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I keep coming onto this new Panel Van forum and all I see is posts about Trigano's
Nothing against them but I am after info and background details on other vans.
Where are all the Timberland, Murvi, IH Campers (yea well !) Devon, Nu Venture, La Strada owners.....anyone out there???????????
Also where do High Top owners exist on MHF, do they creep in on here and snuggle up with you Panel Van owners or are they kicked out into the world of coachbuilds
Has anyone highlighted this new place for Panel Van owners so they know it exists?
Maura
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Its not actually a very new forum Maura it was moved from the very bottom of the forum page next to 5th wheelers . There have been threads on other vans I suppose my one is a panel van and a high top. You are right though its been trigano trigano trigano recently
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I keep coming onto this new Panel Van forum and all I see is posts about Trigano's
Nothing against them but I am after info and background details on other vans.
Where are all the Timberland, Murvi, IH Campers (yea well !) Devon, Nu Venture, La Strada owners.....anyone out there???????????
Also where do High Top owners exist on MHF, do they creep in on here and snuggle up with you Panel Van owners or are they kicked out into the world of coachbuilds
Has anyone highlighted this new place for Panel Van owners so they know it exists?
Maura
Hi Maura,
I did not plan to post this on Facts but as you are looking for a van conversion here goes.
Our Timberland Freedom 11 was four years old on the 1st June 2007.
We have had no major problems with the base vehicle or on habitation side. Minor faults were fixed at the factory as we live just over the Humber.
Base vehicle.
Fiat Ducato LWB 2.8 jtd.
Only one problem, front off side wheel bearing had to be replaced at 44,600 miles.
New tyres fitted at 47,000 miles. Brake pads have still plenty of life left in them.
Cam belt, tensioners and alternator belt replaced at 47,500 miles Other than that it was just routine servicing. No oil used between services.
We had a Van Aaken Smart Box fitted that increased the BHP from 128 to 147.
Van Bitz Battery Master this allows the solar panel to charge engine & leisure batteries.
We had the van up rated from 3300kg to 3500kg. This was a paper exercise carried out by SV Tech. It cost us £200 for the certification, no mods were needed on the vehicle. We did not change the axle weights as they were adequate for our needs but when fully loaded for our long winter trips we were very close to the 3300kg limit. It was done really for peace of mind.
No major problems but a minor inconvenience is the fridge has to be removed to be serviced as there is no lower fridge vent due to the fridge fitting over the wheel arch.
The waste pipe from the tip up basin split and had to be replaced.
Facia on the control unit had to be replaced as we were unable to read the symbols.
The shower compartment tray had to be replaced due to too much flexing in the floor.
We removed the swinging arm table system, for us it was as about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike. Just our opinion of course. We use a tripod and pedestal leg (two sizes) and we use the bed board as a table and we also have a small circular table for drinks etc. The system can be used inside and out. We don't carry any other table tops at all. The bed board/table is secured in the shower compartment against the gas locker wall.
We had to make a trap door in the bottom of the wardrobe so we could get the gas bottle (13kg) into the gas locker.
Extras added after purchase.
Remis cab blinds.
Silver Screens Solar View.
Sun Blocker side & front for use with roller blind/awning.
Full length aluminium back box.
60 watt solar panel
Refillable gas bottle with an external filling point.
Two 100 AH Elecsol batteries replacing the 85 AH batteries fitted.
We did have problems in the shower compartment, the tray had to be replaced due to cracks around the plug hole.
The other problem was self inflicted where we used tensioners over the sink unit to hold towels. This caused the sealant to come away in places. We have now done a couple of mods and the factory resealed the compartment for us.
All in all we are very pleased with the van, we did not have too many problems downsizing from a Liaka A Class Ecovip 400i at 4200kgs.
Regards
Don
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Well even if you did include other makes, I would still be left out in the cols as mine is a van conversion. (ordinary van that started life delivering stuff, then got converted) So no brand name as such. I'm also told that it affects the resale price too as I cant say its a X, Y or Z....
(but we like it)
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DonExcellent report, thanks very much, looks a lovely van.
Just out of interest why wasn't you going to enter it on Facts?
Badger Just knew you were an old mongrel really my favourite kind of mutt as it happens
Maura
Maura,
I thought it would be of very little interest on MHF.
I posted it on the Timberland forum so that new members could see what we have done with the van.
I'm not sure whether there are any more Timberland owners on here.
Don
22 actually Don and that includes motorhomer and motorhomer2 and a guy called Timberland!
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