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A lot of those pressures seem a little low for on-road. Low pressures can cause heat buildup in the tyre walls, which causes damage and blowouts. You could use the temperature pressure test, which compensates for loads. Note this is about safety and non necessarily optimising tyre wear. Take...

I use a Redarc BCDC1240 (in my case, the LV, low voltage sense version) with a relay for solar charging. I bought it before they added Overlander tax to them for about half the current price. A solenoid to connect the batteries would not work in my vehicle because it has a smart alternator. I'm...

If you mean where am I going to go? Next year involves a lot of camping around my home state of Tasmania whilst being the communications base for others doing other pursuits such as hiking and horse riding. Towards the end of 2023, our springtime, I'm planning to be Overlanding on the Australian...

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Radios the same as mine were widely used by the military, particularly UN Peacekeepers. My radio is about the Balkan war vintage.

G'day, I finally completed installing my HF Land Mobile Outpost radio on my rig after six years. The antenna tuning column is a bit ungainly, but I've made it so that I can easily disconnect and store it elsewhere when not in use. Typically it would mount on a bull bar, but I intend Overlanding...

Great to see another van on here.

Quite a few overlanders go to Morocco to solve the 90 day Schengen problem.

G'day, I'm following your post. There might be some useful tips. Pretty much anything can be bought via the internet from other countries nowadays. It also might be a good idea to line up a friend or a supplier who can organise things in your own country, just in case you can't get what you need...

My Foxwing had the original metal hinges. Now I have gone to the plastic ones as I managed to bend 2 of the arms in a 60kmh (37mph) wind. One bent back the other needed to be replaced. The arms are a lot more rigid than they look as they are not just tubes but are a "phi" section with a section...

I thought this photo was worthy of this thread. It's a unique view of a campsite We were running HAM radio comms for 100-mile (160km) equestrian event in NE Tasmania. We needed to wait sometime between horses so I decided to sort out the contents of the Kombi on the red tarpaulin. the Suzuki...

The VW has sensors to detect biodiesel and will bring up a fault code so I can't run it but I did commercial-grade biodiesel in a couple of my rigs (Nissan and Mitsubishi) both mechanical injection. I was always told biodiesel would erode the rubber seals on older rigs because of the lack of...

I'm happy to still be a net controller, I just can't do it every week. I'm also happy to help train anybody who wants to volunteer.

It would be great to know why trails have the ratings they get as well. A track could be more difficult for different reasons. Rock Steps, Soft Sand, Mud or River Crossings require different approaches. When someone drives a trail, maybe they should let everyone know what vehicle and mods...

It's only Saturday for me because I'm in Australia. We previously discussed having it on a different evening (US time). It would be fine for that to happen, although it would probably end up during my work hours. I could still check in sometimes, but I would depend on other net controllers to...

We could always start it up again. I was tired of talking to myself. The problem is always we can't find enough Net Controllers. I did it for a while, but the time of day (Saturday morning where I am) is not that easy for me, especially if I'm out doing actual Overlanding.

The term overlander has been used in Australia for a couple of hundred years and referred to the teams of men who herded cattle across vast distances on horseback. The shortened word "drover" is also used. Somewhat similar to cowboys although that also refers to horsemen who remain working on a...

On the whole, the computerised parts are exceptionally reliable. I decided to go with a newer vehicle simply because it wasn't worn out, and parts are easier to obtain. I still run two older vehicles but sometimes they get stranded, for weeks or months, if something breaks. Personally, I've...

I installed some protection against small scrapes from the bush, and other drivers who can't park.

Side or rear mounting rules are the same regardless of height.