My 1969 Millard caravan

If towing a tandem axle trailer, do watch the height of the trailer coupling.

A poorly loaded, forward heavy loaded trailer can make the rear on the towing car sag, or a low towball height, this increases the load onto the front axle and in effect gives the trailer a tail heavy stance, which in turn can make the tail swing when going down hill.

This instability can vary greatly between slipper springs to rocker springs setups.

A correctly loaded tractor trailer, it has near 50-50% load sharing on the rear wheels of the tractor and the trailer wheels and this configuration is safe when braking going down a slippery slope as there is weight on the rear wheels of the tractor, which have only rear wheel braking.

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A centre axle assembly with a slight load on the tractor drawbar.

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Four wheel trailer with no load on tractor axles.

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Huge day today, CHucaro and I pulled the rest of the windows (4 all up) to reseal. Huge job but now the is NO water leaks through the window frames, EVER. Even pulled the outside light out and cleaned the gunk and resealed.

Next will be to look at the roof, to also clean up and reseal. Not sure how yet, really dont want to touch the j-rails (if thats what their called) so will see what options I have.

Tomorrow ill be cutting the old rear legs off ready for the new ones to be installed.

Nice work. The J moulds are worth the effort to remove and reseal. After the windows the J moulds are the most likely to cause a leak. I've done the front ones on my van, and they aren't too hard, you just need to be careful levering them off.

Thanks Snoops, err I mean Bacicat :P

OK, anyone know where I can find this plastic window cap. It fits between the window frame and the inside cladding. I guess it finished the cladding nicely but also protects it from water damage. Its all gone brittle, so will need to replace the lot (about 26mtrs).

A pic of what I need... 20mm wide section (against table), 3mm internal channel section and 7mm wide on other side of channel (opposite bottom section).

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OK, so I got the 4 heavy duty legs on and the van is rock solid!

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Also, I found some triming (what an effort!) but Mitre 10 has them, and cheap at under $5 for 2.4 meters. Started putting the trim back in this arvo until I sliced my finger with the stanley knife.

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Thanks Snoops, err I mean Bacicat :P

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Shhhhh. You'll blow my cover.... :D

Well, another big job done today. We have decided, given the inside of the van is half pulled out, to just get the reno stuff we want done and dusted. That means new vinyl, painted interior and some other bits and pieces. Outside is basically done for now, but in future new paint job (with further waterproofing) will be planned for.

Floor sanded - before shot. Lots of glue from the tiles still left, but I wasnt aiming at removing it all, just to smooth out the bumps. You can see the original tile layout.
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After shot - much cleaner and smoother, really happy with the result.
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Looks so empty and clean that it is very tempting to remove the furniture and do a full job :)

Recon it meets todays regs? lol Circa 1960s - looks to be the original since the van was manufactured.

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Finally finished the interior painting today. Glad its over and happy with the result.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4WUg_ZXw6I"]Video here for Part 3[/ame]