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31st Jul 2019, 09:35 PM #16Most Valued Member
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Yep a bit excited. Hopefully it'll come to fruition.
Phil
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31st Jul 2019, 11:20 PM #17Diamond Member
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1st Aug 2019, 08:12 AM #18Most Valued Member
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Echuca, Swan hill?
Sent from my SM-G970F using TapatalkGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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1st Aug 2019, 08:36 AM #19Most Valued Member
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In Melbourne but don't want to put a mozz on it until I know more.
Phil
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1st Aug 2019, 08:42 AM #20Pink 10EE owner
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1st Aug 2019, 02:16 PM #21Most Valued Member
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You are quite correct RC. As tent campers my family are now sadly a minority but we still enjoy it, still have good backs and don't mind sleeping in a tent for 4 weeks straight.
Don't even start me about the fact that people drag along their massive mansions on wheels, living in a bubble isolated from the environment they seek to visit. The number of diesel heaters I hear start up in the morning when camping with caravans makes me realise we live in a soft world. People these days have a very small tolerance level to anything that deviates from 22 degrees C. For me camping is about feeling the environment that you live in. If you wake up and it's 3 degrees then rug up, get a fire going and enjoy being alive!
Anyway, a bit OT. Sorry.
Sent from my SM-G970F using TapatalkGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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1st Aug 2019, 02:20 PM #22Most Valued Member
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I should point out that I'm not against caravans as such. In fact when I'm old and crusty my wife and I will doing the same thing but not at our current ages (I turn 50 this year)
We also enjoy multi day hiking where the only things you have is what you carry. Even basic camping feels luxurious after hiking!
Simon
Sent from my SM-G970F using TapatalkGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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1st Aug 2019, 02:26 PM #23Most Valued Member
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My Zen moment. Camping in the simpson desert with no one else around for ages.
Sent from my SM-G970F using TapatalkGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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1st Aug 2019, 05:37 PM #24Most Valued Member
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I've got a Readywelder, it really needs 24V but it works fine.
I've used it a fair bit as a spool gun hooked up to a DC power source as well. In fact I'm thinking seriously of setting up to do some aluminium work and it'd be my first choice for a spool gun.
At least partly because I have it, but they do work.
As for bush welding, using flux cored wire you can weld/burn through all sorts of crap, and that said I'm a real fan of E4111 cellulose fluxed electrodes as my first choice of a weld anything (ferrous) anywhere, through anything (rust, paint, zinc etc etc).
PDW
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2nd Aug 2019, 09:46 AM #25
I have been looking on the net for the little back pack welder I saw years back.
I know i am a bit late with it , but you might want to have a look at this one?
https://www.zena.net/htdocs/ordering/order.shtml#Top
Grahame
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2nd Aug 2019, 01:12 PM #26Golden Member
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2nd Aug 2019, 02:36 PM #27
Frank,
I must have looked at a different page to you.
This page has the base price much lower at $1015 US:
https://www.zena.net/cgi-bin/cart.cg...Gas_Truck_Kits
Thats the US price then theres the $ conversion ,the 10% import tax and the shipping. It is a compromise and gets back to how badly do you want a compact welder for off road repair.
An Aus made Dunlite generator/welder is way cheaper and can do the same job, but off course has more bulk.
Grahame
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2nd Aug 2019, 06:43 PM #28Golden Member
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Hi Grahame,
Ah, different animal. That one is a vehicle engine driven generator outfit.
You originally mentioned the Backpak welder, which I thought was the machine you were referring to:
https://www.zena.net/htdocs/welders/BPW_Specs.shtml
For some reason your original link didn't work for me, so I googled it.
Frank
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2nd Aug 2019, 07:40 PM #29Pink 10EE owner
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Just get the welder with lithium batteries. https://shopweldingsupplies.com/prod...elding-machine
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2nd Aug 2019, 10:03 PM #30Diamond Member
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