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Caravan Weight Check
The most important thing you can do before hitting the road: ensure your caravan, tow vehicle and its towbar aren’t overloaded.
Caravans that have been loaded beyond their Aggregate Trailer Mass remain an issue –...
Solar Myths for Caravans and Motorhomes
The issue of solar for caravans and motorhomes is surrounded by innuendo and outright untruths. Here, we bust 10 of the most common myths.
Myth 1: All solar modules are much the same so buy...
Legal Towing Essentials
It’s a common question: how do I know if my car can tow that caravan?
As you’ve probably noticed, there is a lot of advice on this topic, in printed magazines and in online forums....
The DCX Revolution!
There’s a revolution underway in Australia in terms of how we power the appliances in our RVs. At the heart of this revolution is the DCX battery system, designed and engineered in Australia by...
Incredible Franklin Caravan Restoration!
Andrew Phillips is at it again. That’s right, the owner of The RV Repair Centre in Bayswater North, Vic, has set his sites on another caravan restoration! This time, it’s a 26ft 6in tandem-axle...
THE FUTURE OF CARAVAN CONSTRUCTION
Throughout the decades, caravan manufacturers have experimented with numerous ways to build their vans. Some have stuck, some have been scrapped. There remains a handful of ways caravans are built in this country: aluminium...
Bluetti AC50B Portable Lithium Battery Test
About 20 years ago, when I was going through something of a mid-life crisis, I bought myself a Subaru WRX performance sedan. It was a 1998 model and it was a deep metallic green...
Run Your Air-Conditioner Off-Grid
I have mentioned before that I administer a few caravanning and camping groups on Facebook, and about this time of year, a lot of members ask about purchasing a generator to run their caravan’s...
Gross Combined Mass And The Tow Vehicle Trap
Caravanning is not as complicated as you might think. At least, that’s what I wanted to write about. But as I began to write, and as the issues all caravanners who care about safety...
Caravan Repairs: Dos and Don’ts
No matter how enthusiastic you are, or how developed your DIY skills, there are some jobs that shouldn’t be tackled by the home handyman.
And that includes certain caravan repairs and maintenance jobs.
It should go...