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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:47 pm
by roly
Tray - Designed and partially built
Safari Snorkle - ordered
ARB compressor - arrived
Air Manifold - arrived
65L Poly water tank under tray - installed
twin spare wheel carriers behind cab - installed
Still to order:
Warn Hi mount (and mod factory Bar)
Lightforce XGT's
Side rails
Twin ARB Lockers
Shower Unit
Pirhana dual or triple battery kit
OME 3" lift
6 x 285/75r16 MTR's
GPS (not sure yet)
Invertor (not sure yet)
Water pump for tank
GME remote head UHF radio
Storage drawers in the tray under the canopy
After its run in
3" Mandrel Exhaust and a trip to Cooma Diesel
Later in the Year
HF Radio
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:51 pm
by Gonzo
my zooks still tougher

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:37 am
by fatassgq
Hey there Roly sounds like going to be a kick ass tourer.
One thing I thought I would mention (you prolly got it covered anyway but....) with ya poly tank does it have a breather hole???
If so put a hose on it and put it up high! My caravan style tank in the back of my truck leaks like a bastard when out in reasonably serious terrain cause as soon as you get on an angle it can come out the breather hole!!!
Reckon I lost about 30l of water or more out at cruiser park last time!!! lol.
If ya gonna get 3 batteries too I would have a gander at putting two 6v batteries in series to run stuff like the fridge and lights etc. But that is a whole other topic. Depends what you like I guess and what sort of travel you will be doing.
Cant wait to see this tray set up
Cheers
Brian
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:35 am
by bogged
I would go stainless tanks over plastic, easier to repair, and less chance of damage.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:45 am
by fatassgq
Mine is completely housed inside steel box under tray and secured so no chance of ever getting damaged. Can't even see the bastard.
Roly's is some pretty high tech looking plastic that is super tough. No worries with damage there either.
They are the ones that hang low under campertrailers so tucked up into a 4wd tray should be plenty strong and away from damage.
lighter also
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:43 am
by roly
bogged wrote:I would go stainless tanks over plastic, easier to repair, and less chance of damage.
this is the tank im getting
http://www.camelgroup.com.au/watertanks.htm

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:44 am
by roly
fatassgq wrote:Hey there Roly sounds like going to be a kick ass tourer.
One thing I thought I would mention (you prolly got it covered anyway but....) with ya poly tank does it have a breather hole???
If so put a hose on it and put it up high! My caravan style tank in the back of my truck leaks like a bastard when out in reasonably serious terrain cause as soon as you get on an angle it can come out the breather hole!!!
Reckon I lost about 30l of water or more out at cruiser park last time!!! lol.
Cant wait to see this tray set up
Cheers
Brian
Its all going to be seetup with a pressure pump etc from boats, i'll remember to run the breather up inside the header board
thx
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:50 am
by Wendle
Gonzo wrote:my zooks still tougher


probably will be by the time the nissan has that extra 1000kg of stuff hanging off it ROFL..
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:41 pm
by fatassgq
Hey Roly,
What pump are you going to use? I have a sureflo one and it is great.
Heaps of different uses for pressurised water when camping.
I have a tap on mine now so I can either put water straight out thru a garden style hose with nozzle fitting, or put the flow thru the heat exchanger for the shower.
I also have a tap on the inlet so it can either suck from the tank or from an external source like creek or bucket. This has a 4000 micron sand filter so just drop it in and away ya go!
Makes it very easy to recirculate water for a really hot shower or I can back up to a fresh water source like a creek and just fill the water tank up like this.
I think my pump is about 13L/min which is great for pressure but prolly a bit too much for a really hot shower without recirculating the water in a bucket for a little bit.
Cheers
Brian
P.S tell them tray builders to get the finger out!

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:47 pm
by roly
yep a sureflo
the shower unit will be seperate from the tank
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:21 am
by big red
hmm...might have to fit a shurflo to the tank so i can stick a hose out the side and spray people as i drive past them

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:37 am
by fatassgq
they are good for hosing out the radiators of silly bastards who go thru deep mud too!!!!!
But yeah some nice wet t shirt action on the move would be good too!

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:58 am
by bogged
fatassgq wrote:Hey Roly,
What pump are you going to use? I have a sureflo one and it is great.
Heaps of different uses for pressurised water when camping.
I have a tap on mine now so I can either put water straight out thru a garden style hose with nozzle fitting, or put the flow thru the heat exchanger for the shower.
I also have a tap on the inlet so it can either suck from the tank or from an external source like creek or bucket. This has a 4000 micron sand filter so just drop it in and away ya go!
Makes it very easy to recirculate water for a really hot shower or I can back up to a fresh water source like a creek and just fill the water tank up like this.
I think my pump is about 13L/min which is great for pressure but prolly a bit too much for a really hot shower without recirculating the water in a bucket for a little bit.
Cheers
Brian
P.S tell them tray builders to get the finger out!

Any photos of this setup?? Thinking of settign up a shower unit in mine soon
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:17 am
by fatassgq
I have been super slack lately.
I promised a photo to another dude a while back too!
I will try and get some soon.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:17 am
by bogged
fatassgq wrote:I have been super slack lately.
I promised a photo to another dude a while back too!
I will try and get some soon.
thanks Bloke.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:45 am
by haycait