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Post by Suby Wan Kenobi » Fri May 23, 2008 9:23 pm

My wish is for an incident free trip on both accounts and of cousre "world peace" but and end to Crude oil profiteering would be nice.
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Post by stamp_licker » Sat May 24, 2008 7:01 am

How funny's this .Was in at bridgestone yesterday to get my tyres organised for fitting today,well the bridgestone warehouse is closed for stocktaking on friday.So no tyres till monday,bad luck if you wanted tyres that aren't on the shelf, my trailer has nice rims and can't be moved.
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Post by Wilbur » Sat May 24, 2008 8:19 am

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:My wish is for an incident free trip on both accounts and of cousre "world peace" but and end to Crude oil profiteering would be nice.

Yeah, that is really taking it where it hurts now. I think I'll start riding a horse to work, and I hate horses.
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Post by vincentvega » Sat May 24, 2008 8:51 am

Posty: the risk of leaving things to the last minute mate ;)

that said... driveline havn't been able to get me a front driveshaft until tuesday next week :) So I am no better.

When i was getting my new tyres I was pretty relieved when i found out they were sitting in the Brisbane warehouse.
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Post by Willie » Sat May 24, 2008 9:31 am

Lightning_Silver_RX wrote:Yeah, that is really taking it where it hurts now. I think I'll start riding a horse to work, and I hate horses.
Hence why I ride a pushy to work - bloody cold this time of year in Canberra, though!

Only way I can justify a V8 sitting in the garage.
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Post by stamp_licker » Sat May 24, 2008 11:02 am

vincentvega wrote:Posty: the risk of leaving things to the last minute mate ;)

that said... driveline havn't been able to get me a front driveshaft until tuesday next week :) So I am no better.

When i was getting my new tyres I was pretty relieved when i found out they were sitting in the Brisbane warehouse.
Yeah the tyres are there just can't get em.I've had tyres on the go for a while the one s i wanted out of stock the next best thing in stock no way of getting em out of the warehouse.
:oWhat i'm still doing is the bloody trailer nearly done but should of been done a week ago.
The fuel thing is nasty.the missus thinks we should just head back out to coast after finke,cause fuels gunna kill us.I'm still working on her and hopefully around camp at night she can be convinced to head up to wollogotraz.:twisted:
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Post by Wilbur » Sat May 24, 2008 11:18 am

Yeah, we can work on her around a fire or two :D Can't miss the best bit !!
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Post by subiwidow » Sat May 24, 2008 3:23 pm

Wilber, I thought you were ready. Tonelle said you had your car in pieces. What are you doing.

Brett just rand, it pissing down at Fraser. They only took one raincoat between 2 of them. Cleaver boys. And typical of the luck we are having, the BRAND new canvas on the new camper, LEAKS. GOd damm, can anything else go wrong.
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Post by Subaman » Sun May 25, 2008 8:36 am

Im hearin' ya Will, I was still under my trailer at 8.pm last night :mad:

Megan what are you worried about, my trailer tent comeS from China, if it rains it will prolly be dryer outside than in it. LOL

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Post by Captain Obvious » Sun May 25, 2008 10:48 am

megan did you hose it when you first got it to condition the canvas??

all i have to do is fix a small starter issue go shopping and then pack the car !!!
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Post by Subaman » Sun May 25, 2008 11:04 am

wouldnt raining on it achieve the same thing as hosing it down?

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Post by subiwidow » Sun May 25, 2008 11:44 am


megan did you hose it when you first got it to condition the canvas??

I never knew I had to. But like Grant said, It's done now, god gave me a hand to do it.
When I got off the phone to Brett, I was in a grat mood, so I rang the lady at Trek, and let her share my mood. Had to leave a message, but I am sure she got the point. I
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Post by vincentvega » Sun May 25, 2008 12:14 pm

like byron said new canvas needs to be wet down to seal up.

sticking the material makes holes in the canvas. wetting the tent down all the thread soaks up the water and swells, filling the holes.

I suggest you guys put the campers up and soak all the seams with your hose. let it dry and repeat. My tent doesnt leak a drop after doing this.
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Post by subiwidow » Sun May 25, 2008 12:35 pm

Does torrential rain count as a wet down.
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Post by vincentvega » Sun May 25, 2008 1:16 pm

probably ;)

some people even hose the tent from the inside to really wet the seams. Probably not somrething you want to do before saturday though ;)
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Post by Suba » Sun May 25, 2008 5:29 pm

When we got our camper we wet it down with the hose big time , it had some leakage when I did it but was fine each time it has rained while we have used it .

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Post by subiwidow » Sun May 25, 2008 6:41 pm

I wish I had of known all this before I rang and gave the lady a serve......Nar she was a cow, she deserved it, after all the shit that has needed to fixed, changed or mended.
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Post by Suba » Sun May 25, 2008 6:51 pm

Well megan they should have told you what was required to do to the camper , we were with ours , so don't feel bad .
If you have trouble with some of the seams , a candle works realy well to seal them, by rubbing the candle along the seal it impregnates it with the wax , making it waterproof.

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Post by Subaman » Sun May 25, 2008 8:13 pm

Megan, Even my china tent told me to wet it down in the instructions :)

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Post by Xtreme_RX » Mon May 26, 2008 8:21 am

Interesting.... My camper said it is ready to use out of the box. It has a 'factory waterproofing'.

In saying that I hosed it down & coated it in a water proofing solution any way :)
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