Outback Caravanning | Tools, Spares & Tips

[@FixitFingers]

Comprehensive list mate. Hope you had a good trip.

[@whitedoggarage]

Thanks Fixit, it was a good trip, but it is good to be back home, but it is raining at the moment, raining lots, maybe at your place too 😊

[@markwhalen5300]

28:18 had to watch it again... Did Rob forget Hoseclamps?!?!? nahhh.. good Job!

[@whitedoggarage]

Thanks.

[@markwhalen5300]

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[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Interesting/useful video Bob 🛠👍😊

[@whitedoggarage]

Thanks Sparky, still resting up from the trip😀

[@markwhalen5300]

45:02 I use a similar technique with hydraulic adjustment screws. I draw a line so I can visually see how many turns in or out I am going. often my adjustments are between 10- 90 degrees so a hashmark is helpful.

[@whitedoggarage]

It is a good technique to use, in another time in a different galaxy long ago I used to do race setups, handful of spanners walking around checking every nut and bolt, tedious! I knew a bloke who was an aircraft engineer and I had noticed on a plane I had flown on, that the screw slots on the negine cowling were all aligned and I asked him if that was a thing so you knew if any were undoing. Apparently not, it is a special fastener they use, horizontal and vertical orientations related to done up, undone.

[@markwhalen5300]

8:00 my tools are very minimal, remind me to bring you on my next road trip LOL

[@whitedoggarage]

Looking forward to it 😅😅😅

[@markwhalen5300]

Rob, a great video overall! I have to say, you are not only prepared for a long road trip, but for the apocalypse itself. I am undecided on both the Battery Charger and the Air compressor. I have a mini air pump that could fill one tire, fingers crossed that will be enough.

[@whitedoggarage]

We were in the north of western Australia, nothing for hundreds of miles except a few fuel stops and we helped out some people in campers, they carried nothing apart from the jack the vehicle came with. There is nothing out there. One guy we came accross with a caravan had his engine run out of oil. It was stuffed and it was a receovery job. Well you can just imagine the money needed to recover the rig and replace the motor. He did't check his oil level ever. We used that battery unit twice to get people started. It is light and easy to carry and it is often not easy to get the rig close enough for a jump start. We do a bit of dirt road travel, so will let the tyres down to ease the pain and suffering on vehicle and suspension. Got to pump them up again when we get back on the tarmac, a good compressor makes it easy for eight tyres.

[@markwhalen5300]

Last summer here in America we visited a beach at Lake powell, I saw multiple other vehicles so I wasn't worried, until we went to leave and continuously got stuck in the sand. Another campers advice was dropped our tire pressure down to 15psi. That worked, we were able to navigate the sand but then we had four tires at 15 psi, fortunately the nearby service station was familiar with our plight, clearly we weren't the first, they had a massive air compressor in their parking lot. That was when I bought my little air gun, unfortunately doing four tires would be too much for it.

[@whitedoggarage]

@@markwhalen5300 One time, with out the caravan, we drove up to this area in the far northwest of Australia, turning off the sealed road we faced some 50 miles of corrugated dirt and sand road. A popular destination and camping area lay ahead, there was a bit of traffic early in the day, vehicles leaving and vehicles going. On one side of the road the leaving vehicles were pumping up their tyres and on the other the vehicles just starting out on the road were lowering their tyre pressures. Quite a site to see. Tyre air at garages is free in Australia, if we were conditioned to pay for our air, a garage with a big compressor would probably make a bit of money at that location 😀

[@markwhalen5300]

18:50 the charger, I guess I do need. I have a small usb charger that hooks to my drill batt for cell phones, and I have Jumper cables, so I can mooch a jump from a passerby. I just haven't pulled the trigger, the Cheap ones are so cheap, and the quality ones are so expensive.

[@whitedoggarage]

I got it originally for the old rig, because I was worried about batteries going flat when camping. Our current set-up has four batteries, so I have options, but it is still a good unit to have. Mine cost less than $100 Australian, about $60 US I guess. It is Chinese of course. As I understand the mechanism, it is basically a lithium battery with a big capacitor. The store that sells them, showed one of them starting 12 or more diesel motors one after the other without a problem. Having had this one a few years, I don't know what you get with one of the more expensive ones, other than maybe more features.

[@markwhalen5300]

@@whitedoggarage ultimately it always seems to boil down to battery size and Battery quality. That's generally my problem I get something and it works great initially when I pull it out 2 years later the battery is fried...

[@whitedoggarage]

@@markwhalen5300 quite right!