William's 150 GXL D4D

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William, what great read from beginning to end. Can't wait to start building my rig but will do more reading/research first. Enjoyed the comments by PP's.

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All I need now is the fridge! Any specials, please drop me a PM.
Cheers

Anaconda has some specials right now, something like $150 off of all fridges ( I saw it in the south warf DFO)

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William, what great read from beginning to end. Can't wait to start building my rig but will do more reading/research first. Enjoyed the comments by PP's.

Thanks RMB, glad you've enjoyed it. There's still more to come

Looking forward to your build too! Be sure to post heaps of pics.

Cheers

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Anaconda has some specials right now, something like $150 off of all fridges ( I saw it in the south warf DFO)

Hi Melbo! Thanks for the heads up mate. I got an email from them today, I hope there's an extra special coupon in it haha. Will let you know how I go if I do get one.

Cheers mate

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Just looked on Anacondas website. The 40lt engel has dropped down to $1040! That's cheaper than eBay at $1200 plus postage. I think it's clear that a decision has been made Thanks again Melbo.

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Guys and Girls

Also check out Getaway (was called Ranger Outdoors - in WA), just purchased a Engel 80Litre combo, joined their club first on the spot (free) gave me a 20% dicount on first initial purchase, the como was $1999 down to $1599 thought this was a reasonably good deal. Also spent extra on cover, extra fishing and camping equipment, some of which I needed and ...well just in case of... but everything bought was 20% off.

In addition, you have a card for specials only available to Getaway members and other items with 10% idsount on every purchase.

Regards

RMB

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RMB again, the special with my combo was the cover valued at $200. So I actually ended up with 80L combo and cover for $1599.

Cheers

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I just got home from anaconda with the below:



Thanks you Melbo and those who contributed.

Cheers

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Thanks you Melbo and those who contributed. Cheers

No probs William. As a fellow PP'er, I will do my best to lighten your wallet :-). When are "we" going to test this one ?

Cheers,
Melbo.

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Melbo, I've emailed you a carton of the good stuff. Enjoy Solar panels are up next. Do your thing mister haha! I'm thinking roof mounted like with Derek's setup.

Cheers

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Melbo, I've emailed you a carton of the good stuff. Enjoy Solar panels are up next. Do your thing mister haha! I'm thinking roof mounted like with Derek's setup.Cheers

Damn email servers......still waiting for the email to turn up...hehehehe :-)

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Unboxed the fridge yesterday



Screwed in the fridge slide, bagged the fridge and tested it




I then hooked it up to mains to run the fridge overnight... in the morning I turned it to freeze mode and threw in a bottle of water... came back in the afternoon and it was rock solid. I'm impressed

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While the fridge was getting tested at home... I went and picked up a couple of ratchet straps to tie down the fridge


Mock fitted the battery box to get an idea of how I'll be mounting it. Currently, it's going to be a home made aluminium battery tray that bolts down to the drawer system, of which the battery box will be strapped down on.


So you're probably wondering why I didn't run cables from the Aux battery under the bonnet to the rear. Simple answer is I don't want to cut holes in the trim and honestly I can't be stuffed! I'll see how I go with this setup first and if it's not feasible I'll probably run some cables down to the back. The Aux under the bonnet is actually 100% used for lighting.

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A couple of essentials that come with having a winch...

A few extra bow shackles and a snatch block


A 8m drag chain


A 20m winch extension strap


Can't wait to test out this gear this winter!

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Can't wait to test out this gear this winter!

Try the Keppel hut tk (Keppel Hut Track off Lady Talbot Dr Marysville.) After crossing the hut it is a good ascent and deep ruts and lots of snow and ice :-). Hope it's open as i heard a lot of the tracks will be closed during the snow season.