Wild Camping, Hiking, Back pack, Tent talk, Mini camper etc.......

[low plains drifter 10,475]

Dig the crackling on that folks 

You know?

[fireman 10,896]

And another,funny what you find on the internet when you try as i don't have these pics myself,  

[dai dogs 1,418]

[tillylamp 1,830]

4 hours ago, fireman said:

Not sure nowadays to be honest but that's what i always thought, not that it made much difference what the driving laws were back then.Most of us bought motors from scrap yards etc and eeked a few more years out the old things but by feck we had some fun doing it and i have memories that are sometimes hard to believe even though i was doing it or i was there....

.Just found a pic of my 1952 Austin Loadstar,4 litre 6 pot petrol,full restore on that back to the primer and it was in show condition bar the wing mirrors as i towed a trailer with it and the originals were the size of a tea cup and shit to see out of...Crash gear box,no power streering and 10 mpg, wish i still had it

nice old truck bud....i use to drive my motorhome on a car license as i passed my test before 96-97....it was 10-12 ton and 38 feet long, and with my trailer behind it, it was 56 feet in all.....when i mot'd it each year there wasn't any problems as it was the same mot as a car mot {class 4} i think....whilst i was mot'ing it i actually asked a guy who worked for VOSA about driving it on a car licence and he said, yep...you can....and whilst it was being mot'd it had a loose battery, the guy said he couldn't fail it being a car mot but it was a failer on a HGV....plus on my logbook it was down as a LGV or PLV (not quite sure which now) and not a HGV.....

good luck with your TL 220 conversion bud i hope it turns out good for you....

personally if i was going down your route doing a conversion i would be looking at the ex council library lorry...only because they are half way kitted out already ie....lights, sockets, carpets, heating and possibly air con.....

keep us all posted on the build mate.....  

[fireman 10,896]

18 hours ago, tillylamp said:

nice old truck bud....i use to drive my motorhome on a car license as i passed my test before 96-97....it was 10-12 ton and 38 feet long, and with my trailer behind it, it was 56 feet in all.....when i mot'd it each year there wasn't any problems as it was the same mot as a car mot {class 4} i think....whilst i was mot'ing it i actually asked a guy who worked for VOSA about driving it on a car licence and he said, yep...you can....and whilst it was being mot'd it had a loose battery, the guy said he couldn't fail it being a car mot but it was a failer on a HGV....plus on my logbook it was down as a LGV or PLV (not quite sure which now) and not a HGV.....

good luck with your TL 220 conversion bud i hope it turns out good for you....

personally if i was going down your route doing a conversion i would be looking at the ex council library lorry...only because they are half way kitted out already ie....lights, sockets, carpets, heating and possibly air con.....

keep us all posted on the build mate.....  

Totaly get what you mean about the library trucks with the insulation,sockets etc already being done, BUT how many nice looking ones have you seen as there pig fecking ugly and i like a old trucks and busses and even this 1985 TL is a touch modern for me if i'm really honest.......

Any pics of your old motorhome ?..

[tillylamp 1,830]

5 hours ago, fireman said:

Totaly get what you mean about the library trucks with the insulation,sockets etc already being done, BUT how many nice looking ones have you seen as there pig fecking ugly and i like a old trucks and busses and even this 1985 TL is a touch modern for me if i'm really honest.......

Any pics of your old motorhome ?..

i didn't mind the look of the library trucks really....but yes, i do agree though...they don't have the character of the older vehicles....

this was my motorhome....it's the only pics i could find....and some of our fifth wheel we bought here....

[Leo Sayer 2,493]

On 24/07/2022 at 17:41, low plains drifter said:

 

All ways like the fell wanderer videos,  used to love his old bivvy and bunny burner vids. Funny little fella 

[Greyman 28,438]

Just getting the boat ready for a week out on the canal, fuelled up,water tank filling few bits more and I,ll be underway by about 11am few photos to follow

[TOMO 26,127]

10 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Just getting the boat ready for a week out on the canal, fuelled up,water tank filling few bits more and I,ll be underway by about 11am few photos to follow

forgive my ignorance...them barges run on diesel don't they ?

if so can you use red?

[Greyman 28,438]

3 hours ago, TOMO said:

forgive my ignorance...them barges run on diesel don't they ?

if so can you use red?

Yes to both mate, we are trusted to declare wether it’s for propulsion or heating and charged two different prices accordingly

[Greyman 28,438]

Setting off bit grey but sun has been booked for later  

[Greyman 28,438]

A few on the way shots we are running parallel to the Severn estuary, the two birds in the sky are cranes it’s the worst kept secret they are secretly reintroducing them to the wild have seen them every time I come through there for the last two or three years make a hell of a racket coming into roost as well

[Greyman 28,438]

And final destination for today nice and quiet

[Daniel cain 45,300]

14 hours ago, tillylamp said:

i didn't mind the look of the library trucks really....but yes, i do agree though...they don't have the character of the older vehicles....

this was my motorhome....it's the only pics i could find....and some of our fifth wheel we bought here....

have some fun in the snow with that scooby fastback

[TOMO 26,127]

1 hour ago, Greyman said:

And final destination for today nice and quiet

you still living on there full time mate