Hello fellow road trippers!
Our Story
We're Darren and Jane, and we live on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula with a caravan in the driveway (as little as possible) and a list of places we still want to see.
This business started with our old Troopy. It was the perfect tow rig, until it wasn't. We kept adding the things you add when you actually use a vehicle: drawers, a fridge, water, recovery gear, the kitchen sink (almost). One day we did the maths and realised how close we were heading to the limits. Not illegal. Just closer than we'd thought. And nobody had ever told us.
We all want more. Most people just don’t want basic. We are the same. More comfort, more equipment, more items (because they are developed and produced to make life easier when travelling this country), until all of a sudden something might just give.
That was the moment.
Our approach
Because here's the thing: Darren was a builder for years, and Jane was a radiographer. You don't want a builder who skips measuring twice, and you really don't want a radiographer who's relaxed about how much radiation you're getting. Getting things right — actually right, not roughly right — is just how we're wired. Darren's now with the Country Fire Service, Jane was a volunteer ambulance officer for years. Safety isn't an abstract concept around here.
Under?
So when we looked at our rig, then looked at the rigs around us at caravan parks, free camps and roadhouses, we kept thinking the same thing: most people have no idea. whether they are actually legal or not. It’s not because they don't care, it’s most likely because nobody's ever weighed it for them properly. They've been told “your car can tow 3.5T” by someone at a dealership, or guessed at the ball weight, or assumed the tare on the compliance plate still means something three years and a lithium upgrade later. “She’ll be right mate” is a common phrase used, but it’s not an excuse for not knowing.
Or Over?
And then there are the people who do know they're over and travel anyway. We've come across a few. We genuinely don't get it. Your insurance may not pay out if you're overweight. The maths is brutal: you save the cost of a weigh, you risk the cost of everything.
Either way its best to know
We've done some proper trips, including up to the Kimberley along the Gibb, out to Ningaloo, plenty of weekends closer to home. From November we're packing up the house and going full-time on the road. So whether you're a caravan owner or just love a 4WD tow rig, we're not weighing your set up from behind a desk. We're weighing it the way we'd want ours weighed, that is properly, patiently, and without the side-eye.
That's where “Weighing your set up. Not judging it” has come from. We've never met a tow rig that didn't have something in it that wasn't strictly necessary. The Esky that's twice the size you need. The camp oven you've used twice. The "just in case" toolkit that weighs 14 kilos. We're not here to tell you what to leave behind. We're here to tell you the numbers, explain what they mean, and let you decide.
Book a weigh and you'll get the full picture:
Every wheel, every axle, and ball weight measured accurately and checked against your vehicles compliance plate limits. Guides to tyre pressures sorted for your actual loads, and a written report in your inbox the same day. Ninety minutes, give or take.
We want you to keep the big Esky. We just want you to know what it's costing you in kilos, because we too love a full Esky to dive into at the end of a long travel day. It’s one of the pleasures.
Hope to see you out there.
Darren and Jane