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Offline RobM

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Been lurking long enough
« on: February 15, 2012, 01:57:32 PM »
g'Day All,
I feel I know most of you as I've been lurking for just over 12 months.
I bought a dual cab Christmas before last and decided to do some research on camper trailers and that's when I stumbled onto this forum.
Ended up deciding to build a small light weight slideon instead so I pulled the tub off and spent the first 6 months of last year building a drop side tray. ( can't rush these things).
Spent the next 6 months planning the slideon and have finally made a start.
Why wait so long to post ?
Because I was having enough trouble deciding what I wanted to build and I knew there would be plenty of good suggestions from the group, but this meant I might never "bite the bullet" and get started. ( make sense ?)
Anyway I'm committed now... building out of polypropylene honeycomb laid up with 450gm double bias fibreglass cloth. (Only ever made a canadian canoe with fibreglass and that was about 25 years ago so it's a steep learing curve).
I'll start a thread in the Camper Build section a bit later, and will be happy to get suggestions/criticism. ( as long as it doesn't mean starting again).

Cheers Rob Male

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 01:59:28 PM »
Welcome RobM.

look forward to seeing your build.

You kno the go!

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 02:21:17 PM »
Thanks Mace,

Yeah, been taking some pics. Not much to show yet though.

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 02:32:09 PM »
Welcome Rob.
Must feel good to have a rough idea in the head and to make a start. Seems to always be the hardest bit.

Best of luck
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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 02:59:20 PM »
Thanks Trevor,

It took 12 months to make a start and will probably take another 12 months to finish.
Some people call it procrastination, I like to think of it as "creative thinking".

We were in Tassie for a few weeks this time last year and I said then that we would be back with a camper, so hopefully next year we will.

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 03:25:50 PM »
G'day Rob,
This sounds like a real interesting build, looking forward to some pics.

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 05:36:57 PM »
G'day Rob,

To Myswag.
You've having a crack at it, that's what counts.
You will find heaps of useful tips & ideas here.
Happy & Safe travels.
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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2012, 07:43:26 PM »
Welcome to the Forum Rob, the build sounds interesting

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2012, 08:44:15 PM »
 Welcome to the jungle rob :cheers:
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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2012, 03:58:03 AM »
Hi Rob and welcome to My Swag

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2012, 04:57:11 AM »
G'day Rob
Welcome to the forum mate.Townsville? Just down the road from us.
Nice place to be too!Enjoy the chat  :cup:

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2012, 06:29:57 AM »
G'day Rob welcome have fun


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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 09:41:41 AM »
G'day & Welcome Rob.

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 02:06:25 PM »
Thanks for the welcome everyone.

I just tried to start a new topic in My Camper Trailer Build but good old Internet Explorer crashed just before I was ready to post.

It appears that photos can't be embedded in the post but need to be linked to the myswag gallery or some other external site ?
Can someone verify or correct me if I'm wrong please.

Cheers Rob

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2012, 04:29:33 PM »
welcome Rob.

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Re: Been lurking long enough
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2012, 03:14:22 PM »
Welcome Rob , keep us updated with your camper.

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