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Thanks for that President Pete , although I don't think I will get Sue into a swag :laugh: Cheers Darryl

Thanks all for your kind words and I will miss the van and people of the forum. I will have to check on the rules as currently a financial member as I might bring the swag out to Goomburra for a overnighter in December. :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl

Hi All Due to other interests & committments etc we have made the difficult decision to sell our much loved Kedron. :sad: Details can be found here on RV Point if anyone knows someone wanting to purchase a mighty Kedron. http://www.rvpoint.com.au/DesktopDefault.a...mp;TabID=205104 Sue, Mitch and I have enjoyed all the friendships we have made and good times at gatherings etc and no doubt I will still be lurking around the forum as we expect to be in the market for another Kedron when Mitch has finished High School. Cheers Darryl

Hi Rick Nah we are giving it a miss this year, didn't want to sell the Kedron to pay for it :confused: Cheers Darryl

Ooooh - low blow David - That's hurtful :sad: But I do have today off with the public holiday :biggrin: Have fun Cheers Darryl

Following on from Where's Kimbo & Where's cvTripper I thought I had better start a Where's Wally thread :laugh: I don't know where Wally is but surely there must be a Wally travelling about. Just having a leg pull guys as both your thread titles reminded me of Where's Wally :biggrin: Cheers Darryl

Hi Ian & Jill Good on you for actually weighing it - a lot of people guess their towball weight and van weight and then present it as fact :confused: I'm assuming you have a front bed model with all that lovely storage space up front to fill up so the only real options are to cut back on what you pack, relocate some heavier stuff in front of the axle to behind the axle which doesn't mean build a big storage box on the rear and fill it with heavy stuff. Maybe look at moving the front water tank to behind the axles. Last option is buy a F250 :sad: Cheers Darryl

Be careful with RACQ as i was about to change to them and when I read the fine print , for caravans even though you pay a premium for an Agreed value they pay out the agreed or market value - whichever is less. Cheers Darryl

Here's a couple from our last trip and they are of the Tanami Track & Plenty Highway. No damage to van whatsoever - not bad for just a Cross Country :thumbsup:

A $6 High density camping mat worked for me on the Tanami & plenty - I think the $224 change from not buting a Obie's buys us quite a lot of nice meals out when traveling :biggrin: Cheers Darryl

Hi I've had a Dtronic fitted to the 100 series from middle of 2004 with no problems. You can feel the differance and it helps eliminate the lag when starting off etc. I also fitted a 3" exhaust 2 years ago and that improved it even more - especially when overtaking slower vans, motorhomes etc :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl

Gee it's hard to keep a secret :biggrin: Thanks for the Birthday wishes though. :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl

Hat's off to Webby who really is the backbone of the forum as she has spent many many hours (for free) doing all the Web design , set up etc. Great job Sue :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl

Looks great chris :thumbsup: - Damn i hate seeing pics of new Kedrons as it makes me want one again :sad: I hope the next G aerial folds down - actually a close up pic of it would be good as that's where i was thinking of mounting one on our van. Cheers Darryl

Hi Bob & Di I have been using a B.E.S.T for the last 4 years with no complaints, haven't picked up any tummy bugs from the van water supply so they can't be too bad :thumbsup: cheers Darryl

That's certainly a shame. The main problem with front diffs on 100 series is if performing snatch strap recoveries (on Nissan's - couldn't resist that one :biggrin: ) in reverse. Since Toyota did the recall on the IFS arms there has not been one reported breakage of a IFS arm on any of the 4WD forums I frequent so that is a non issue IMO. Having had a test drive of a 4.2l Nissan when looking at vehicles I was very underwhelmed with it's performance compared to eith er the 3l Patrol or the TD Cruiser - IMO it's no comparison and the auto in the Cruiser makes it so much nicer for towing through cities etc. The Cruisers do perform much better from the bottom end with a chip and 3" exhaust too. You would have to think with Diesel still 35c/litre dearer than petrol that the V8 petrol Cruiser would be cheaper to run but it wouldn't have the range of a diesel or the Tough sound :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl

Glad you guys didn't fare too bad :thumbsup: So is the Nissan to be written off or repaired ? Cheers Darryl

I hope you are getting in the mood by sitting outside the van with the Akubra's and Driz-a-bones on playing "Man from Snowey River" DVD's on the TV :laugh: Cheers Darryl

Hi Chris We used it as a short cut from Alice to Brisbane so it was worth it in that regard - the big termite mound was about the only thing of interest for us but as we weren't looking to smell the roses we didn't. I'd certainly go over it again if going from Brisb to Alice etc as it's certainly more interesting than the longer bitumen run up to Isa, 3 ways etc. Cheers Darryl

Hi Alan & Lynda As Kimbo mentioned we did it last year late May or Early June , we left alice and stayed to Tobermorey on the first day and then Tobermorey to Boulia the 2nd day. Tobermorey is now closed for fuel & camping which is a shame. Gem tree at the alice end is a nice spot and we would plan on staying there for a couple of nights next time. Road conditions were good and could sit on 80 km/hr comfortably had to overtake a Pheonix and Kimberley Camper who going way to slow for us. No damage to van or car and I was running 25 psi in the van tyres. :thumbsup: Friends of ours went over the plenty approx 3-4 weeks after us and the corros broke their Dometic A/C - It was a Bushtracker though :laugh: The Plenty was a lot better than the Tanami. Funny thing was we had a heap of bikes on trailers and utes coming the opposite way. Darryl

Hi Pat I ran the power from the 12V supply behind the fridge and brought it in through the door rubber. The fan runs the whole time but I did fit a on/off switch inside the fridge so i can actually turn it off. cheers Darryl

Forgot to answer some of your other questions - Kedron use a fully hot dip gal chassis as opposed to just a gal A-frame - the gal adds weight. Look at the amount of steel in a Kedron chassis, there is a lot more of it hence more weight down nice and low. Cheers Darryl

Hi Are you comparing apples with apples - a 19'6" internal is the external body length of 21' whereas the 20' in the other brand is pretty well the internal and external body length as they don't have a boot. I remember reading on another forum where a stated average weight of of a typical 19' was 2600 kg or so and a owner came on and said their half loaded 19' weighed very close to 3500kg when put over a weigh bridge, they weighed all their contents and came up with something like 600kg ,when asked of the manufacturer what would cause the 200kg odd disreprency in the plated empty weight to what they believe the empty weight to be, he replied it could be water left in the pipes etc :confused1: My suggestion is either a smaller TE or go to a lighter ATV - The ATV is still plenty strong enough to do all the main roads like Plenty, Gibb, Tanami etc as our XC has proved that. cheers Darryl

Put yours in next month Chris and I'll win this months and you can win next months :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl

Kimbo mentioned to me that for those lucky enough to be going to the High Country trip ,take along your copy of the C&M mag and he will autograph it for you :laugh: :thumbsup: Cheers Darryl