I recently read somewhere in forum/s re anchoring one of those extender round portable cloth lines one sees being used on tour.
So taking on board the hint,
We purchased a unit from Aldi for around $29 ???. Unit comes in two sections. Bottom half is a tripod stand and top half is the unit cloth line section. For this exercise to work, one only needs the top section of the cloth line.
I then purchased a length of PVC 40mm pipe and cut to size. Take the top unit with you when buying PVC to ensure a snug fit.
The cloth line top unit now slides into the PVC pipe. Then drilled hole on top of the pipe and the base of the top half ( line section) of the unit to bolt both together and therefore secure. Then I attached the PVC pipe to the second jockey wheel bracket on the A frame of the van, and presto.
Secure line in place to with hold and wind gusts. Only takes 2 minutes to erect, and easily to pack away.
I also have one of the Aldi clothes lines. In my case I drilled a 1/4" hole at the end of the three legs then inserted a 1/4" eye bolt secured with a nylock nut. (Excess thread on the eyebolt was then cut off.) Of course, if you can find metric bits use them.
Pegs are knocked in through the 'eyes' and hold the whole assembly down. That allows the clothes line to be positioned where it best catches the sun. To date the clothes line hasn't moved in any of the winds encountered so far.
(In point of fact, I no longer use pegs but 'screw' the legs down using 8mm coach screws 150mm long. A large washer under the screw head stops them from pulling through the loop of the eye bolt. Coach screws come out a lot easier than conventional pegs.)
I also have one of the Aldi clothes lines. In my case I drilled a 1/4" hole at the end of the three legs then inserted a 1/4" eye bolt secured with a nylock nut. (Excess thread on the eyebolt was then cut off.) Of course, if you can find metric bits use them.
Pegs are knocked in through the 'eyes' and hold the whole assembly down. That allows the clothes line to be positioned where it best catches the sun. To date the clothes line hasn't moved in any of the winds encountered so far.
There is one [haven't seen the Aldi one, so I'm assuming it looks like a Mini Rotary Clothes Hoist] that already has these features. Look for the ones with Black Plastic instead of Blue in the relevant places. You can buy them at most Camping stores I think. That's where I got mine.
Here we go. [Forgot I didn't have Prish Resizer on the Laptop yet.] No.2 is the Pegs to hold it down that come with it As you can see, I just keep them handy in the top.
You Eastern Sates show-offs, rubbing the noses of us Westies in it again by telling us all the good deals with miss by not having an Aldi over here LOL
We are due one later this year, but its about a 1.5 hours drive south of Perth CBD - you'd have thought they would have located to make it more accessable to all of Perth............
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Cheers Bruce
The amazing things you see when nomading Australia
Don't worry Bruce and Bev (and Sheba), once you get one Aldi they will multiply like rabbits. Here in Canberra ten years ago there was only one Aldi store across the border in Queanbeyan, NSW. Now there are about half a dozen around Canberra with our nearest one a short five minutes drive away.
To whet your interest about Aldi stores one time I was in the Queanbeyan store and I was behind a woman with a trolley load of groceries stacked really high. Chatting with her she told me that she drove up from Moruya on the coast, bypassing Batemans Bay just to shop at Aldi. She said that even with the cost of petrol she was still saving money. Nowadays there is an Aldi store at Batemans Bay so she wouldn't have to drive so far!
look forward to it.....thought the only breeding rabbits we had over here were our friends from the UK. Go into any shopping centre, pub or fish n chip shop and its like being on the set of Coronation Street !!
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Cheers Bruce
The amazing things you see when nomading Australia
I met a couple of grey nomads last month in Halls Gap who use a rope connected to the front of the roll out awning as their clothes line. Just wondering if anyone on here uses this method and what do you think of it, not sure whether or not to get one of those clothes lines or not. We haven't started travelling yet as we have just ordered our caravan.
We are at the beach at present. Did a weeks plus washing on Tuesday and was surprised as to how much washing the line was able to accommodate. We also have a small pull out line that we fitted to the off side of the van. Plus of course plenty of space under cover of the awning.
Does anyone know where one can buy rubbish removal unit which hangs on the wall just outside the door of the van.
I will be at the Gold Coast caravan & camping expo on the gold coast nest weekend, so may find one there.
Jay&Dee
You Eastern Sates show-offs, rubbing the noses of us Westies in it again by telling us all the good deals with miss by not having an Aldi over here LOL
We are due one later this year, but its about a 1.5 hours drive south of Perth CBD - you'd have thought they would have located to make it more accessable to all of Perth............
Hi B&B
Well all the time here I was thinking you were Queenslanders.. you know going by the photo.
I thought yes absolutely Queenlanders... you know!!!!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL ONE DAY
PERFECT THE NEXT
Seriously, love the caricature and you thoughts AND IDEAS on this forum.
