In Front Camping - Spare Wheel Rucksacks

I bought a soft travel bag from K Mart for $15 and attached it with a strong Ocky strap and it lives on the spare wheel without ever moving. I store all the camping rubbish in there in a bin liner. It is now 3 years old and still going strong.


Cheers

We have used this brand of rucksack for 2 years now B of Bodmin, and I can thoroughly recommend it. We cross the straps (which are adjustable) over behind the spare wheel and it doesn't budge no matter how long we travel. On our last trip it easily held 10 days worth of rubbish for 3 people and 1 dog. All of our rubbish is first contained inside a strong, black plastic garbage bag with the air squeezed out each time we put more rubbish inside, before using a wire bag-tie to keep odours/fly's to a minimum. When we get home we hit it with the pressure sprayer while doing the trailer and it comes up like new.
OzeSheila.

I have one -- V3 i have had one of the small clips break on me - but after an email to Klaus about it - he sent me a few spares in the post ( no charge for item or post)

They do hang a little low - especially when its loaded up with rubbish - cant have it on the tire when i am towing as it sits on the trailer connector. ( nissan patrol BTW GU)

But in general - its bloody tough and heavy duty , and i am happy with mine - will be considering one of the roof mount bags for the roof cage from Klaus next :)

Boc

Hi, I got one and it is ok for the price, but the straps and clips are flimsy.
I also have big problems opening the zipper after driven in dusty conditions.
So it is not the best one around, but certainly the cheapest.

Bought one last year fits the spare wheel well and can fit heaps of rubbish. can fit a plastic rubbish bag inside as well. Excellent mail order service. Arrived here in the West 2 days after ordering.

I took an earlier model around Australia on the back wheel. Carried rubbish, firewood (when I could use it), and various "bits and pieces". Carrying the firewood put a hole in it early in the trip but it held together for the entire trip

I secured it with an occy strap in addition to the straps when it had a heavier than normal load (firewood again..) with no problems at all. Planning on buying another one shortly.

Klaus is also very good if you spot a problem and let him know about it.

Jack

I don't suppose anyone has some photos of one so I know what your talking about.
One of my pet hates is the amount of rubbish that my family generates on a trip"anywhere".

BoB ,

I bought one at Rosehill Caravan and camping Show from Southern Cross tents . It fell apart on the first trip - absolute crap .

Now I have two made by Michelles Sacs purchased at ARB - brilliant .

Willie .

Hi,

I’ve got a lot of Klaus’s stuff and had him make me custom items. I have two of the bags you’re after and I have them across two of his rear wheel covers. I had problems with them having too much stuff in them and the straps tearing free from the fabric.

I saw Klaus at St Albans today and am having me make a modified bag. It will have 70mm webbing surrounding the entire bag with a large plastic clip to hold lid down and complete the webbing support. It will also have thicker cross straps and an adjustable loop strap with buckle that will fit down the back of the bag to go round the tyre mounts to stop the bag slipping forward.

I am having him also include heavier gauge zips and a fold down lip over the top zip to reduce the dust. Using Ripstop canvas too. I will be back there tomorrow to look at it with him(That’s Wednesday) and get the price. This model will alleviate any concerns you have as I really put mine thru hell last year and this is what I’ve come up with.

Will advise you of a price once I’ve spoken to Klause and Lynn tomorrow. If interested, post an email address.

cheers. Mick