Oh Hail the great oneQuote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
Oh Hail the great oneQuote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
Why dont ya start a new thread titled something like
Purely Pod Pictures Please
Post deleted & transferred to ex Telstra Piccie thread by author. No point in duplicating the same pics multiple times.
Cuppa
Noice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Hey
I've just started a new thread Ex Telstra Trucks with pods in the Ute/Trayback section.
It's for pics only. No talking or hyjacking. lol
Feel free to transfer your pics to there.
It'll only take 15 pics per post.
Rossco
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/P1010624.jpg
I'm here, Rossco!
I'll put some pics in the other thread later.
Top job Rossco,
I'll add photo's later in the week when i'm off shift.
Cheers,
Errol
Welcome to Bakes to the Podologists, did you get the pod seperate to the cab chassis? Coil or Leaf? TD4.2? you know want all the technical stuff as well.
8 podders and counting
11 podders that I know of now
Make that 12. You missed Grumpy Old Fart.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...te-build-palya!
Thanks Cuppa added Grumps to the growing list.
Hi Guys ,
Make that 13 , I have just taken delivery of a 04 ex Telstra ute with a Roscos body , heres a quick run down ,
Its running TD 42 intercooled 240,000 ks, 33s KM2s , 3" exhaust , 2" ome lift , leafs and air bags on rear , highflowed turbo , bullbar , winch ,Triple solar panels , triple batteries , 90 ltr water tank , ST seats , Barret HF radio , GME UHF , 50 mm wheel adapters on rear axles , roof top tent and awning to be fitted ( just trying to work out how ) , Drifta drawer system ordered due now , 140 LED light bar , twin fuel filters second one with water sensor , twin 85 ltr fuel tanks, I will post some pics when everythings been finished , buy the way I think Im in love all over again !!!
Regards ,
Gary.
Welcome to podology Gary. Reckon we should see some before shots too, not just the afters. :)
Cuppa
G'day Gary
On behalf of my fellow podologists, welcome to the forum. I had to read your fruit description twice, to get a handle on all the mods. lol.
Detailed pics would be fantastic. I won't ask too much until after you post the pics.
Where you from?
Take care out there.
Rossco
Podologist President (apparently - lol)
Edit: Gary, I've added you to my signature as a podder. You now need to come good with the pics! lol
Hi All .Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Well I will admit I'm a Virgin to this site and thanks for the welcome ,
Now Ill do a bit of a back ground , I've owned a patrol for about 15 years and love them , the one
before this one was a 1998 ST wagon with a TB 45 petrol on gas , got it at 30,000 K's and
sold it at 345,000 and I still miss her ( we had some good time together ) , however the anchor and I decided we wanted
to do the round Australia thing starting mid May 2015 , after doing the Simpson Desert about 18 months ago a mate of mine
came with us and he had a Pod , we fell in love with it and knew it was what we were looking for , it was a long time trying to find the right one
but we waited and found this one advertised on carsales , we watched and watched but it was in Seymour ( country Victoria ) we finaly got the chance to go and have a look
but was notified it was sold , didn't really matter as we were going past anyway we decided to have a look anyway , it was advertised as having an all steel body
and a good tradies ute , when got there it wasn't sold and I started having a look at it , it has a Rossco's alloy body , ome lift , solar , air bags ect ect was I interested , shit yeah ,
so went back next week and couldn't do a deal but I did get the last owners phone number , gave him a call to find out about it he was a farmer who was going to live out of his van
for a few years and had ARB set it all up for him as a round Aus tow car , and they did a very tougher job , I'M ONE LUCKY BASTARD !!!!!!!!!!!!
went back and bought it , YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok now I will try to put up some pics
the Patrol
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90 Ltr water tank and third battery
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frame for drawers
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Solar Panels
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Electrical System
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ST - L 2011 seats
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HF Radio control
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OK enough for now more later , sorry to drag it on so long !
regards ,
Gary.
Nice looking pod
Very keen on any more info and pics about it
GU Camper ,
What would you like to know ?
Im only too happy to help !
Gary.
yesdear
Any pics and info you want to share, im sure we would all appreciate it
I have a pod as well, but it is an obieco pod
What size water tank is it, which brand, do you have a pump, if so what size
What brand and size panels are they
More info on electrical stuff
Very keen
Cheers Andy
Very nice buy yesdear.
Is it a coil CC, the rim style suggests it is. If it is have you considered a rear shock tower brace if it hasn't got one?
