Morning all,
My name is Paul. Im a Professional Firefighter in Melbourne in the MFB. Cathryne (my wife) and I own 2009 16.49 Expanda Owner, towed by a 2011 SR5 Hilux. We bough our Car and Van for our FIRST REAL family holiday which we leave for in less than 4 weeks. We have done a lot of free camping up the Murry River at Tocumwal over the past 5 years. We started in a Millard Aerolite. Was a terrible van. Towed by a 2004 Holden V8 Calais. We bought the Expamda 2 years ago EXTREMELY cheap and couldn't knock it back. The Hilux was bought so we had a brand new car for our Holiday and something that could do some offroad.
The Van.
The Original owner did the underslug axle which it needed as my 4wd sits quite high
I have installed a reverse camera on the van to make reversing a bit easier, as we know the loves of out life are not always spot on with instruction...hehe. We have the Queen size bed either end and the bunks / lonuge in the middle. The original owner had the 120 lt fridge installed as an option. I also replaced the standard TV with a Kogan 12V 22 inch Led. All the lights have been swapped to LED to save the all important 105amp hr Battery while camping. I have a small problem with the Griller not lighting. I think its the Thermo Coupling or the flux capacitor. Other wise we LOVE the Van.
The Tug
2011 Toyota SR5 Diesel Hilux. Purchased brand new from Lemans Toyota Footscray/Tottenham Victoria. I have added a few things to it. Most of which I have done myself.
These include: Payed for installation
MCC Winch Bar (No winch yet)
I installed
Lightforce 240 Blitz Hallogen spot lights
Uniden 80ch UHF and aerial
Redarc SBI1220 Battery isolator
Saftey Dave reverse camera and Monitor
ARB Battery Tray
105AMP hr Battery
Power to Rear canopy and rear anderson plug via 13mm2 twin core Cable.
The plans are to modify the "Lux" so we can do the cape in the next 5 years.
Thats us..... We leave late July for 3 months touring QLD and NSW with our sons Lachlan 8 and Kai 6. As long as we get the Van back after the Dog burried out of the canvan end a few months ago and the Repairer is stuffing us about abit.......Insert angry face here.
Regards
Paul and Cathryne Chesher of Kilmore Victoia.
My name is Paul. Im a Professional Firefighter in Melbourne in the MFB. Cathryne (my wife) and I own 2009 16.49 Expanda Owner, towed by a 2011 SR5 Hilux. We bough our Car and Van for our FIRST REAL family holiday which we leave for in less than 4 weeks. We have done a lot of free camping up the Murry River at Tocumwal over the past 5 years. We started in a Millard Aerolite. Was a terrible van. Towed by a 2004 Holden V8 Calais. We bought the Expamda 2 years ago EXTREMELY cheap and couldn't knock it back. The Hilux was bought so we had a brand new car for our Holiday and something that could do some offroad.
The Van.
The Original owner did the underslug axle which it needed as my 4wd sits quite high
I have installed a reverse camera on the van to make reversing a bit easier, as we know the loves of out life are not always spot on with instruction...hehe. We have the Queen size bed either end and the bunks / lonuge in the middle. The original owner had the 120 lt fridge installed as an option. I also replaced the standard TV with a Kogan 12V 22 inch Led. All the lights have been swapped to LED to save the all important 105amp hr Battery while camping. I have a small problem with the Griller not lighting. I think its the Thermo Coupling or the flux capacitor. Other wise we LOVE the Van.
The Tug
2011 Toyota SR5 Diesel Hilux. Purchased brand new from Lemans Toyota Footscray/Tottenham Victoria. I have added a few things to it. Most of which I have done myself.
These include: Payed for installation
MCC Winch Bar (No winch yet)
I installed
Lightforce 240 Blitz Hallogen spot lights
Uniden 80ch UHF and aerial
Redarc SBI1220 Battery isolator
Saftey Dave reverse camera and Monitor
ARB Battery Tray
105AMP hr Battery
Power to Rear canopy and rear anderson plug via 13mm2 twin core Cable.
The plans are to modify the "Lux" so we can do the cape in the next 5 years.
Thats us..... We leave late July for 3 months touring QLD and NSW with our sons Lachlan 8 and Kai 6. As long as we get the Van back after the Dog burried out of the canvan end a few months ago and the Repairer is stuffing us about abit.......Insert angry face here.
Regards
Paul and Cathryne Chesher of Kilmore Victoia.
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