Good Morning , Good Afternoon , Good Evening
- Thread starter Bluey
- Start date
The Princess says i used up all my 405 furure Sundays while we were away. In about 7 years ill be back in the black. Jeez, ill be looking fwd to that sleep in
Im taking 3 important points from this post. I got the "nest egg" and "falling apart" in the bag, i just got the order slightly wrong. You tell lies to make me feel bad. Youve installed one more diesel heater than i have
Never ever lie, just get the days mixed up, every day's a Sunday now........................Fitting a diesel heater is on a par to working under the dash to fix stuff........................................I don't want anymore than 50mm in any one go thank you @DRW , 2011 @Postmans Ridge is still fresh in the memory and down here I won't be on a hill surrounded by a lake, I will be in the lake........away Yaks.........
Went looking for a pic I posted a few years back about a water pump, hell I've posted a lot and had some damn good laughs with a lot of folks on here, anyway like Facache I found something that is still relevant today......................so see ya's in a few weeks again......oh and PS @DRW, that storm missed again only 20mm.
Just did 2 weeks at the Uni supervising exams and had to set the alarm for 5:30 AM. 
I had forgotten what you poor workers have to go through. Please keep up the good work, I will thank you each fortnight when my aged pension is paid. 
I had forgotten what you poor workers have to go through. Please keep up the good work, I will thank you each fortnight when my aged pension is paid. Good Morning QUEENSLANDERS ...............how are the coastal dwellers going with this bit of precipitation lately, here at Cooloola we have missed the worst, 4 days of rain so far and about 196mm...........have seen falls 3 times that so hope everyone has come thru it all okay ...They reckon still more to come.................
I am not sure which I want, the four days of rain or the 196mm!
We have managed around 140mm so far. Happy with that so we can all it off now. :rain:
I only do it for an extra 50 weeks ... no much longer reallyJust did 2 weeks at the Uni supervising exams and had to set the alarm for 5:30 AM.
Hi @Drover , it must have been tough for you fitting your new diesel heater to replace the old one and complain bitterly like that. I was of the opinion that you never gave up on ANYTHING. And it is too hot now for the next few months to even think about using a heater. Maybe a good large capacity water pump to move the water from current rains would be a better idea!
Hi @Drover , was up at Jimna State Forest last week and the precipitation started late Saturday (rain, not just storms!) and I did not like the idea of handling up to 250mm forecast for the next few days. Decided to leave on Sunday, and after packing up during breaks in rain, swam home through teeming rain with the Penguin splashing behind! I am still trying to dry out things that got wet when leaving. 190mm in 4 hours at Delaney Creek only a few km away was worrying, but fortunately being just on other side of range saved us from a lot of water and flooded creeks.
Last edited:
Glad you got back safely @Boots in Action , can be hairy breaking camp and getting out when the weather turns..................I'm not one to throw in the towel Boots but I may not revisit again unless pressed, sort of like repairing toasters and irons, somethings are meant to be left broken. In the heaters case fitting the unit is easy it's all the other bits thats a pan, like laying a lot of pavers or tiles, once is enough.
..Had a read of the latest Caravan Mag and a fella was bleating about the Swap an Go gas bottles being all out of date and short changed on the fill, find that interesting as the Swap and Go distributor could be fined for underweight goods while a refiller it would be harder and as for the out of date, probably not looking at the test stamp but at the bottle manufacture date.........................having recently had all my bottles refilled correctly and after weighing them I find that none of the 5 got to 9kg and most got to around the 8.8kg , so much for the great swap and go myth.................unless you weigh the bottle when empty then after the fill, you really can't tell, they are Manchester bottles made in various places..................................
I have seen the sun again......................................
I have seen the sun again......................................
Hi @Drover,
I believe that Swan-N-Go bottles are only filled to 8.5kg. Certainly that is the case for ones from Bunnings which currently cost $23.90.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/elgas-swap-n-go-8-5kg-gas-exchange_p3180180
As for refilling, I usually get more than 9kg of gas, but the last one I got filled had only 8.3kg of gas put in. I still can't complain since I get them filled for $15.00. One was recently filled with 9.4kg of gas.
Bunnings and other Swap-n-Go places will accept out of date cylinders as long as they are undamaged. So I get a long-dated Swap-N-Go and then keep getting it refilled for $15.00 (used to be $12.00) until it is again out of date.
cheers
Mike
Hi @Drover , I too have been a little confused at times about the test date. The original 9kg bottle which came with the van is a Manchester and the original test date is clearly visible, so not an issue when getting it refilled at Freddies for $19.95. However, had a reason to swap another bottle for a Swap and Go for $19.74 at Bunnings as a special matching Masters (normally about $24.95)2. Seemed okay until I went to get it refilled at Freddies and I could not see a current test date under all the new paint. At Freddies, I told him of my dilemma that it may be out of test date. Fortunately, he knew where to look and saw some numbers under the paint near the original test date and confirmed it was valid - in fact for another 8 years. But the real interesting part is that when you go to Bunnings (or other places?), they do not even check if the bottle is okay for swap as far as test date is concerned. So I guess that all bottles accepted (whether checked or not) go to the volume refiller and that it is THEIR responsibility to check and certify a recent test date, or else discard or get bottle retested and redated. Somewhere along the line, someone has to certify safe filling/usage, as if a problem occurred, they would carry the can!!