2 blokes in our club have coils and both have damaged the chassis after a central Australia trip. One had a Superior brace fitted too, but he did give it a hard time.
An 80 series with him fell to bits and had to be flat bedded to be repaired.
Macca,
LolLolLol ,
I wish it was a Coil cab & chassis , nup coil cab leaf rear
Regards
Gary.
I believe the leafy is better for touring, plus a heavier GVM helps with the necessary load. Down side is lack of articulation, and worse is the fat ass rear diff!
I bought my leafy by choice, the pod was bought seperately.
Gonna be interesting fitting a rooftop tent ...... guess you must be planning to remove the solar panels?
I’m thinking about doing the opposite, havent totally decided yet. I have a ShippShape rooftop tent, good tent with it’s own ‘built in’ awning. However I find that when we are camped in places where I can’t get out of the tent to get dressed, getting dressed in a sitting position with nothing to lean against is a PIA. My wife doesn’t mind but I know that for anything more than short trips it will become something I grow to truly hate. Long term travel has different requirements to occasional weekends or even annual holidays. So I’m now thinking of removing the RTT & putting our currently portable panels up there. We carry an OzTent in one of the compartments under the pod for use as a ‘living room’ during longer camps. I am now thinking about building an ultralight off road rigid walled ‘towable bedroom’, (like a teardrop but without a kitchen) & keeping the Oztent for times when we want to leave the bedroom behind. Our goal is to spend 9 to 12 months a year on the road for a decade or more. (We also have an old converted Nissan bus to alternate the Patrol with & in which we spent 18 months doing a figure 8 around Oz in 08/09.).
Enough about me, what I’m really interested in is what your dreams of travel & adventure look like.
Gone :offtopic: a little :oops:
ShippShape is one of the roomiest RTT's and easy to use as well with a great awning, but everything is a compromise.
I really don't know what the perfect vehicle would be, Smaller but not enough room or capacity for the job, larger for all the gear but too big for some tracks, towing not possible in some areas so a backtrack to pick up the trailer, then weather can be a PITA too. What to do?
6 weeks with mine was no problem but I didn't have to share the bed and the weather was good, if Pauly had come and the weather foul it would not have been so much fun...
6 months or more, mmmm not so sure LOL
Andy ,
The water tank is 90 lt , it can be filled from the side of the pod , I dont know the brand I found it at a caravan parts store (carac) $230 , gravity fed (no pump) , On the panels, they were fitted when I got it I still dont know how big they are ! , it has a pirana battery manager and 12v curcit breakers fitted , the system seems to keeping everything charged , time will tell though !
Cuppa ,
Yes the panels are coming off, I have a Tigerz roof top tent and Bat Wing style awning which was fitted to the wagon ,
We have camped in that for up to a couple of weeks at a time , and realised anything more would be an issue with the anchor , and me too I suppose ! , we have a semi off road van and the plan is at the moment to use the van as a base
And the patrol as a go anywhere vehicle , so we dont have any of those (we should have moments) our first biggie is planed for mid may 2015 for around four to five months sussing out where we want to go back to for longer stays , plan at the moment is straight up the middle hang a left at Darwin then Kimberly ect down the west coast (sort of) zig zaging to Perth
Then Nullabore then home , my resume is coming with , you never know what might happen ! Buy the way we are based in frankston area , Victoria , I wished we had done it a long time ago but we had kids instead now its our time and we arnt going to miss it this time around !
Regards,
Gary.
Will you mount the solar panels on the van roof?
In 4 or 5 months you will have some ‘we should have’ experiences, but as you infer, the trip is a recce to ‘suss out where you want to go back to for longer stays’. I reckon you could spend years doing the same trip & still go back a second time to see what you missed, just depends on how much you want to slow down & ‘smell the roses’. I lost count of all the little tracks I would have liked to check out if we’d had a 4wd, & those are just the ones accessed from the ‘main drag’!
Enjoy all the dreaming & planning, it’s a big part of it, but be aware of how addictive the ‘on the road’ lifestyle is. We planned our 18 months on the road for 5 years, & had a fantastic time & now live for when the travel can be a lifestyle & not just a trip. I know folk who have done multiple ‘laps’, folk who have traversed all of the iconic tracks, & folk who have spent years travelling & have yet to cross a state border. What they all have in common is, like you, they wish they had started years earlier, as well as also having the desire to continue for as long as they can. None regret ‘getting out there’.
