Dave and Sarah's Starcraft 22.68-1

[Swerve]

Dave,

Just been catching up on your thread. You have been overthinking the bullbar thing. As much as the bullbar weighs 75kg, the old bumper being pulled off probally weighs 20kg.

Both front and rear bumpers on the Patrol have metal bumpers behind them, these each weigh about 20kg, so hopefully yours is similiar and only a 40kg increase, I wouldnt be caught without on, plus parking in shops, I always reverse in knowing my front is protected

 

[davemc]

I over think everything

 

[Drover]

Don't tell him that, ruins the fun and his calculations........

Anyway stop procrastinating and get out there...............

........Picnic lunch Red Canyon, Teewah Beach, bullbar only needed for the stupid tourists that get in the way.

 

[davemc]

van 60% packed well mine and kids clothes are there
I packed clothes for 14 days so that means we will wash on day 2 then day 3

Tested fridge on Gas it worked still.
Tested Stove on Gas good, think it was the 2nd time we ever used it. Still have not used the oven

Brought one of those Green Shed 240v/12v tyre compressors was going to get a anderson on the car and van have not done it yet.
Was going to get a nice 2HP 50L ones to use in the garage although having to carry it through the house as cannot wheel it across floorboard, across the deck, down the stairs through the pool gates to do the vans tyres I know I do it like never

 

[Drover]

Get a bigga hose...........................................................

 

[davemc]

Also setup the TPMS on the van. Working out what pressure I set them
plate says 51 to 60.. Been running 55 in the middle there only 14's 185's so seems around right tyres say they have 850 load at max pressure.
We be around 700 per tyre.

 

[Drover]

I have found this calculation to be pretty well on the money for tyre pressure........ https://caravanchronicles.com/guides/calculate-the-correct-tyre-pressure-for-your-caravan/ plate info is not much chop usually as it depends on the tyre compostion not just size.

 

[davemc]

thanks @Drover
Yes I like maths
Going on tyre its
so its 65/850=0.0764 (Max Pressure for tyre divided by load rating)
0.0764 *700 =53.5 (inflation factor times one-quarter of the weight of the caravan)
So 54-55 seems about right

 

[davemc]

Ok got the ARB bar.. raining so only this pic from the safety of the garage. Brought the old front bumper home in case we ever want to swap it out. Interesting they put new fog lamps in and leave the old ones in the bumper.

 

[dagree]

Looks good @davemc

 

[davemc]

thanks @dagree I like it Sarah not overly happy with it.. Hence I brought the old bumper home.

 

[mfexpanda]

A good investment from someone who has hit a few critters on the roads

 

[Drover]

Looks pretty good to me, should deflect most Roo's and pedestrians and pink would have looked very schmiko I reckon....

 

[Dobbie]

Off this weekend?

Enjoy....hope it's everything you anticipated.

 

[davemc]

@Dobbie Sarah thinks we leaving 7am tomorrow I put top odds thats 9am

 

[Dobbie]

Start the car at 7.15, turn it off and accept it will be 9.00 by the time it happens.

Doesn't really matter if you're on holidays. Just don't try to do everything at once.

And don't forget the pink torch!

 

[davemc]

We get where we get to each day.. have a few days up my sleeve.

I know it will start raining tomorrow when we hitch up and stop when we take off
Started a thread of the madness. sorry trip.
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/th...ip-up-north-and-back-again-via-flinders.9315/

 

[burnsie]

Looks great @davemc bet you can't wait now to leave......

 

[Shane Norwell]

Hey guys bar looks mint. As for tyre pressures I put ours on 60psi recently as per the compliance plate (normally run 50) and it's the only time we've ever had stuff move in the van, there was stuff all over the place, so back to 50 they've gone. Got the new wheels for our today so I guess I'll have to start again with working it out.

 

[Drover]

Tyre pressure bible : https://caravanchronicles.com/guides/calculate-the-correct-tyre-pressure-for-your-caravan/