One of the best tips I ever got to help combat one of the unholy trinity of the long distance truckie, ( you're always tired, you're always hungry and you're always dirty ) is to get a large commercial size plastic bucket with a lockable, secure lid. Secure it to somewhere on or in your truck or caravan and use it as a washing machine. Put your dirty clothes in it, add water and laundry detergent, put the lid on and hit the road, Jack! The constant motion of your vehicle will do a great job of washing your clothes. After an hour or two of driving, wring out your clothes, add fresh water, chuck the clothes back in for a for a few more miles of rinsing and- job done! I used to carry about a 20 foot length of small diameter rope as a clothes line and a small bag of pegs. I can't remember a time when I couldn't find something to tie one end of that rope to after I had secured it to some part of the truck. One last tip; so called 'cold water' powdered detergents are no match for cold water liquid detergent, so don't waste your time with the powder. Blokes I worked with thought I was bit nuts carrying a bucket and clothes line and pegs around with me, but guess whose truck cab and dog box DIDN'T smell like sweaty, unwashed arm pits!
just wondering about point 3, the gas fridge. My experience (selling and using them since the early 80's) has always been that on gas they can "maintain" the existing temps... maybe. (if it's tropical north hot... forget it). We're renovating our off road van now and dumped the 3 way fridge for a 12v/240v only. 600w of solar and 300ah of lithium keep it running a treat.
Never had an issue with the fridge. We had a shade cloth to cover it when it was super hot. Car battery ran it when traveling. Might have been better insulated then most or just lucky
Great attempt at a subject done by many others in the past. I encourage you to try to make a living from this. Invest in some good video equipment including a drone camera and editing software, and sell your stories. Have a great time traveling.
Are you towing whilst recording this? If so you are towing against the law. You have no towing mirrors on your tow vehicle. Just sayin. No3. Do not under any circumstances run your fridge on gas whilst towing. In saying that if you try to run your fridge on gas with your caravan anything but level you will fail.
One of the best tips I ever got to help combat one of the unholy trinity of the long distance truckie, ( you're always tired, you're always hungry and you're always dirty ) is to get a large commercial size plastic bucket with a lockable, secure lid. Secure it to somewhere on or in your truck or caravan and use it as a washing machine. Put your dirty clothes in it, add water and laundry detergent, put the lid on and hit the road, Jack! The constant motion of your vehicle will do a great job of washing your clothes. After an hour or two of driving, wring out your clothes, add fresh water, chuck the clothes back in for a for a few more miles of rinsing and- job done!
I used to carry about a 20 foot length of small diameter rope as a clothes line and a small bag of pegs. I can't remember a time when I couldn't find something to tie one end of that rope to after I had secured it to some part of the truck. One last tip; so called 'cold water' powdered detergents are no match for cold water liquid detergent, so don't waste your time with the powder.
Blokes I worked with thought I was bit nuts carrying a bucket and clothes line and pegs around with me, but guess whose truck cab and dog box DIDN'T smell like sweaty, unwashed arm pits!
Very good top ten 👍
Thanks for sharing. Very interesting and informative!
Lists! What a fun thing to do on a long drive 😁
Ditch the hammer as well, use the back of the tomahawk, and you can get 12v chargers for your laptop, there are a few different kinds.
just wondering about point 3, the gas fridge. My experience (selling and using them since the early 80's) has always been that on gas they can "maintain" the existing temps... maybe. (if it's tropical north hot... forget it). We're renovating our off road van now and dumped the 3 way fridge for a 12v/240v only. 600w of solar and 300ah of lithium keep it running a treat.
Never had an issue with the fridge. We had a shade cloth to cover it when it was super hot. Car battery ran it when traveling. Might have been better insulated then most or just lucky
thank you for your advice I’ve written it down
Great advice guys
Thanks great video. Better audio quality would be good. Found myself squinting to hear,,, don’t know why I squinted.
Don't know who hit you dear, but you've got two lovely black eyes here. Hope they get better soon.
Great attempt at a subject done by many others in the past. I encourage you to try to make a living from this. Invest in some good video equipment including a drone camera and editing software, and sell your stories. Have a great time traveling.
I would delete the billy and put in a good UHF radio and a set of towing mirrors
The audio would be better without the road noise outside.
I didn't think it to bad.
No 11, you need money.
yeah, we don't have that yet till we pay off our 4wd and van.
and the compulsory 200 series 'cruiser
drinking water hose NOT a green garden hose your water will taste like crap
What did people use before the 'drinking hose'?
Are you guys on Facebook?
Are you towing whilst recording this? If so you are towing against the law. You have no towing mirrors on your tow vehicle. Just sayin.
No3. Do not under any circumstances run your fridge on gas whilst towing. In saying that if you try to run your fridge on gas with your caravan anything but level you will fail.
This reply is exactly why this country is becoming a shithole. I bet you’re a boomer.