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404
April 30th, 2021, 10:18 am
Hello Wonky, your summer soon... is the heater just for winter where you are? I have a little cooker which can burn diesel or metho or shellite. In the end I have got used to Shellite and gone all oldschool -a shellite lantern and even the coleman 2 burner stove (with mods). I will sell off the little MSR dragon fly. Maybe. Diesel's problem is the smell, worse than kero...
Bad news.
No framework pics - today the welding was postponed due to an extra shift. Seems a few people around calling in sickies.
Good news 1.
I got a load of parts for the Land Rover delivered. Genuine parts too.
...but you know what its like with a bench piled up with tools and parts and then the old axehead sharpening guy rings back and says 'come get it - its done'.... and then you spend the afternoon on that toy fitting it with a new aussie spotted gum handle that came in the mail last week... and you the get the rasp out and get the handle on... then waste an hour -with no result- searching for the little metal wedge from the old broken handle.. "Right! I told you! "[cue Basil Fawlty rage thrashing the Metro bonnet].
So I took a photo. Can anyone date that axehead? The markings were under 3 layers of ancient enamel, hard and thick like on a 1930s train carriage.
Good news 2.
Calculations on the fibreglass poly board for the floor, the lower section of the camper that sits in the Land Rover tub (more or less unseen) - the sheets are 17mm (3/4in) thick, 2440x 1220 (8x4ft). I have to check weight of these ideas for such things as the legs. Well, even if I used those 17mm sheets to do the whole camper they would be ok. The roof could be done in that stuff but in 12.7mm thickness - 12.7mm board is supplied in the same dimension - 3sq metres at 5.5kg a sqm (16.5kg a sheet). The roof is about 2600L by 1800w. So.. say 19kg (under 20kg anyway).
Good news 3.
Talking of thinner board for the roof, the pop top "scissor" lifters arrived here as well -well, 3 out of 4 anyway (backorder for 1 more). Yesterday. Each scissor weighs 5.5kg. Flat bar type, long spring in the lower channel, 1200 long channel, the attraction is that they can pop up 900mm. The lift cap. is 35kg. Now, yes, the roof is 2600 on the sides and 1800 front and back ...the 1200 scissor is overkill, but we camp in some areas with gales in the Snowys. And if its not a strong breeze it unusual in my experience. I want less shake rattle and roll in the pop top. One of my favorite camp spots gave us a nasty 2am wake up - out of a calm and balmy night all of a sudden a gale came thru and blew our camp gear down the paddock. Stuff all around the place.
Good news 4.
While I was in a weighty frame of mind I made a gear list and weighed items too. The farm jack and cast iron mess gear and stove and lots of items. Some items I guessed. Good to know the options if it comes down to the last 100kg - the target GVM is 3200kg. This LR does have 4 wheel discs and uprated springs from the Defender 130, new bushes, new big shocks, all the running gear is very sound. Its a 30yr old chassis but it was galvanised from the factory hence worth the upkeep and prep.
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404 on May 1st, 2021, 2:21 am, edited 1 time in total.