Another trip report - this time from last week's trip to the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and Brecon Beacons:

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fusea ... 606434.cfm

Steve.

I did a trip report for the Adventure Overland show and tour of the Land Rover factory. This was for my friends in the US truck camper forum:

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fusea ... 03/p/1.cfm

Steve.

Consider getting a "max power point tracker" (MPPT) controller - they make the best use of the power coming from the panels at any time - better than PWM controllers, though more expensive. Or you could do what we did - get a cheapo Chinese PWM controller first to prove the concept, then o...

Seller seems to be inconveniently on the wrong side of a large body of water.



Steve.

zildjian wrote:fence could do with a recoat too I notice

That is an old picture - I've since subcontracted the job to Sally.

rubberrat wrote:so.... just looking at the side of your seat.....Are you Ronnie Pickering?

It's just in case some strange man I've never heard of in an old Citroen Xsara Picasso starts having a go at me for holding up the traffic.

rubberrat wrote:
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..are we there yet?

Ha ha - that is exactly what I did when I downplated my 101" Land Rover to conveniently be under 3500kg gross weight

Steve.

This is a "super-cab" (2007 Ford Ranger): https://www.dropbox.com/s/b3htleuhundtv6e/20100419%20b2%20Ranger%20cab.JPG?dl=1 You get less cab space but more load bed than a double-cab. This importantly means that more of the camper's weight is carried forward of the rear axle. I didn't need t...

The roof and the tie downs (my fave) I've read of course, given the amount of work carried out in this 'my father's axe' of a camper would you say you are representative of a camper owner of this construction, as in what is the typical life cycle of a camper I've seen enough people having to rebuil...

I did some write-ups of some of the modifications I made on my camper on the US RV.net site. Here are some links... The roof went all soft and nasty, so I replaced that: http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25422355.cfm Then added solar power to the new roof: http://tinyurl.com/Sh...