If you adhere to some or all of the basic rules you can increase the life of your freezer battery to last for days instead of a couple of hours without a recharge. You also will obviously need a dual charger that actually works. Most of the systems on the market are pr...

Servicing for Dummies TLC 79

This should enable most owners to do it themselves or get any trustworthy home mechanic to do it.

Your 70 series is one of the simplest vehicles on the market. (Exclude the new V8 models) Even so there is more to servicing than some of us rea...

Part 2

The design brief of any system should have included: “Store as much A-hour in as short a period as practically possible”

If you can do the above you will be in the best possible position in any situation. The power that is available should be used and abused as mu...

Getting past the sales talk and biased opinions.

This article is aimed at extended trips in adverse conditions. Adverse for a fridge setup is high ambient temperatures, short drive times per day and long stationary periods. Engine switched off. Big loads of refreshments...

This is not a toolbox talk, this is the real (Physical) thing.

Toolboxes have been in the firing line in the food industry (And other ‘clean’ industries) for years as none are considered very hygienic. There are even factories where toolboxes are banned on the productio...

But mostly, it depends on the driver.

Contradictions will be rampant as the vehicle and circumstance and requirements are so varied.

As slow as needed for the circumstances (Bumpy, rocky, eggs in transit etc.) and as fast as needed for enough smooth momentum.

This is aime...

When you do wander far, and frequently off the beaten track, there are more risks involved. Even the best vehicles have some soft spots. My vehicle, a single cab 70 Series Land Cruiser, also needed some protection for the bottom of the radiator and the steering arms.

I...