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2. Reduce your load. Again, this is another tip that a lot of readers will say is obvious, but I know many caravanners carry a lot of gear they simply do not need. I was one of them for a very long time. The problem was that I was completely oblivious to how much stuff we had accumulated over time until we bought a new caravan and had to transfer all the gear from one to the other. I was horrified!
A good tip is marking every item you use over a period of six months. At the end of that time, go through all your gear again and anything without a mark on it, consider getting rid of. If you haven’ t needed it in six months, chances are you won’ t need it at all.
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That said, there’ s one item that many caravanners carry that adds more weight than just about anything else. It ' s water. I cannot believe how many caravanners travel with their water tanks filled to the brim, and they are not doing any free camping. It’ s astonishing! Every litre of water weighs 1kg, so your 90L water tank, when full, weighs 90kg. Multiply that by two or three tanks, and you could be lugging around 270kg for no good reason.
3. Avoid driving into headwinds. Anyone who has crossed the Nullarbor more than a few times will tell you that fuel consumption on that stretch of road can vary significantly every time, and it is a dead straight and flat road. The difference is almost always the direction and strength of the wind. The Eyre Highway traverses a section of the land that is exposed to the winds of the Southern Ocean. Get a 20-30km / h headwind and watch your fuel consumption go through the roof.
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