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Post Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:51 am 
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:17 pm 
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Trailer lost some weight :)
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Now it's just a box trailer with a long draw arm :lol:
Progress will be slow but ill chip away at it when i can.

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Post Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:58 am 
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Spent some time on this today
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Jerry can holders will sit ontop of wheel archs.
Oh and one of the white rims was buckled so i splashed out on new 225/75/16 A/T for the old alloys

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:48 pm 
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Now it's a camper again :P
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:53 am 
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Post Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:17 pm 
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Update :P
Ever since I bought this trailer the left side light has been a bit hit and miss, when I put it in the shed a few months ago I had a look at the wiring on that side and found a heap of scotch locks and tape jammed into the wiring channel :x best to just cut it all out and start again :D
I don't have the best confidence when it come to wiring and had been putting it off for ages but I took my time and had it done in just over a hour using these heat shrink things with solder in the middle, just heat with a little blowtorch solder melts heat shrink shrinks and bobs ya fuckin uncle! jobs done! Armsup
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Lights works :P
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Took it out for some trailer flexing :lol:
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Max & Dex love car rides :P
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It definitely feels lighter without the lift up lid so that's a win :woohoo:
Storage box and battery set up next.

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:37 pm 
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I've put on a few kgs since I bought the rtt ten years ago :oops: and the 75mm foam mattress wasn't the most comfortable on the last trip so went and seen a local foam supplier and got them to make a new 100mm one with a 70's cover :lol:
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Heaps more comfortable 8)

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Post Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:33 pm 
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Time for an update sort of.
At the start of the month we did a 2700km road trip towing the old junker trailer, 4 adults loaded with heaps of shit for 10 days.
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The GV handled it effortlessly and it highlighted how heavy the camper trailer really is :cry:
We thought about it for a bit and what we wanted to do and this is what happened
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Junker trailer had some rust showing up in the floor that i couldn't be bothered with so i sold it last night, now this is junker trailer MK2.
MK2 has probably spent half its life outside and hasn't a spot of rust anywhere so for the odd jobs it will be used for I can put up with the weight of it.
Some time this week I'll pick up some other rims/tyres for junker MK2 and the alloys/BFG's will go on the new camper.......

New trailer has been ordered :P they say 4 to 6 week wait but with Xmas im not expecting it till mid January :(

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Post Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:58 pm 
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what sort of trailer are ya going for this time?.. ive used my inlaws 7x4 lightweight trailer behind the blagon..only weighed about 400kegs loaded..

how goods the new 5.12s towing 8)

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Post Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:31 pm 
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what sort of trailer are ya going for this time?.. ive used my inlaws 7x4 lightweight trailer behind the blagon..only weighed about 400kegs loaded..

how goods the new 5.12s towing 8)


Splashed out on a POD, 5.12's make a world of difference 8)

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Post Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:18 pm 
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While waiting on the new trailer thought I'd kill some time and give the old hubs a freshin up.
For nearly 10 year old hubs they didn't look too bad
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Pressed studs out and hit them with the wire wheel
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Etch primer
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:39 am 
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If i didn't paint the back of the studs it would've annoyed the piss out of me :roll:
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Before I sold the junker MK1 I cut off the treg hitch
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Cleaned up same as the hubs and gave it a squirt of gal
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Putting in the extra effort to mask off the polly block was worth it but fuck me took ages to get all the tape out of the little gaps :x
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:31 pm 
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6 weeks turned into 11 weeks but worth the wait 8)
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Had it for one hour and already pulling it apart
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Flipped the locating pin thing to the bottom
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Had to stop there trailer place gave me the wrong hub seals so ill sort them tomorrow.

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:39 pm 
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You got a poo’d Armsup

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:03 pm 
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You got a poo’d Armsup


Haha wonder if they'd approve that on a number plate

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:21 pm 
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Hubs on
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Much better :P
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Post Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:10 pm 
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Welding hot dipped gal sux but it's not going anywhere
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Black wheels and silver bar work won't do so sent some stuff off to the powdercoaters
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Post Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:24 pm 
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Black bar work Armsup
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Added an important sticker 8)
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Post Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:43 am 
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First trip away with the pod was a success 8)
Few small things need changes and definitely getting a box on the front for the battery pack but otherwise it's perfect for us.
We also learned that we really hate camping around people :lol: Saturday night the place was packed with morons doing their best to have the place closed :( by Sunday lunch time there was maybe 3 of us left camping and a hand full of day users Sunday night was pure bliss just the sound of ducks in the water and the occasional smelly frog in the tent :lol: from now on our camp trips at popular sites will be on week days and go bush bush on weekends.
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Also this was the fuel consumption we had which I didn't think was to bad considering the wife packed alot of shit we didn't need :roll:
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Post Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:07 am 
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Looks like a nice spot, shame about the neighbors though...
I think you could have got a spot a bit closer to the waters edge too.... ;D

One thing I have always wondered with those pod trailers, is there tie down points inside or can you do any modifications with adding storage compartments in them?

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:55 am 
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Looks like a nice spot, shame about the neighbors though...
I think you could have got a spot a bit closer to the waters edge too.... ;D

One thing I have always wondered with those pod trailers, is there tie down points inside or can you do any modifications with adding storage compartments in them?


Prime location :D hot throughout the day for swimming cools right down at night for a comfortable sleep 8)

Yeah you can option tie down rails from stockman at a ridiculous price that bolt down on the tub mounts can get the same thing from bunnings at a quarter of the price, heaps of good different ideas on the fb pod page of how people have set up their tubs im still thinking what will work best for us and stay light weight.

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:57 pm 
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thats about 14l/100 which seems pretty good to me. thats about what the blagon would get Armsup

do you know how much its weighs in that config?

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thats about 14l/100 which seems pretty good to me. thats about what the blagon would get Armsup

do you know how much its weighs in that config?


Not sure but I'm guessing around 450/500kg loaded

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:43 pm 
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Little update
When I fitted the bigger wheels and tyres I knew they were close to the inside of the arches but was hoping I could get away with it.
Not so lucky :| they just rub on compression
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Thought about it for a bit and as luck would have it SQ rims sit 12mm further out then the SV rims so easy fix :D
Picked up two nasty XL7 rims for $50
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Bit of powdercoat and they look like black XL7 rims :roll:
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Issue fixed and they still sit inside the arches.
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Tbh I like the other rims better, planning on changing suspension and adding brakes with parallel bearings later so hopefully I can use the old rims then but for now this was an easy fix 8)
Now to sort the centre caps.

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Bit of black paint and a permanent marker and they came up alright
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