setting up vehicle

Gday Motherhen,

Yeah good idea folding down the rear seats. I could look around for a dual cab/king cab that has folding seats.
do you have two fridges, or do you just go back to the car everytime you want something out of the fridge after you've set up camp?
Yes i think the quad will fit on a tray back, but not on a stlye side ute because of the wheel arches.

John

I would check the fit of your quad. My Suzuki 250 only just fits on a standard dual cab hilux...couldnt shut the tailgate....oldbaz.

Hi John

We usually have the caravan, with internal fridge and on long trips can run a second Engel under the bed as a freezer, but when camping on the ute for short periods, just the 40 litre Engel. Basically it is only used for drinking water and lunches. It runs from a separate battery, powered by an 80 w solar panel on the roof of the ute.

Our Grizzly (it is a larger sized quad) just fits on the Landcruiser tray, and does fit on the F250 between the wheel arches - but it is a wider vehicle. Room to spare on the very long tray. We got the extra cab rather than dual cab for extra tray length for sleeping on.

Mh

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Oh goody, the reply is there now.

gday Smokie,

Yeah i thought about utilizing the draw bar for a number of things, but then i would loose storage. at the moment i have 1800 X 600mm butterfly lid boxes. i thought of converting it to take a quad, but again, i would be sacrificing storage space. i guess its a juggling act...

John

CRD,

did you have the box modified to allow the fridge to breathe?

John

John,

No, as of yet the box has not been modified, although it would be nice and it may run a little better. But we have been camping like this since we got the camper in 05 and had the 50L waeco for not much less time and we have had absolutely no issues with it. If you leave items around the air vents on the fridge they will get warm but when I pack around it I make sure there is ample room for air to circulate. To allow better air flow around the fridge I have used 2 pieces of pine stud behind (1 laying flat and the other on it's side)it to keep the fridge off the back wall. This gives around 4" of clearance that runs along one side of the fridge (nothing but 1 small fishing rod or a camp light ever gets packed down this side)
Also to stop items falling over and blocking the vents I have taken the lid off a cheap galvanised steel box ($15-$20 at s/cheap) and squeezed it down the other side. It is positioned further down so as to allow the vent to be fully exposed. My wife puts the cling wrap, alfoil, tomato sauce, rum, bourbon etc etc in this box, all the things that can stand up.

I am busy for most of the day tomorrow, but if you want I will try to take some photos of it. You may have to send me a reminder as I will probably forget. Just post a follow up to this and it will be sent to my email, where I will see it later in the day.

cheers
crd

CRD,

thanks for all that info, and thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to take some pics.
Appreciate it,

John

Hi john,

Mate I am having a few issues with photo's at the moment. Is it possible to give me a call on 0439778728 and I will email them to you.

cheers

crd

CRD,

sorry, the phones where i am at the moment are pretty poor. I think you can find my email address in my profile if you want to email me the pics.

thanks,

john

Hohn,

I have looked in your profile but as I am no longer a member I cannot send you a message via this site. I couldn't find an email address either. I have tried to get the piccies sorted out on photobucket but I am having issues with it.

When you get home or wherever you can get good phone service give us a buzz (I can call you back if you want) and we can swap email addy's then. I have a few photos of what I have done to the camper so you can have a look.

Nice camper by the way.

cheers

crd