dirt in camper

We have a Swan Outback. If you cover the fridge vents with Gaffa tape or perspex you should be ok. We cover ours with perspex and velcro. We also use the two screws that hold the vent in. You will always get a fine film of dust but that is easily wiped up. also always make sure you close the roof vent!!!!!

We also cover the vent in the door.
Other than that we don't do anything. Closing off the fridge vents obviously affects the performance of the fridge but we have never had any issues with that.

Cheers,

Grizzle

Rod,

Welcome to Australia. If you are going to travel this country and use dirt roads you area going to get dirt in your camper. I own a Trak Shak which according to every test I have ever seen has about the best dust sealing on the market. It gets dirt in.

Years a go my neighbour who was a pretty keen outback traveller stripped his Jayco and put a dob of silastic on every pop rivet to try and keep the dust out, retirement will do that to you. It worked but I don't reckon very many people will go to those lengths.

I have seen busses with an air duct at the front which channels clean air to the engine bay in order to keep the dirt out. You could do a similar thing with a bit of flexy hose hooked to the roof of the tow vehicle. The idea being to create positive pressure in the van.

Good luck, don"t worry too much about the dirt, it's really clean dirt. Not like the stuff you find in cities.

Duncs

Hi Rod

When we had a wind-up camper (something like a Jayco Dove), when we stopped, I'd dust the cupboards, sweep and shovel out the red dirt, and my husband would shake out the bedding which copped most of the dust. I'd screw the cupboard doors back on. Just part of choosing the red roads in this great land. I must confess, it is now nice to stop and not have to do the housekeeping with our dust free Bushtracker caravan.

Hi Yendor,

We have put a ceiling vent (forward facing) to pressurise the van whilst driving. Seems to work well, we just came back from 2 trips, Gawler Ranges and Warraweena in the Flinders with no dust getting in.

You can get them from must C/Van suppliers, they face forward with a spring latch to hold them open, you use this spring to pull on to close them. I will get you the brand name etc next week if you can't find one. just email me blazesport@tsn.cc

On our Lawn Hill trip several years back we travelled from Newcastle up through Toowoomba, Roma, to Carnarvon Gorge, Longreach, Cloncurry, turned left at Burke and Wills Roadhouse, Gregory River then on to Lawn Hill. After that up to Karumba Point to see the sun set, across to Cairns and back down the coast. We weren't in a hurry, don't know if it was the shortest route but it was a great trip! We weren't towing anything, had a tent.
M and P