Thread: Spudboy's super-sized camper replacement for a 130 - and no it's not a Unimog!

We are with Bacicat here. 30ltrs/100 on Gas for us. just as well we have 185 ltrs on board

Awesome build BTW.

Mrs hh

I got an email from Max & Heidi today, the Swiss couple in the big brown MAN. They are back in Alice springs, and about to head off to Perth.

They got to the very tip of Cape York! Since they left Adelaide the MAN has had 2 flat tyres, and got bogged once, which took more than 4 hours to extricate.

They are heading off to the Tanami Desert and Kimberleys next.

Here's a couple of photos from them:





Edit: Last weekend I made a shower base for the bathroom, so I've been busy doing a mixture of TIG welding and woodworking:



It will be a 'recirculating shower' as opposed to a once-only water use shower. More details here: Building-the-shower-base

Oops, I bet that was hard to get out of the sand!

The shower looks like a great idea - just remember not to pee in it...

Yeah - Mrs Spud has already pointed that out! There might be a race to see who gets the first shower

The only issue I could foresee with an "endless loop/recirculating " shower is that the pump may continue to aerate the soapy water and you end up with a suds cloud... like what happens when vandals pour dishwashing detergent into fountains... just a thought

Its probably not practical to reuse shower water, At home I diverted the shower water to reuse in the toilet cistern, I pumped the water through 2 filters which needed weekly cleaning but still the poly piping and cistern valve gunged up with soap residue, the answer was to let the water settle in a 200 liter poly drum and use a sand filter, Impractical for your purposes, Also the settling water needed Chlorine treatment to kill bugs / leigonella .

You might find it useful to carry a 240v bore pump to refill water tank, I have one which runs nicely from my inverter, draws water from a deep well , Even if its not drinkable its ideal for washing. (we keep one tank for washing/ one for drinking) Have an adaptor to use garden hose on it, (only use brass fittings as it blows the poly click on couplings)


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just check the dimensions before buying, they are 21kg and 500mm long but I'm sure you can find room for one.

That's not quite the idea.

It is just like a bath. You fill the shower base with 'fresh' hot water, and take a 10 minute shower or whatever, and then you let the water out.

Next shower uses fresh water again. There is no re-use of the shower water once you have finished the shower.

HTH
David

That pump looks like a great idea! And only $169!!