Bump said:
Yes, i was planning on isolating anyway.

Pub meet sounds good, mentioned that to Cartoonhead ages ago... then failed to do anything about it :rolleyes:

getting there with it all, doing a test run down to the New Forest in a few weeks with the missus.
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Yeah, lets do it! If you and Glenn are near each other then just arrange something local to you two and I will drive up :)

Things are going well for me, got a roof tent at the weekend, £1400 Myway Evolution for £590, besides the outside cover it looks mint so pretty happy with that. Got a Waeco compressor fridge on eBay too.

All thats left for me to do now is fit the two Odyssey PC1500 batteries, Merlin Smartbank split charge system, two spots on the front (cos y'know, totally need them :D), wire up the inverter, wire up my raptor dashboard and CB radio, and tidy up the wiring for the heated mirrors a bit.

Then she is finally expedition ready! :amen:
 
cartoonhead said:
Yeah, lets do it! If you and Glenn are near each other then just arrange something local to you two and I will drive up :)

Things are going well for me, got a roof tent at the weekend, £1400 Myway Evolution for £590, besides the outside cover it looks mint so pretty happy with that. Got a Waeco compressor fridge on eBay too.

All thats left for me to do now is fit the two Odyssey PC1500 batteries, Merlin Smartbank split charge system, two spots on the front (cos y'know, totally need them :D), wire up the inverter, wire up my raptor dashboard and CB radio, and tidy up the wiring for the heated mirrors a bit.

Then she is finally expedition ready! :amen:
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Good result on the roof tent mate!! I have so soooo much left to do on mine but I'm in Malta for a few days so it will have to wait haha.

I have no idea where bump is from tbh but seem to remember him coming out with the herts laning mob at some point. I'm up near MK now days anyway so depending on where in bucks your from we could be pretty close. I'm happy to travel wherever.

Haha I have some big old spots on me motor too :) long as you like it mate who cares what others think :).

Let me know on the pub meet. I will be back on the 11th
 
Yeah, well happy with it :)

I'm in Amersham so MK isn't too far, well when we find out where bump is from we can find a spot a fair distance away for everyone.

You got any sound proofing in the 90? Thinking I might need some!
 
I'm hearing inverters being wired in and huge ones to boot. I've got a small cheapo one I was going to plug into the cigarette lighter just for charging camera batteries etc, will this not be sufficient?
 
Mineleakstoo said:
I'm hearing inverters being wired in and huge ones to boot. I've got a small cheapo one I was going to plug into the cigarette lighter just for charging camera batteries etc, will this not be sufficient?
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I would have thought so, you could just get a USB cigarette lighter socket jobby for a few quid and charge them off that?
 
cartoonhead said:
Things are going well for me, got a roof tent at the weekend, £1400 Myway Evolution for £590, besides the outside cover it looks mint so pretty happy with that. Got a Waeco compressor fridge on eBay too.
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Good buy on the tent... you got a better deal than me :eek:

How much was your fridge? I'm renting one...

Glenn321 said:
I have no idea where bump is from tbh but seem to remember him coming out with the herts laning mob at some point. I'm up near MK now days anyway so depending on where in bucks your from we could be pretty close. I'm happy to travel wherever.
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Northampton (near enough) ... but only been here a few months... so... don't remember a trip out with herts laning mob... might have done but i'm a Derbyshire lad so not laned south much... :confused:

MK works for me though... hate the place and work there, but, as long as we can find a pub outside of MK itself that'll do me :) (no offence if you're a MK fan)

How about next Thursday or Friday? Just as an idea...
 
Bump said:
Good buy on the tent... you got a better deal than me :eek:

How much was your fridge? I'm renting one...



Northampton (near enough) ... but only been here a few months... so... don't remember a trip out with herts laning mob... might have done but i'm a Derbyshire lad so not laned south much... :confused:

MK works for me though... hate the place and work there, but, as long as we can find a pub outside of MK itself that'll do me :) (no offence if you're a MK fan)

How about next Thursday or Friday? Just as an idea...
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It was a good buy, been on eBay nearly every day looking so i'm glad it paid off :D I paid £450 for a brand new Waeco CF-40 compressor fridge, retail price is apparently £760, so it's probably off the back of a lorry but there you go :p having said that it's nothing special, it's only going to have beer in it.

Thursday or Friday both work for me, Thursday would be better though.
 
Bump said:
Good buy on the tent... you got a better deal than me :eek:

How much was your fridge? I'm renting one...



Northampton (near enough) ... but only been here a few months... so... don't remember a trip out with herts laning mob... might have done but i'm a Derbyshire lad so not laned south much... :confused:

MK works for me though... hate the place and work there, but, as long as we can find a pub outside of MK itself that'll do me :) (no offence if you're a MK fan)

How about next Thursday or Friday? Just as an idea...
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I'm defo not an MK lad I also hate the place in fact I hate pretty much all towns and cities haha I'm a country lad.

Until recently I was living in Northampton (Blisworth) say recently probably a year ago now. Anyway I'm up for a pub meet wherever you guys decide, funny how we are all pretty close to one another tho.

Where are you renting your fridge from? I hadn't thought about taking one at all :/ will probably rent though as never needed one before now.
 
Glenn321 said:
I'm defo not an MK lad I also hate the place in fact I hate pretty much all towns and cities haha I'm a country lad.

Until recently I was living in Northampton (Blisworth) say recently probably a year ago now. Anyway I'm up for a pub meet wherever you guys decide, funny how we are all pretty close to one another tho.

Where are you renting your fridge from? I hadn't thought about taking one at all :/ will probably rent though as never needed one before now.
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Bare in mind that most of them have a mains plug too, so it can double up as a mini fridge at home ;)

You free Thursday?
 
