stretch bars and what fridge is best

Evening ....
First off... No idea about the stretch bars... sorry. Have had no experience with them.
As for the fridge, a friend recently bought a 35lt three way fridge/freezer from Repco for $399 (on special) and thinks its flamin great. It cools quickly and will freeze containers of water over night without any trouble. I also noticed that K-Mart had one on sale exactly the same (with a different brand label) a few weeks ago for the same price. Dont know what their normal price is but even at a hundred more their still a fairly cheap effective fridge. I have a Chescold three way and find it great. Believe the Waeco's are pretty good also but quite a bit more expensive.

On one last note... sorry to read your stuck driving the Commodore...hope you can Upgrade to a Falcon or better still a Patrol soon... lol

I 'm not a big fan of stretch bars after my wife got pregnant.

Gone Bush,

Based on your description of the tow bar, I'd guess you have a "Hayman Reece" style and therefore should not need anything else.

To be sure though, why not drop into a Tow Bar Installer and ask for their advise.

Don't know about the tow setup, but as for a fridge, I reckon you are not suited to a 3-way, (only going from your description setup).

I would suggest a small compressor job.... Waeco, Engel, Trailbrazer ... what ever.

Sounds like you'll only be using it in motion, hence a 3-way is not the go as on 12V they are not the best.

Cheers

Afternoon...
Just as a quick followup to the 3 way fridge .... If your planning to carry it in your boot at all and not in the camper, make sure it will fit with the lid closed as I found mine wont...
Just a thought.

I have a 3 way fridge and after a few mods it goes great. It was turning itself off on the highest setting on 240v on a 30deg day the other day. Some polystyrene to cover it 2 fans one under the coils and one under the condenser and it now freezes stuff if im not careful. As for 12v I havent yet been able to test it out properly with the mods.I would recommend the f400 model chescold as it is better insulated which i believe to be the only problem with these fridges which dont perform on a hot day....the insulation on mine has made a HUGE difference ..as well as fans
cheers

The fridge I have is the chescold type . What I did with the fans is wire the positive lead into the positive of the 12v lead on the fridge. The negative I wired together and into the neg of the 12v leads of the fridge. So I can run the fans outside the car I attached a further two leads to the fan wires (positive and negative) with some aligator clips attached . Then i just connect a small 12 v battery so I can run the fans . As the fans are directly wired into the 12v lead of the fridge I had to install a switch on the positive lead of the fans between the fans and the fridge lead so the battery isnt trying to run the fridge as well as the fans. So the switch needs to be closed when in the car and open i.e no connection when out of the car. If you forget which i did once the fridge ends up drawing too much current through the fan circuit and i melted one of the wires. So it cant happen again i installed a fuse 5amp between the battery and the fans on the outside of the fridge.

I know it seems like a lot of fiddling around but it isnt. Im just a novice at this sort of thing but got it to work. Heavy duty double sided tape is all you need to stick the fans in place. One under the condenser fins and one under the coils on the right hand side looking from the back opposite side to the heating elements. Some polystyrene foam stuck to the outside including underneath (on the inside of the lid ) and the fridge on 240 v and gas runs fantastic even in stinking hot weather icy cold infact ice in the cans cold. Enjoy your camping

I have one of those Repco fridges as well and am happy as it supplements the one in the van-note to keep it deadlevel when on gas and 240v -someone on this forum built an adjustable leg table, so did I and it doubles as a holder when transporting. also the repco fridge has a fan that works in the 12volt mode and i agree with the other guys about a fan when on gas or 240v-have fitted one to the van fridge but not yet to the Repco. Some commodores it was a GMH recommendation to fit the bracing plates above a certain weight limit-check your handbook under Towing, Caravan/trailers where it is usually spelt out. Recent ones no longer require this modification but I dont know from which model it was-although VS models needed them so the VR would as well. Probably a good idea as some campers are quite heavy an d stressful to the vehicle.
Good luck and see you on the road sometime
ding