd mention it ;) :lol:

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Re: End of our travellling

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I would like to go back to the size winnie we first had 23ft with slideout
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Re: End of our travellling

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And under the 4.5 tonne? No annual checks etc. ;)
Does anyone know how hard it is to get the Gross Vehicle weight dropped to 4.499?
There is a vehicle that comes in the EXACT same configuration (EXACT) that is sold in either under 4.5 or 6.2 gross.
Surely it wouldn't be too hard for it to be replated?
Anyone know?
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Mine is under Bruce, car licence only.
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Re: End of our travellling

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Just find an engineer to do the work.

You'll need weighbridge cert.

Probably cost between 400 and 700 depending.
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Our first m/h, “The Turtle” (cos it carried its home on its back and couldn’t exceed 80km/h without a tailwind and a downhill slope) had a 10speed manual box.
It was a Jayco prototype (chassis #6 of 6) which they never proceeded with at the time. 1982, from (unreliable) memory.
Had a shower, but only a Porta-Potti, and a gas mantle light for off-grid illumination. Problem was, every time we went over a cattle grid the mantle shattered.
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