I often think of a couple in their 80’s who we met at a lakeside bush camp at Lake Elphinstone in Qld.They were travelling on the government pension, in a Subaru Outback with two kayaks on top, & towing a tiny ‘L’il Nipper’ van. From Tassie. 6 months out of every 12. They would move on once a fortnight as their pension allowed the purchase of a small amount of fuel. They were having a ball. I asked them whether they ever got bored. "No dear- we did the lap & all the big ticket items years ago, but now we just enjoy being on the road because of all the friendship & camaraderie it brings us, better than staying home in front of the telly. When we are at home the time away gives us something to look forward to, a reason to keep on keeping on”. I thought they were a great model to aspire to. Although slowing down to their extent was imposed by their financial constraints, the contentment & happiness which accompanied it was what was most inspiring. It takes far more learning (& time) to achieve that than most realise.
Cuppa ,
The panels are going to be a fold out set as the van has a solar set up already , so if we are camping in a shady situation I can still run out into a sunny position to recharge the batteries , on the traveling nomads thing I can only hope we get there
I cant think of anything better , life's to short so get it while you can , My only regret is
I didn't start 20 years ago , who know's where I would be now
Regards
Gary
Grand Pod what is the official definition of a Pod , is it only a Telstra type or for instance a TJM canopy ; just asking !
OK , so you can't see my frustration in trying to post some
pics of my new drawers and led's , so if this don't work !!!!!
anyway they were made by Drifta in NSW and I'm in love with them ,
so here goes .
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OOH maybe !
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hopefully this has worked
regards,
Gary.
Reckon you may have answered your own question Dad, a canopy is not a pod.Quote:
Originally Posted by dads tractor
My understanding a pod is a complete back that bolts to the chassis, not to a tray. Then it would be a slide on.
All very bloody technical, but we have to protect our status you understand.
Then theres those canvas side chappies, don't know where they fit it, but one applicant to podology was knocked back by the grand poobah as his sides were soft!
Just sayin!
Great looking drawers Yesdear
Drifta are a great company. I have some custom drawer from them in my pod aswell. I've been more than happy with them.
Cheers Andy
Hi Andy, I take it you represented the Grand Order of Podologists successfully in the Simpson? How’d it go with all that weight on the dunes?
Unfortunately I had to pull out of the Simpson trip and my trip all together
I've had to come back home for a few months to take over a business, will be back on the road for spring and summer
Cheers Andy
Looks like I won't be a podologist anymore Selling my pod next week Time for a change
Had changed my pod to a slide on pod so I could use the ute for work
I’m confused Andy. I reckon the Trayon is a pod.
Me too. I'm sure mine bolts on and off. Please reconsider.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
Rossco
Sounds fair enough
A pod it is
Okay!So I am officially a "Podoligist"is that how it's spelt?Mine is a 2003 GU DX done 250k"s with the telstra back,it's bare at the moment but that's going to change,will put some pictures up as soon as I can get my camera to work again.There is some great looking rigs here and some great idea's,the first thing I'm going to do is take the Telstra ladder racks off and I was wondering if you guy's could give me idea's on a rack of sorts up there,looking at alloy for the weight factor and probably to cover the pod at this stage.Is there someone in particular that makes them for these particular units or the EBay ones easy enough to fit?Once I fit one on what sort of ladder rack system do you use?
When I had the rooftop tent fitted I used roof bars bolted directly to the pod, but you do have to pay attention to waterproofing the bolt holes properly. I guess if you are planning to have a roof rack you are probably thinking about sleeping inside the pod? If so I would advise that you try it a few times before committing to that idea. I suspect that most of us podologists have considered doing so but few have stayed with that idea for anything more than occasional overnighters or weekends.
You need to talk to Prez Rossco (DX Grunt) to become ‘official’, but if he mentions any initiation rites walk away quickly. LOL
Oops!Jump the gun on the official side,sorry about that I will fall into line and follow official protocol!You are spot on Cuppa,the thought has crossed my mind about sleeping in there but yes that does have inherent problems,we do own a tent and I am inclined to still use that for longer than the weekend trip but I suppose for now weekend escapes are what we are gearing for and as we live on the doorstep of Fraser Island that is our usual escape weekend.The tent thou is such a pain to setup and a rooftop setup is looking more appealing but I have to entice Mrs Briss into climbing a ladder and I don't know how long she will put up with that,we are looking at finding a fishing spot that day camp that night and then move on again say in a couple of days.If I was to go rooftop I suppose that would change the roof rack design and perhaps I would go with what you have suggested Cuppa!