Track Trailer Forum

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.

Thankyou for your response. I'm undergoing a rapid learning program with the Tvan.

G'day all,
I fitted an XO500 to our Mk5 Zenith from new, but haven't really liked the way the tube angled when extended significantly. I recently fitted the XO750, which has a collar that keeps the extending tube much straighter.
One certainly doesn't need more than the XO500 for weight, as it has a 500kg capacity which I think is more than enough (empty weight on the wheel is around 200kg).
But XO750 tougher, so we went with that. Tare of the XO500 is a bit less than the XO750 however, if you're tight for ball weight.
Cheers,
Gobi One

 The seller is correct.Is the extra anderson solar input a Track feature? Can I connect the 200W blanket to the solar input without a big loss in efficiency?
Yes to both questions

Hello. I have just bought a Murranji mk111 which has a 60 fixed solar panel on the roof. This is nowhere enough to power the 40 liter Engel so i purchased a 200 watt blanket with no controller. This was because the seller has an Anderson plug fitted next to the 240 volt inlet plug on the right hand side of the van. He told me that to use the anderson plug I should not have a controller on the blanket. My question is this - reading this forum and other sources,it seems that two solar inputs should not be run through the one controller particularly with such a variation in outputs . The van is fitted with a Redarc 25 amp 1225 dc charger. Is the extra anderson solar input a Track feature.  Can I connect the 200W blanket to the solar input without a big loss in efficiency.
Thankyou in advance.