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General => Introductions => Topic started by: RowdyNome on April 09, 2015, 10:45:45 PM

Title: first time camper
Post by: RowdyNome on April 09, 2015, 10:45:45 PM

hi all. my wife and I(yep, nomes and rowdy!) have recently bought our 1st camper, a Mars Vanguard hardfloor. its our way of starting to tour around, as we have a small budget and only a Captiva 5 fwd to tow it!
last year we towed a rented Jayco Eagle to Emerald in Qld and back home to Mulwala NSW. the Eagle was right on the limit of what we could comfortably tow as the Capi is only a 2.4 4cyl manual.
so we searched and read and googled and went to afew shows, and decided to go for a hardfloor for the ease of setup, and the weight.
weve had it out over easter on a mates farm and couldn't be happier.
ive got afew small mods planned already, namely a battery in the toolbox with a charger, so I can run a fridge(that we havnt got yet...any recommendations?), ciggi plugs inside, and LED lighting inside aswell. oh and an Anderson plug on the car!!
 
cheers
Kris

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: sol on April 10, 2015, 05:28:35 AM

G'day and welcome guys.
Do you have any pics of your setup? Sounds good :cup:
The electrical thread on here is an excellent place to research your 12v mods and fridge choice, but just be careful  ;D ;D

          :cheers:

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: wilson79 on April 10, 2015, 08:13:56 AM

Welcome Kris.. :cheers:

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: LuckyDog on April 10, 2015, 08:21:42 AM

Welcome to MySwag Kris n Nomes, i am sure you'll get plenty of use out of the HardFloor in years to come and may see you out and about one day

 :cheers:
LD

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: grc on April 10, 2015, 08:37:29 AM

Welcome to myswag
Good luck with the mods
Mulwala is a great base to a range off camping and exploring


    CHEERS GRC   :cheers:

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: RowdyNome on April 10, 2015, 09:32:12 AM

ive also pulled the A frame-mounted brake controller  aswell. what a POS!. already had a Tekonsha P3 in the car, so a quick, but proper, rewire...and all is good!
I try for some pics in the next few days.
cheers
Kris

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: tracker on April 10, 2015, 03:47:08 PM

G'Day Kris,
                Welcome to the forum.....Safe and great camping
                                                               Cheers Tracker.

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: Redcans on April 10, 2015, 04:05:07 PM

Welcome guys,  let the mods begin


Cheers redcans
2009 unbreakable Hilux
2015 Johnnos tourer
Chick Norris couldn't break this combo!

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: GGV8Cruza on April 16, 2015, 12:43:09 PM

Welcome to the Forum

GG

Title: Re: first time camper
Post by: speedhump on April 16, 2015, 04:48:09 PM

Welcome to My Swag.
Speedhump