hello boys, i feel the need to biuld something again

[BDKW1]

Mine has very little rust on the frame. The body is also relatively rust free. There are a couple spots that just plain rusted through though. Considering they salt the roads in the winter here, I doubt this one ever saw much snow action.

[Baloo]

ok I fetched the Subaru today,
 time to sort the wiring out before I pull the engine out,
will start a build thread when I  have something to take a picture of

[BDKW1]

So, having watched years of Top Gear, your 5th wheel isn't exactly the normal English caravan. What do you tow it with? Import a real truck with the trailer?

[Baloo]

So, having watched years of Top Gear, your 5th wheel isn't exactly the normal English caravan. What do you tow it with? Import a real truck with the trailer?

there is an issue with "real trucks" and the law on towing here in the uk, some folk just ignore it but I was trying to keep fully legal, will explain later off to work now

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/tow-truck-re-engine.49260/



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[fabr]

You da man Baloo!

[Baloo]

You da man Baloo!

nope just an old geezer who likes tinkering

[Baloo]

so who has a Subaru motor in the buggy and has anyone fitted a reverse crown wheel and pinon from subarugears.com ?

[fabr]

LOTS of subis used in buggies in the USA.

[dsrace]

i always enjoy your builds and red that link on the motor you installed! nice job!  i have to ask...is there a dealer for fifthwheel camers over there or did you have that shipped in? they are nice fivers!

[Baloo]

i always enjoy your builds and red that link on the motor you installed! nice job!  i have to ask...is there a dealer for fifthwheel camers over there or did you have that shipped in? they are nice fivers!

Hi
there are loads of dealers here for usa type fivers as well as European type fivers

have a look at a few of the links on this page
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=fifth+wheel+dealers

usa ones tend to be bigger and heavier and have electric brakes which is a bit of an issue as the law here says brakes maybe hydraulic or air operated

but that said there are hundreds of American fivers here, european  ones tend to be much lighter  so the smaller trucks we have can tow them legally, but bare in mind this is England our country lanes are very narrow the wing mirrors on my Toyota hilux rub hard on the hedge rows on both sides of the road on some of the lanes around here !!!!!! when you meet some one coming the other way you might have a one mile reverse up a twisty lane where you can see jack shit, not fun when tugging a fiver,  also most of the campsites have a size restriction which again limits where you can go with one   
most of the ones you see on a campsite are smaller ones pulled by Nissan navara's

Andy
 

[Baloo]

this where I bought mine from
http://ccrv.co.uk/

it was 3 years old still had the plastic covering on the seats  the cooker had never been used in fact it was hard to tell it wasent new, apart from paint was a bit faded from the sun
 think it came from some where down by Miami  some one bought it new had it sited then never used it

ccrv go over there by around ten then have them shipped back here

[dsrace]

baloo there used to be a company in canada that built fivers with the double nose like these have     http://fifthwheelco.com/celtic-rambler-2011-2014-nissan-navara/            i always like the idea of it for easier towing. they are closed and out of buisness now. it's a shame they didn't open a plant in the usa but then again prob a bunch of poeple here wouldn't think that looked good cause that's how they decide what is best lmao  ....now after looking at some of the sites in your links.....i can't imagine towing with a nissan pick up and when i say that i am referring to the nissan's we have over here across the pond!!!!! i am betting yours may have a little more power but that's a small truck for a fifth wheel imo  hell that would be like towing with a chevy s10 pick up lol i like what you did with the motor swap, i am surprised more people don't pay you to do that for them!