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  • bloodog
    bloodog
    5 years ago
    Lofty I live in Alice Springs contact me on here for anything bro 
    My home is open to you and your family if passing through my country
    Hope you like VB cans and bourbon small fire and the misses cooking 
  • B0GN
    B0GN
    5 years ago
    FARK!!! Jesus Lofty, you don’t do anything by half do ya :-)  The Iveco really does look n sound like the business. 
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    5 years ago
    Quoting bloodog on 14 Mar 2019 09:45 AM

    Lofty I live in Alice Springs contact me on here for anything bro 

    My home is open to you and your family if passing through my country
    Hope you like VB cans and bourbon small fire and the misses cooking 

    Will do mate, probably another year before we hit the Alice, but will catch up
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    5 years ago
    Graphics have started to be applied to the truck and Van, and looking good so far.






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  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    5 years ago


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  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    5 years ago
    Don"t know if any of you guys are old enough to remember the movie, with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, the big caravan or something similar. 
    "There goes Lofty"! 
  • steelo
    steelo
    5 years ago
    He should be OK as long as the missus doesn't decide to collect rocks at every stop.
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    5 years ago
    Quoting steelo on 23 Mar 2019 11:17 PM

    He should be OK as long as the missus doesn't decide to collect rocks at every stop.

    We have 2 tons of load Capacity now, should be good
  • Nutty
    Nutty
    5 years ago
    Is the Iveco a 3 litre, 4 cyl diesel Bob?
    7.3 Powerstroke V8s pull pretty well, we have one to deliver SUPRA boats, it can't even feel them on the back. 
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    5 years ago
    Quoting Nutty on 24 Mar 2019 10:24 PM

    Is the Iveco a 3 litre, 4 cyl diesel Bob?

    7.3 Powerstroke V8s pull pretty well, we have one to deliver SUPRA boats, it can't even feel them on the back. 

    It is a 3L turbo diesel, but the 210HP version, funny thing is it pulls the fiver better than the 7.3 did?
    Just delivered it to get the solar system installed, 1.7 KW system. Getting a new 208L twin compressor fridge installed as well.


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  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    5 years ago
    Quoting steelo on 23 Mar 2019 11:17 PM

    He should be OK as long as the missus doesn't decide to collect rocks at every stop.

    Quoting LOFTYBOB on 24 Mar 2019 09:50 AM

    We have 2 tons of load Capacity now, should be good

    took a trip to birdsville a few years ago....youngest son [ 10 at the time ] started his rock collection,plenty of ballast in the cruiser by the end of the trip.
  • Rivo
    Rivo
    5 years ago
    Great looking rig Lofty, do you plan on putting matching decals on the 5th wheeler ?....................would finish it off nicely IMO

    I hope you start a thread once you start your big adventure, and keep us updated
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    5 years ago
    Apologies for not being around everyone, but with selling up the house and final fitting out of the van, I have been run off my feet. Final garage sale is this weekend, storage people arrive next Friday to take all the gear we want to keep. 
    Van and truck are ready to roll, and now has 2kw of solar panels, and 1,040 ah of AGM battery storage. 


    Van has been positioned up in the Hills as I have a horse stud farm sitting contract for 3 months before we leave
    More work on the outfit includes a 5kw Fujitsu reverse cycle split, a 5kw diesel heater, a Sphere automatic satellite dish with vast decoder, new satellite tracking alarm system on both vehicles
    Give us a wave if you see us on the road, the fridge is always stocked.
    Regards Lofty
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  • steelo
    steelo
    5 years ago
    Well done lofty. Thx for the update. Rig looks brilliant. 
  • JFE
    JFE
    5 years ago
    If doomsday comes Lofty, you will be sitting pretty well sorted.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    5 years ago
    Deeply disappointed that I'm not seeing a Spa Pool on the list though; its about the only thing missing.
  • JFE
    JFE
    5 years ago
    Quoting tussuck on 18 Jun 2019 11:51 PM

    Deeply disappointed that I'm not seeing a Spa Pool on the list though; its about the only thing missing.

    And have Steelo want to travel with you? No thanks.
  • Timmy
    Timmy
    5 years ago
    I went on a 12 month trip in my mid 30s, and I asked a friend who had just done it for some advice on what to carry, she said don’t take anything besides the basics, and to buy it as you need it.  Well the amount of crap that travelled with me around Australia that I never used and just got in the bloody way... I should of listened to her !!!
  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    Yeah, it's just human nature to try & be prepared but we tend to over-think it. Traveling is something that you get better at each time.
  • Spook
    Spook
    5 years ago
    Quoting tussuck on 18 Jun 2019 11:51 PM

    Deeply disappointed that I'm not seeing a Spa Pool on the list though; its about the only thing missing.

    Quoting JFE on 19 Jun 2019 03:41 AM

    And have Steelo want to travel with you? No thanks.

    Yeah, I have it on good authority that Steelo insists on being NAKED in the spa pool wiv da boys! Oops, I don't think I was supposed to let that slip out!
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