sassy-sams home

Hi all, Sorry Michael & Melinda that I missed you when you picked up your van on Friday. I spent a very enjoyable hot day with the crew at Bushtrackers on Monday 8th going over my new van. It looks great. Arrived back in Melbourne on the following Sunday safe and sound. The Bushtracker tows magnificently. Just sits solidly on the road behind you and not affected at all by all the semi trailers whizzing by. I certainly had plenty of those passing me by as my tow vehicle (a 3litre Nissan Patrol GU) performed terribly. I averaged about 70 - 80 kmh on the flat all the way home. With lots of hills between Kunda Park and Melbourne that average dropped to 40 kmh and 20kmh on the really steep hills. I did manage to get it up to 100 kmh but only when going down the other side of the hills. Needless to say my plans of coming home down the Newell Hwy were scotched in favour of the dual carriage way of the Pacific and Hume Hwys, which unfortunately meant that I had to navigate through Sydney. My vehicle is now in with Nissan being looked at to see what is wrong with it. Very disappointing and it now means my plans of hitting the road early January have been put on hold until the vehicle is sorted out. But very happy with my Bushtracker and will now have slightly more time to get it properly packed and set up before I head off. On my trip up passed through Armidale in NSW on 7th Dec and saw my first Bushtracker on the road. I waved as they went past and they probably thought who is that crazy woman. Well it was an excited me and if you read this will now understand why that woman was waving. Hopefully my vehicle is fixable and will soon be on the road where I hope to meet up with fellow Boggers. On getting my van home I climbed my ladder to inspect the roof, only to find it higher than I realised. Any ideas or tips on how to carry out maintenance, such as cleaning, from you more experienced Bushtracker owners? From soon to be on the road (my fingers are crossed) Sheryl.