Thread: My 1969 Millard caravan

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Looks good Carlos, the bracing for holding the gas bottle will make it even stronger.
When will be welded to the chassis?

Sunday he is coming back with the gear

Looks good.

You have the same hitch and jockey wheel as I have too.

New draw bar is now on with a first coat of paint (just for looks really as its full gal. This is such a weight of my shoulders getting it done. Took 2.5 hours all up, then another 45min to paint first coat.

Now I need a bold on spare wheel carrier and u-bolts to fit the jockey wheel (decided against welding it on)

Looks very neat, also you have to mount the PVC pipe to store the annex posts.
Is there room for a 9kg gas bottle or will be better to fit two of the small ones ?

Originally Posted by Cap

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Now I need a bold on spare wheel carrier and u-bolts to fit the jockey wheel (decided against welding it on)

Just wonder if would be possible to do something like this to gain space?

I will have to see how it all fits. First I need the bits, the I can move it around to determine the best setup.

Looks the goods Carlos. You should be able to fit a spare and a 9Kg bottle on there no probs.

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Just wonder if would be possible to do something like this to gain space?

Hell of a lot of drawbar weight there gas bottles would be 30kg, spare 25, 80kg in drums.... Fuel drums would need to go into the car or over the axle in the caravan

a 2minute video can desribe better than anything. In his experiment take the weight over the axle as a swaying bastard european 'van with no nose weight.... and the one with huge weights at the end as an aussie 'van. (spare tyres, gas bottles, motoribikes etc hanging off the extremities).

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFzrWHTG5e8[/ame]

Note: with the weights at the ends it's WAY more stable........until the second it's not... then it's all over.

My parents new european caravan even has the gas bottles mounted over the axle and no front or rear boots (that's how keen they are to keeps the weights away from the ends).

seeya,
Shane L.