Drove 2 hours - not long I know

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Drove 2 hours - not long I know

· Posted: 28.08.2019 · #1

Drove our Motorhome two hours tonight in the dark. Oh it was weird after all those light nights.

A shower of rain hit the windscreen like someone had just turned on a hose!

'Winter is coming'

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· Posted: 28.08.2019 · #2

'Winter is coming'

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #3

This was a wee test topic to make sure a new topic made it to here:

https://motorhomeireland.com/

It worked.

Sorry for rambling

still a true story though.

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #4

Time to book

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #5

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #6

what that?

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #7

Something being fitted

the fat controller

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #8

I suppose its one way to get the van level

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #9

ah towbar . Is that the aerodrome?

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #10

Here was I thinking

you were just showing off how good you were at reversing

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #11

Major operations!

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #12

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #13

Putting a new room on the back of the van

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #14

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Putting a new room on the back of the van

Don't be daft, he's installing decking so that he can sit out and enjoy his green cans while visiting aires !

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #15

When finished it'll be an extendable platform for my racing pigeons. Let them go, slide it back in and drive home.

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #16

Are you serious

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #17

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Are you serious

What do you think

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #18

You just never know with that lad

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #19

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Are you serious

Deadly.

Final coat of paint on. Anti pigeon dust paint, they are sore on the asthma.

The top half was made a few weeks back, it folds up and goes in the garage.

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #20

🤨🤯

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #21

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When finished it'll be an extendable platform for my racing pigeons. Let them go, slide it back in and drive home.

Sir you could carry a herd of cattle on that frame

, really interested in these racing pigeons

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Keep us posted.

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #22

I actually thought it was a bumper, cos he had put Julie on the insurance

Sorry Julie

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #23

That ‘tow bar’ will double the weight of your van? Can’t be.

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #24

intriguing

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #25

Boxes for 150 pigeons and their feed

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· Posted: 29.08.2019 · #26

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Sir you could carry a herd of cattle on that frame

, really interested in these racing pigeons

.
Keep us posted.

Dunno what your cattle are like where you live!?

I was sick of losing so many pigeons. Last time I let them go when away in the van, I lost more before I got there than I did receiving them.

This will allow me to bring my full flight, those that are ready, and let them go safely.

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #27

You could probably mount a Harley on that.

the fat controller

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #28

I think it’s going to be a room especially for his two dogs (plus him when he has one too many cans) as well as a launch/travel unit for his pigeons

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #29

That actually looks like a chassis replacement. And under the bed too. Hmm.

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #30

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #31

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #32

Looks like an expensive undertaking. Will it affect your rear axle weight much. Half thinking of getting a tow bar too

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #33

Chassis stops short 5 feet from the back, so no pigeons, a chassis extension had to be made to fix on a tow ball!

The garage floor is lower than the chassis so that had to be worked around. You can see from the above drawing and the welding photos above what we did.

A lot of work for a tow bar, but I have things to tow!

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #34

Quote by Daffysparks

Looks like an expensive undertaking. Will it affect your rear axle weight much. Half thinking of getting a tow bar too

I wouldn't think it would have much affect, I do plan to get the the weight uprated though as it's a big van for 3.5 tonne.

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #35

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That sounds very like a fellow is heading on the boat and bringing the little Banger with him ?

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #36

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #37

Lovely job looks very well

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #38

Tidy job

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· Posted: 30.08.2019 · #39

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A lot of work for a tow bar, but I have things to tow!

Like a trailer for your pigeons?

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