Camp and Travel Australia
BURKE AND WILLS - What Went Wrong?
The Burke and Wills Expedition didn’t go to plan. These two explorers set out, but unfortunately didn’t complete the expedition as they expected. Dayv has drawn from the experiences of this difficult trip to highlight how travellers can avoid making similar mistakes.
Read this blog on Burke and Wills learnings.
Australia is a harsh continent as shown in this great Vlog.
Equipment
Never too young to travel!
calculators
Car and Trailer Weights- 5 Car Axle Loads
Car and Trailer Weights - The Words (and Letters) We Use
5. Car Axle Loads
Just as your car has a Maximum Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM)...
Car and Trailer Weights- 4 Gross Trailer Mass
Tare Mass, Gross Vehicle Mass, Aggregate Trailer Mass and Tow Ball Mass.
Car and Trailer Weights – 3 Tow Ball Mass
Car and Trailer Weights - The Words (and Letters) We Use
3. Tow Ball Mass
A Recap of ATM
As I discussed in my previous article on...
Car and Trailer Weights- 2 GVM and ATM
Car and Trailer Weights - The Words (and Letters) We Use
GVM and ATM
2a. Gross Vehicle Mass GVM
In my previous article, we explored what Tare...
Car and Trailer Weights Tare Mass
Car and Trailer Weights - The Words (and Letters) We Use
Tare Mass
In simple terms, the Tare Mass of your car or trailer is its...
Car and Trailer Weights- Mass
Car and Trailer Weights - The Words (and Letters) We Use
One thing in the world of camping and travel that attracts a lot of...
TALKING OUTDOORS
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Rig Maintenance
Winter Fuel in Your Diesel Tank
Winter Fuel in Your Diesel Tank
Here in Australia, we often don’t think too long or hard about Winter diesel fuels in our car’s tanks.
This...
Distribution of Weights when Towing
LoadGood Load Calculator
Do you know the effect on your axles and ball load if adding bicycles to the trailer drawbar or adding a spare...
Ball Weight Calculator
Calculating the effects of Ball Weight
Your car and tow bar has a maximum tow ball weight. Whichever is the lesser, is the maximum amount...
Camp and Travel is proud to support Hema Maps and the release of their new GPS platform HX-2.
The move from HX-1 to HX-2 primarily means the move from a Raster style of digital mapping (with cell like bits of information) to a Vector style where the data is presented more truely as lines, points and polygons). This means that the zoom capabilities are much much better. But there’s more…
On top of this there’s a whole range of enhancements that brings the HX-2 to be the modern platform you’d expect, and rely upon, when out and about exploring Australia’s highways, roads and tracks.
Head to their website for more news on the range of products available.
Around the camp fire news
Australia’s Bushfires
Article originally published December 2019 when these areas were hit hard by bushfires. Now 2022 we see floods in some of the same areas.
After...
The New Normal for Grey Nomads Today
Australia's Grey Nomads
There’s a ‘breed’ of camper and traveller known as Grey Nomads.
These are those who have generally retired or accessed their nest egg...
I am an amateur camper
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There’s loads of ways to see the world. This website is all about camping and travelling and with Covid knocking at our...
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Never too old to travel!
the loadgood app
Do you know the affect on the car or trailer’s axles, or perhaps the ball weight, when:
- you move the family dog from the back seat to the rear part of the car?
- you put that carton of beer, the fridge, the extra spare tyre and the swag in the back of the ute?
- you remove a jerry of water from the drawbar?
- you place 3 bicycles on the back of your trailer?
Our LoadGood Post explains further. Click here
The ‘LoadGood’ App will help you:
- Calculate Ball load impact on the Car’s Rear Axle;
- Calculate your Car’s Multiplier for Ball to Car Rear Axle ratio;
- Calculate the impact on Ball and Trailer/Car Axle Loads of adding, removing or moving items in the Trailer;
- Calculate the impact on Car Axle Loads of adding, removing or moving items in the Car;
Once you’ve calculated the impacts on the axles, ball and the whole rig of adding, removing or moving these loads, you’ll be able to see how they can help you stay within safe / legal levels.
How do you weigh your car and trailer:
The spreadsheet provided explains further. Car and Trailer Loads Explained
Get the App – click here
