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G'day hulby thanks for the reply, still investigation 2 vs 4.

Cheers

I'm planning a similar project for my Eagle:  a 1997 MC2 in great condition. My plans are a little different though as I don't see the lockers as structural enough for adding the weight of a RTT and supporting structure, partiulcularly for the long term, corrugations etc.  (No criticism of this build, just going a slightly different direction - just in case).  I'm basing my frame structure on the old 'boat rack' style and plan to attach the RTT to this with about 300mm gap between the top of the lockers and the bottom of the RTT.  The 'lid' will be similar to. a gullwing arrangement that opens to each side to allow access to that storage area.  Just in the planning stage, but was really interested in this project as it has lots of features that I like. (Although I do like the old greyish colour that Track used at the factory ;-).  Thanks for sharing and I hope to post up my build when I get some time to work on it.

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In our experience, yes.If camped on a slope that goes upwards towards the back of the Tvan, we sometimes have to dig 4 small holes.We have pins that hold 4 Maxtrax and measure 95mm from mounting plate to tip of bolt. They are a PITA.I was not aware of the shorter pins until I read your post. May have to source some and change them over.

G'day

I have a question regarding fitting Maxtrax carrier pins to a Mk 5 deck.

In that if I was to fit 4 board length pins instead of 2 board length pins, will this cause a ground clearance issues when the deck is lowered?


Cheers David

G'day

Are you a member of the Australian Campertrailer group? 

https://campertrailers.org/group/index.php

Rob, one of the owners has a Track Eagle you might be able to get help there.

Carl

Hi all,

Last week we were lucky enough to pick up a 1990 Track Eagle after a long search for a solid off road trailer we ended up scoring a whole camper.

We're on the road to tidying it up, fixing the issues and making it work for us.

One of the things I'm on the hunt for are the front and rear rack bars.

If anyone has any leads or knows where some may be hiding out, or alternatively a left of centre idea for a rack over the camper that lifts up would be appreciated.

Thanks heaps, have a good one. 

Hi, thanks for the compliment. Baron had great fun designing the brackets - we have the prototype on our Tvan 2005 Mk2. He sold quite a few sets prior to covid, they were in great demand. Then Covid hit and he stopped producing them, for various reasons. Hope you have many happy years with your Tvan. Take care, Connie

Hey there Gobi One
Thanks for that...I liked the 750, but they don't do a ratchet drive in that size (that I could find at the time!!). I'm aware of the high setup risk, so need to keep the extension as low as possible- got chocks/levellers for that. 
We haven't used the Tvan since my last post, but from the manoeuvrability point of view it does what I want it to.  As you say, the capacity is fine for us (hitch weight approximately 180kg). Would definitely go with the 750 if I didn't need the ratchet system.
Cheers...DF

Hey Baron and Connie. I have just purchased a 1 owner 2012 Tvan Murranji. It has your awning on it and I am impressed. So were the three Tvan owners who over a trip to Victoria wanted to photograph it so that they could make something similar. I have only just seen that you are forum members.