Recent content by Pete79

I thought the same thing. The "Australia Tax" at it's best. Usually we pay double in Australia what it costs in the US. It's hard to swallow at times, but that's just the way it is. It sucks to see Australians missing out on deals like that though. I did a quick search yesterday $50k AUD...

Great idea Steve. Much better the the bungy cord that I have on mine holding the handle and wheel against the drawbar.

My preference is AT. Purely because your not relying on the trailer tires for traction. As long as they have good side walls, I don't believe they need to have overly aggressive tread patterns. There's no real advantage in my view. A set of swampers on a trailer is going to do nothing but...

You're right about having it all up here and we're pretty lucky with our place. It's only 15 minutes for us to go and have a play at Glasshouse and only 45 minutes to explore all the tracks around Kenilworth. We love going out there, set up base camp then head out finding new tracks for the...

I tried the fan idea too. I have mounted a blower fan out of a 3D printer right behind the outlet side of the fridge motor, it can cycle the total volume of the (empty) trailer in about 2 seconds. It helps a bit, but ultimately ends up pushing around hot air. My fridge will be staying in my...

This should be your number one concern. You'll find pretty much all fridges these days will durable enough to go in the trailer (as long as it's strapped down firmly), but if your trailer seals air tight and you don't have a lot of open space around the fridge it will be working very hard and...

Finally had a chance to hook up the trailer and got to see how it sits behind the JK now. The new tyres didn't give me as much lift as I was hoping. It's almost level now, but I want to do some work on the hitch and I need it sitting a bit higher then this for my plan to work properly...

Here's how I did mine, it worked pretty well; Double hinged trailer lid But I found I always opened it from the back so removed the pins on the rear hinge.

Mine hinges from the front as well. Been like that for a couple of years and don't recall ever wishing is opened from the side at any stage. Though my box is only 4' long, so I can reach pretty much everything from standing at the back. *Edit* Just re-read your first post, everyone does love...

I was in Sydney for 5 years. We did a couple of high country trips in those years. But we explored as much as we could and my photos are from everywhere throughout NSW, VIC and Tasmania. Now I've just moved back to The Sunshine Coast. As for the tyres; That's how I built mine as well, Suzuki...

And a quick update on the trailer. I fitted my new rubber yesterday. Went from 205/75 R15 (~26") up to a pair of 30s. With the new tyres fitted. I did find one little issue with the new bigger tyres. With the trailer almost fully loaded (no food, water or beer) I have 100mm of suspension...

I mentioned in my first post that we had relocated from our rural property to the city. Well, we're back on our land again. :wings: I can't say I'm going to miss the city life or rental properties, there's nothing like living in your own home and having space to do what ever you want. The...

Great, much cheaper then I expected. Thanks.

Great work on this fit out. Thanks for sharing. I have a similar setup with a 100W panel on a luggage pod in my trailer. It works very well charging my 100ah battery. My panel has survived a heavy hail storm and still in perfect working order. They are surprisingly strong. You should be happy...

I mentioned earlier that my first idea for internal compartments was using that ally tubing, well that didn't last too long. There was a couple of reasons for changing my design; The original design had some of the food stores under the table and chairs. But his meant I couldn't pack the...