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We got around the weight issue with an "Oasis" RTT (Mk 1) Weighs 17 Kg. We still carry it on the roof rack but set it up on the ground under a fly (or not depending on weather). With the fly, and two of us , after some practice... the whole thing is set up in less than 10 mins... I envisage the "utility belt" and the grab rails on the Grenadier being very handy for stringing a tarp/tent fly in due course... I pack the vehicle mostly as if we're on an extended "bush-walk"... so even for a couple of weeks of camping, we take the minimum to stay cool/dry/warm and above all COMFORTABLE!! We're both over 70 so the slips and spills issue is a risk to consider...We’ve had two rooftop tents including a very nice Bundutop electric operated tent. However we’ve now gone back to a ground tent with army surplus camp beds topped with 100mm self inflating mattresses. Getting up and down the ladder in the night for the loo gets tiresome especially in inclement weather. Also the shear weight of everything on the roof rack was getting excessive. Bundutop 80kg+, ostrichwing awning about 25kg, spare wheel and tyre, highlife Jack, 30L laundry drum. The Landy was rolling all over the place on rough roads. Going to keep all the weight down low with the Grenadier.
How does that hold up in the wind?
We've once experienced an unexpected "Sunshine Coast" heavy drenching (100mm rain in 3 hrs) and 50km/hr gusts. I hammered a couple of sand pegs over the steel runners to hold the tent frame in place and zippered all the flaps shut... there were next to no leaks mainly because the tarp held firm. But it was a bit noisy! Thankfully it was late afternoon rather than at night...
I've wondered the same thing: how in the world did he get to such a charming person?
But you can spend ten seasons in Italy and won't have seen everything. Zillions of things, foods and landscapes to discover - from the Alps to Calabria, in Siciliy and Sardegna.My wife would like a motorhome (camping car, or how do you call these unhandy huge caravans with a motor?), and she want to travel only to Italy ...
I refuse stubbornly ...unsure:
Totally agree with you.
Basel in June? You’re a stones throw away from some of the best driving roads in the world - you could make a loop of the St Gotthard and Furka passes in a day, let alone heading north for the forests, south for the vineyards or east for the Dolomites. Trains be damned!
I will be workingBasel in June? You’re a stones throw away from some of the best driving roads in the world - you could make a loop of the St Gotthard and Furka passes in a day, let alone heading north for the forests, south for the vineyards or east for the Dolomites. Trains be damned!
I think it is also good that he identifies as He/Him.
There is one from me. Cannot stand this bloke. Total hypocrite and self obsessed.
Yes, you can - Barack would say.
"Yellow Card for you!!"
