How the Yanks free camp...interesting.

hako · Guru

How the Yanks free camp...interesting.

Lancelot Link · Senior Member

? Do we have to become more Americanised? I am almost talking with a Cuban accent!

hako · Guru

Lancelot Link wrote:
? Do we have to become more Americanised? I am almost talking with a Cuban accent!

Have to agree.....it really is being forced on us nowdays.

Regards

Bryan · Guru

Thanks for putting that up Hako. Although totally different there are a lot of parallels and food for thought.

macka17 · Guru

Carl, a mate over there. Retired US Truckie.

Runs a Chevvy 3500 dual rears.
Towing a 42ft fifther. 30ft home 12 ft rear drop door garage wksp at rear.
Fully self cont to 3 genny's desalinator. welders, the lot.

They go down south for 6 ish months every winter.
Snow and ice at home down to minus 10 ir so.

Very rare "they" go in paid Commercial mobile parks.

The country is covered in Nat parks. Each State (did, It's been a while)
have one permit to cover all it's own parks and overnight areas..
"Front Country camping" I think it was called.
Book your stops well in advance.
They like large organised Housing estates. .Some of them.
or overnighters at any HUGE truck stop with ALL facilities.
THEY AMAZING in relation to what we got.

Not really advisable to stop individually anywhere near civilisation unfortunately.
Get WELL out of sight
ange.

brickies · Guru

$582 for food and household product for 6 months , For must be much cheaper there then here just over $25 a week .

daffyfrancis · Senior Member

If you look at the breakdown explanation underneath those figures you will note that the $582 & other amounts are per month.

An interesting article.

David

aussie_paul · Guru

Interesting hako, thanks.

Aussie Paul. smile

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Phew just when I was to have a stern talk to the Mrs !! Lol

Cruising Cruze · Guru

Hi Denis

Thanks for sharing this
There is heaps of info on that page

Cheers John

Cupie · Guru

I'd like to add my thanks as well.

I'll study the post when I've got a bit of free time.

For some years I have been looking at several utube 'sites' by US Free campers. Some interesting stuff. I often see many of their 'popular' free camps that are typically barren flat gravel or stony paddocks with absolutely no visual appeal. Large bitumen lots in shopping centres or industrial areas seem popular too. Not places that I would enjoy, but it seems quite OK to them. Perhaps not representative.

I look at British Caravan forums too and not impressed with their lot either.

Perhaps it's what you get used to.

macka17 · Guru

'Ere you go.

Found Carl's "tug" 3500 Chevvy. dual rears.
He tows a 42 ft fifther with it. 30 ft of van. 12 ft of garage\workshop with full drop down door at rear.

I'll find some photo's and put them here.

That truck. 2014. Which they quoted at $136k AUD BASIC here. (Not top model)

cost Carl $46.5 grand US. on the road. Sat TV\Radio the works.

Makes you sick don't it.

They a dream to drive too.

-- Edited by macka17 on Wednesday 11th of October 2017 07:28:45 PM

Desert Dweller · Guru

I see they've omitted the cost of ammunition.

macka17 · Guru

PS.
He does carry a gun safe built in under rear seat too.

Carries a Remington 870 20in. coupla pistols and an automatic .45.
That bitch kicks.
Rifles in 5ther.

Lancelot Link · Senior Member

I bet the road kill does not taste as good as ours!

macka17 · Guru

Deer. Moose.
Compared to.

ROO?????? YUK.
After you shot a few and run knife down backbone. FULL of worms. NO thank you.
I've shot thousands. We just dug pits, kept 20\30\40 for tags.
and the other 3 or 4 hundred PER PADDOCK. in the pit. Gov't had absolutely NO idea.

aussie_paul · Guru

macka17 wrote:
Deer. Moose.
Compared to.

ROO?????? YUK.
After you shot a few and run knife down backbone. FULL of worms. NO thank you.
I've shot thousands. We just dug pits, kept 20\30\40 for tags.
and the other 3 or 4 hundred PER PADDOCK. in the pit. Gov't had absolutely NO idea.

Jumping steak is great. biggrin

Aussie Paul, smile

Cupie · Guru

aussie_paul wrote:
macka17 wrote:
Deer. Moose.
Compared to.

ROO?????? YUK.
After you shot a few and run knife down backbone. FULL of worms. NO thank you.
I've shot thousands. We just dug pits, kept 20\30\40 for tags.
and the other 3 or 4 hundred PER PADDOCK. in the pit. Gov't had absolutely NO idea.
Jumping steak is great.
Aussie Paul,

I too love roo meat and wild pig. Always checked meat for worms & organs for disease.

I shot the other thousands or so that Macca missed. But only those that were right for eating. LOL.

Dickodownunder · Guru

biggrin biggrin

Funny stuff.

And on another note...great link, thanks.

baysidetas · Veteran Member

Carrying firearms

When I hear of people having their fire arms stolen I can not help thinking that they most likely let other people know what they had and hence became a target.

Certainly I know of several people that fall into this category. If you carry fire arms then keep it to your self.

Cupie · Guru

baysidetas wrote:
Carrying firearms

When I hear of people having their fire arms stolen I can not help thinking that they most likely let other people know what they had and hence became a target.
Certainly I know of several people that fall into this category. If you carry fire arms then keep it to your self.

I gave away my last firearm during the current Qld Amnesty. I had hung on to it for sentimental reasons. It was a very old single shot bolt action Winchester .22 . I can't remember ever having fired it.

The new owner has an amazing collection of Winchester lever actions, including some special models still in their factory packaging & most never fired. He will add mine to his list of registered rifles ready for the next inspection. Of course he has several scoped up hunting rifles like .243, .222 & a .308/7.62mm all in his gun room along with the appropriate safes.

My BIL had a fantastic collection of lovingly restored rifles but on his passing, his wife GAVE them to his mates in the local rifle club ... before I, along with his sons/SILs, had a chance to grab one. Not happy. Thousands of $s down the drain & beautiful family heirlooms lost. His hobby over several decades, was to make glorious custom stocks from top quality wood & rework the actions back to mint condition. All reblued of course. He used to shoot in The Queens Shoot & had shot patterns for each rifle.

I just love handling good rifles.