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Nah it's not , it's one that I bent upto the same shape as the old bar

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Now thats ingenuity but a little overkill putting an evaporative air conditioner on the roof top tent dont ya think?

South Australia Trip
Robe to Murrays Mouth
Robe to Carpenters Rocks

Some amazing beach driving & a lot of fun in the dunes !
apart from nearly loosing the Hilux down a dune .
Pictures don't do it justice .

Fair bit of touring coming up.
Trip to Tasmania in January so should be good ,
If anyone has some fun ideas to visit there swing me a PM or reply to this [emoji4]

Been working on the truck a little bit, changes !

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Built some undertray boxes for the rig .

And got a aluminium canopy made up and I had to make new mounts for the roof top tent and I moved my spare wheel in case I get caught on my belly again without being able to get it out .






Got it painted up and now all mounted to the truck .



Also gave the girl a little bit of TLC & got her fully detailed for the first time in 3 years . Come up a million bucks !


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Currently working on the layout inside of the canopy . Gosh it's a jigsaw puzzle !


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Like your build mate, clean but rough in the same time
Keep on posting *thumbsup*

Awesome build mate!

Makes me jealous that i haven't got mine to this point yet....

Nice build mate! awesome set up

Having trouble lately with second battery , adding little bit at a time since I bought it, I think it’s time to take all accessories off and re wire it.


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after my AUX battery going flat after two days with the fridge on over New Years, I decided time to go solar.

two ways I looked at things, I could either pay through the nose for redarc or look for something with same capability’s but more along my budget.

So I settled for the Projecta IDC25 as my management system.
Which after taking out my AUX battery tray and getting to it with a grinder fits perfectly in my engine bay mounted on the side of the battery tray.

Probably could of taken a better photo.

For my link between solar panel and management system I just used a 30amp auto re-close, which is mounted to the fire wall in the top of the picture.

I also added a second Anderson plug so I can use a fold out solar panel when I’m parked up in the shade.


Solar panel I decided for a 135W (from projecta) as it’s size was pretty decent on my pioneer rack and didn’t want to be waiting for one. It leaves enough room to mount my maxtraxx next to it. But I do loose a fair bit of space because I was unable to mount under the roof rack.


Battery is comfortably charged now, rig ready for a long camp !

Next on the list I will be removing the jungle of wiring under my dash, putting in a new fuse box and re wiring all switches to neaten it up. Possibly change switches. and look at adding a inverter to my rear box.

what size inverters are people running?
I’m thinking 600W. but I’ve heard of people using 2000W-4000W ? is that a touch overkill ?

VMANN


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Awesome build, thanks for the updates and info it's appreciated.

Still planning a Tas trip this month???

Sam Gribley wrote:Still planning a Tas trip this month???

Cheers mate [emoji846]
I’m also always looking for ideas !

Nah, doesn’t look like we will make Tas this year either. Missed it last year when I lost my License, oops. But looking at MAYBE Cape York. depends on finances.



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Australia Day long weekend camping in Mallacoota. The Fruit Bats were out of control !
LOVE the solar panel setup. Cannot believe I never had this earlier.





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Looks like the setup has come along nicely, and aways good to see it in use!

Keep the updates coming.

Treat yaself! #blackduck #VMANN

no more tearing the seat!
Went and purchased some Black Duck ‘denim’ seat covers.

Good buy! I should have got these first thing when I got the ute. The back seats are thrashed now, water and oil stains on them haha. Not the end of the world but I'm hoping to pick some up at a wreckers one day.

What a long weekend !

Wonnangatta Station for the Centenary of the unsolved Wonnangatta murders.



Unfortunately on the way out a crew member had some axel trouble. But the Hilux and family where there to recover.

14hrs from Wonnangatta to get home. Big day !

Haha bloody hell the trailer tires look like they're veeeeerrry close to rubbing. Saved the day, good form.

Sam Gribley wrote:Haha bloody hell the trailer tires look like they're veeeeerrry close to rubbing. Saved the day, good form.

Could only just fit finger tip between guard and tyre haha, fair to say we traveled slow and bumps were taken with caution.

Been building a camper out of my tub lately,
Check out the build:
VMANN’s Tub Camper Trailer Build
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