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  1. 16th January 2026, 04:48 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Tombie what the plan behind this build? Is it to do the big lap? I wasn't sure with your recent caravan purchase also. Or will you tow the van with this?
    This is the mothership to tow the van.
    Theres plans for short and long trips, the truck is the key to longer periods off grid.

    Water is always a limitation, and the truck frees up the ability to carry significantly more.

    Truck has 300l of diesel and 330l of water on board when full tanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    This is the mothership to tow the van.
    Theres plans for short and long trips, the truck is the key to longer periods off grid.

    Water is always a limitation, and the truck frees up the ability to carry significantly more.

    Truck has 300l of diesel and 330l of water on board when full tanks.
    It'll be a weapon for offgrid touring!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    This is the mothership to tow the van.
    Theres plans for short and long trips, the truck is the key to longer periods off grid.

    Water is always a limitation, and the truck frees up the ability to carry significantly more.

    Truck has 300l of diesel and 330l of water on board when full tanks.
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    Airsafe Class 6 hitch is on its way.


    Trucks can give caravans a bit of a beating with their suspension stiffness.

    This effectively decouples the truck and van preventing damage.
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    Hopefully more isolated, rather than decoupled.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Hopefully more isolated, rather than decoupled.
    Decoupled is correct

    Defn; separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
    "the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"



    Disconnected would be a completely different story
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    Tombie are you going to fit a on the fly air up or down system like this....Traction Air CTI System, Central Tyre Inflation System | TRT

    IIRC Daryl Beattie had one on his support truck for his bike tours across the desert.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RANDLOVER View Post
    Tombie are you going to fit a on the fly air up or down system like this....Traction Air CTI System, Central Tyre Inflation System | TRT

    IIRC Daryl Beattie had one on his support truck for his bike tours across the desert.
    Not on the cards, stopping to air down or up has never been a problem for me. I use the time for a leg stretch and a check over of the gear.
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    Yes it's probably more important on a truck in the desert where motorbikes are leaving you for dead.
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    Not a lot to update at the moment.
    3x Pallets of gear are leaving AAV in Queensland today.

    This includes all the suspension and Super Singles so now it’s a waiting game.

    UHF, Cellfi, Antennas, a significant amount of high current cabling, two 20,000lb winches and a couple of Lithium Aux batteries an MPPT charger, 2x solar panels and a DcDc charger have been ordered.

    In the meantime, it’s just sitting at the dealer.

    I’m loving the dark tint contrast Tombies FusoTombies Fuso


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