Thread: My new Customline camper

Sweet dude

look forward to seeing it at the next trip, shame it won't be at JanOwen but maybe next trip.

Dan

Insured it with NRMA today. Same as the Disco. I feel safe enough to let it out of the lock up garage now

What Janowen trip would that be? The mag says the long weekend trip was cancelled however I think I have my name down for the Mon Repos trip for the same weekend. I should call Vince and check.

Have you got a Janowen trip going on the sly

I also got all of the extra poles to stiffen it up in a storm. Plus it allows you to remove two of the front annex poles so it is more open yet still have the support.

Can't wait to try it out

Looks good.

Thanks Edd.

I've got a question for all you engineering people out there. What is the deal with mounting the shackles like this?



It looks wrong to me. I would have thought that the shackle would slope the other way like on a car. I willl have to check with other Customline owners but I have been told that this is the way Customline mount them and it wasn't a mistake (told by a friend who used to build trailers).

Any thoughts? It wouldn't take much to move the shackle mount forward to change the shackle angle if that is a better proposition.

I'll call Customline about it but they take 4 weeks off over Christmas and that only started yesterday. Although he probably still answers his mobile and email.

Well we are back from its first trip. Double Island.

It towed perfectly and followed us with ease through the soft sand.

Initial setup took us about 1 1/2 hours but we didn't really know what we were doing. You can see in this photo that as there was no wind that we could use minimal ropes on the annex due to have the full frame poles. It meant we could park the Disco really close so as to utilise the battery to run the lights and water pump.
When we packed it up we managed to easily fit all the extra canvas on top of the tent. This gives heaps more room inside the trailer. We also managed to leave the roof of the annex zipped onto the tent when we folded it up. Just used the 9 foot centre annex pole to push it over the top of the tent before folding it up. A tip we picked up from a previous trip.
I also discovered it is a PITA to remove the jerry can which is stowed on the flip up side of the camper when everything is setup. You have to undo some of the velcro of the annex and undo the storm flap on that side of the tent if you have tied it down. Not really a problem I suppose but if you want it in a hurry then put it on the other side (I had a water jerry on the other side).

The annex looks a little loose in the photo below but that is because of the very uneven ground.

Originally Posted by Utemad

I've got a question for all you engineering people out there. What is the deal with mounting the shackles like this?

Looks like I answered my own question.

http://www.alko.com.au/vehicle/springs/shackle.html

Well I followed a link in another thread and stumbled across it

I'd still like to know what difference the shackle angles make.

Originally Posted by Utemad

Looks like I answered my own question.

http://www.alko.com.au/vehicle/springs/shackle.html

Well I followed a link in another thread and stumbled across it

I'd still like to know what difference the shackle angles make.

G'day

I meant to say a while ago, Nice camper. As you can see I just purchased one too.

Spring shackles where the mounting pin and the shackle pin are "inside" the centreline of the mounting point allow for more travel. As the load comes on the leaves and they straighten out the radius of the spring decreases and the spring lengthens. The trick is to make sure the buggers don't turn inside out as happened to one "richard cranium" I saw recently who had been frigging with the rear leaves in his short WB 75 series landy