Peterv
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Welcome Colin & Lauren,
Sounds like you have led an adventurous life. I’m sure the Top Ender will open up a whole new set of adventures for you.
All the best with your travels,
Peter
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Hi Greg,
I decided not to go with the Stone Stomper. If I didn’t want to remove the mud flaps I had to secure the Stone Stomper against the stone guard in which case the protection is reduced.
I also have a set of Rock Tamers which I used on a previous car/van set up. I decided I’d just use these, with the addition of a mesh insert which sits between the two mud flaps, for the next trip and see how they go. I wasn’t too impressed with the Rock Tamers on my previous set up, but the CP5 has much better protection than the previous van so they may be OK this time around.
Cheers,
Peter
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Hi all,
A question for everyone. Does anybody use Stone Stomper or Rock Tamer type products to protect the front of the van from stones thrown up by the tow vehicle? Are they necessary or is the protection provided by Kedron sufficient?
cheers,
Peter
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Hi Tim,
One area you will need to get your head around is the weight of the van and the weight limits of the car. There is a ton of stuff explaining this on the web.
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Hi Ken,
if you decide on an inverter, a 300 watt pure sine wave inverter would be needed for the MacBook Pro. I don’t think a modified sine wave inverter will charge the MacBook.
cheers,
Peter
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On 15/03/2018 at 8:18 AM, JohnN said:
State :NSW
City / town :Terrey Hills (Sydney North shore)
Business / Contact name :RVgo
Address : 26-30 Tepko Road Terrey Hills NSW 2084
Ph: 02 9986 2952
Web site: http://rvgo.com.au/
Type of work : General maintenance
Comments :Usuallty booked a couple of months ahead but appear honest and was happy with their work. Kedron was happy to liaise with them.
I have used RV Go for about 4 years and they have just completed the 1,000 klm service on my CP5. I have been very happy with their service, though you do have to book a long way in advance.
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Hi @Stork, we also have the Safety Dave TPMS. Our experience with it has been pretty good.
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Enjoy your travels Greg. Such a great way to enjoy your retirement. 😀
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Well we have finally collected our van, and, unsurprisingly, we are very happy with it. Hopefully 2020 will be full of great trips.
Here is the video Glen did of the handover.
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Hi Katrina,
While it is a long wait, it does start to get very exciting when the time is close. We’re now counting down the final weeks. Our pickup should be on December 10.
What configuration did you order?
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Our new van is well under way. After such a long wait, it's hard to believe that it's finally happening.
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In case they haven’t mentioned it yet, the van may not come with a jack. They will probably recommend a trail-a-mate mk2.
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Hi @Andrea and Gary, we might see you at Kedron. Our CP5 is also due to be collected in December. Our chassis has arrived and we have now finalised the specification. December can’t come quickly enough🙂
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It’s hard to imagine that people can be so thoughtless; there is certainly enough of
them to spoil a number of otherwise nice campgrounds ⛺️
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Hi @TonyH sadly we won’t be starters for the Christmas gathering. We have pushed the delivery date out to December, because of my wife going into hospital (nothing too major).
Hopefully next year 🍾
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Thanks @TonyH I have thought of that and in fact have asked Graham if there was any chance we could coordinate handover with the Christmas gathering. Delivery hasn’t been scheduled yet so he couldn’t commit. If at all possible, you’ll see me there.
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After having sold the Pajero, we have picked up the LC200. Had the Lovell’s GVM upgrade and 2” lift before it was registered, have also had the ARB Summit bar fitted, UHF installed and will soon get the brake controller and wiring done.
The Jayco just sold so we will be van-less until the CP5 arrives, hopefully late October.
In relation to the CP5, we have chosen the colours, added some more options (including a second spare and the new pressure hatch) and now it’s just a matter of waiting and watching the videos of other vans being delivered to their new owners.
October can’t come quickly enough😀
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2 hours ago, Chris said:
Have you seen my trip report on the Plenty Highway?
Stage 3 August 2018 Plenty Highway.pdf 747.22 kB · 2 downloads
Thank you Chris, very helpful trip report. It gives me something to think about for when we reschedule our Alice trip. I had planned on arriving and leaving Alice from the south, but doing a loop where we leave Sydney and first go north / west to Boulia, then visit Alice, Uluru and the surrounds and then come home via Oodnadatta sounds like a better option.
This year’s trip was designed around having a Jayco which we wanted to sell as soon as we returned home. The Jayco is now retired (for us at least), detailed and up for sale. We pick up the CP5 in October opening up a new world of route options.
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I had planned to be there, in fact right about now, but some health issues caused us to cancel the trip. After hearing about the crowds I don’t feel quite so bad.
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Well, after placing the order for the CP5 last October, we have now ordered a new tow vehicle. Landcruiser 200 should be delivered around April. We’ll be getting all the usual mods done, including a GVM upgrade prior to the first registration. Going to be a very different experience to towing with the Pajero.
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Hello Joiners. Just curious, you have had your Compact now for over 6 months now. How is it travelling? With the benefit of hindsight would you have made any changes to the original configuration you ordered?
Sometime in the next few months we will have to finalise the configuration of our Compact and am interested in any insights you could share.
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TowPro Elite brake controller 200 series (2020 model)
in Public Forum
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@Busbuckwe have had the same problem with our TowPro Elite fitted to a 2019 LC200. So far, cleaning the contacts on the 7 pin plug and, for some reason, the grey Anderson plug has worked. But I’m not convinced it has really fixed the problem.
I’d be pretty interested if you find a solution.
cheers
Peter