Glenn321 said:
I'm defo not an MK lad I also hate the place in fact I hate pretty much all towns and cities haha I'm a country lad.

Until recently I was living in Northampton (Blisworth) say recently probably a year ago now. Anyway I'm up for a pub meet wherever you guys decide, funny how we are all pretty close to one another tho.

Where are you renting your fridge from? I hadn't thought about taking one at all :/ will probably rent though as never needed one before now.
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Fridge is from MPS trading - i think they're the only people who do them... http://e.dominohosting.biz/dca/mpsdb01.nsf/Hire?OpenForm (it's not a dodgy link no matter how bad it looks! MPS just have a **** site!)

Ah good, we're countryside people too (live in a village near Northampton) and have similar views on towns and city's - but - I was once slating MK to someone at work and the person next to them got rather upset as she was born and raised there... so... try to be a bit more careful these days.

cartoonhead said:
It was a good buy, been on eBay nearly every day looking so i'm glad it paid off :D I paid £450 for a brand new Waeco CF-40 compressor fridge, retail price is apparently £760, so it's probably off the back of a lorry but there you go :p having said that it's nothing special, it's only going to have beer in it.

Thursday or Friday both work for me, Thursday would be better though.
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Doesn't sound a bad price for the Fridge either - good buy :)

And that roof tent really was a bargain of the century.

Right - Pub meet - somewhere near (but not in) Milton Keynes on Thursday 13th June - meeting around 7:30 pm - we'll probably eat there too...
 
Bump said:
Fridge is from MPS trading - i think they're the only people who do them... MPS for best prices on Engel fridges and Engel fridge accessories (it's not a dodgy link no matter how bad it looks! MPS just have a **** site!)

Ah good, we're countryside people too (live in a village near Northampton) and have similar views on towns and city's - but - I was once slating MK to someone at work and the person next to them got rather upset as she was born and raised there... so... try to be a bit more careful these days.



Doesn't sound a bad price for the Fridge either - good buy :)

And that roof tent really was a bargain of the century.

Right - Pub meet - somewhere near (but not in) Milton Keynes on Thursday 13th June - meeting around 7:30 pm - we'll probably eat there too...
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Ok, i'm in for the pub meet :)


IMG_1144 by t4bby1, on Flickr
 
Bump said:
Nah, we're ferrying from probably Plymouth to Spain, then driving down through Spain.

Muddyfox - thanks for your comments about A/C - hadn't looked at it that way before... I'll put that to the missus :D

It would be the end of Sept or October we're going, depending which company we book with.

Just need to start buying lots of toys now! - Roof tent if we can afford one (their expensive though :( ) and probably a Fridge are the two essentials i'll be looking at first
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Read an article about aircon where the expert said avoid it as you dehydrate badly without realising, so better off without it.
There was a great article in Landrover Monthly this month about kitting out a vehicle on a budget for this kind of trip, could be worth you looking at it.
Sounds a great plan, hope to do similar at some point :D
 
SmileySteve said:
Read an article about aircon where the expert said avoid it as you dehydrate badly without realising, so better off without it.
There was a great article in Landrover Monthly this month about kitting out a vehicle on a budget for this kind of trip, could be worth you looking at it.
Sounds a great plan, hope to do similar at some point :D
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having been in China in very high temperatures, the occasional taxi rides to enjoy the air con in the vehicle (which the taxi drivers have on all the time) was a great relief.

I seriously drink litres and litres of water a day so have no concerns about running air con... i think its all just a myth made up by people without air con ;)
 
Yeah motor looks really good mate!!!!!

I'm in for the 13th but get back off holiday the day before so bit touch and go but should be fine. Shame I won't be in the fender tho :(.

Haha Bump my Gf works in MK and had lived there for many years until she met me, converted to a country girl now haha. Where in MK do you work mate?

I liked living in Northamptonshire but 2hr drive to work was a killer for me. How's the disco prep coming along?
 
Glenn321 said:
Yeah motor looks really good mate!!!!!

I'm in for the 13th but get back off holiday the day before so bit touch and go but should be fine. Shame I won't be in the fender tho :(.

Haha Bump my Gf works in MK and had lived there for many years until she met me, converted to a country girl now haha. Where in MK do you work mate?

I liked living in Northamptonshire but 2hr drive to work was a killer for me. How's the disco prep coming along?
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Network Rail - they built a massive place on the old hockey pitch right by the station - quite impressive building, just a ****e choice in location as far as 99% of the staff are concerned. It's the only reason we moved down here. We were happy in Derbyshire, but, meh, Northamptonshire seems nice!

Disco is getting there slowly - it'll be at the pub on Thursday :D Haven't had the guts to take a drill to it yet for the snorkel... the body work is still so shiny!
 
Bump said:
Network Rail - they built a massive place on the old hockey pitch right by the station - quite impressive building, just a ****e choice in location as far as 99% of the staff are concerned. It's the only reason we moved down here. We were happy in Derbyshire, but, meh, Northamptonshire seems nice!

Disco is getting there slowly - it'll be at the pub on Thursday :D Haven't had the guts to take a drill to it yet for the snorkel... the body work is still so shiny!
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Yeah my other half knows the place.

I will have me disco there too but it's no fender, I like the disco but have a huge soft spot for a fender. I was looking at snorkels and some proper tyres for the disco the other day :p. has your disco got the air suspension? I was reading in LRM that some of the entry level models and some of the commercials didn't have it. I was under the impression they all had it, I'm thinking of chopping mine in at the end of the year for something else. Maybe another disco or possibly something else landy based haha.
 
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