Our Rig

Our Rig is made up of two vehicles:

2006 Chevrolet 3500 Express Pasenger Van

2007 Starcraft Aruba 298RKS Travel Trailer.



The Chevy




244" overall (20ft 4in)

Height 82"

177" wheelbase

54ft turning circle

15 seat

Overal Weight 65000lb

Load 2500lbs

Tow capacity 10000lbs

Fuel tank 31 Galls (U.S.) 125 lt

6 litre v8 Petrol engine

3.73:1 rear axle

4 wheel ABS

4 wheel disk brakes

A/C

Cruise Control

Passenger side sliding door






Modifications:

Hitch Receiver fitted

Uprated radiator (twin Core)

Full length running boards

Rear Seat removed.

Load equaliser





The Aruba




31ft 5" shipping length

29ft trailer

8ft wide

Glassfiber walls with Aluminuim framing

Steel Chassis

single slide out 12ft x 2ft

Total weight 7500lbs

twin axles - bearing 6500lbs

Tongue (nose) weight 975lbs



Features

15000 BTU A/C

Queen size bed

Seperate Shower and toilet

Kitchen with fridge, mocrowave, sink, cooker and oven

2 sofas

Dinette area



Outside:

13ft Awning

External shower unit and gas BBQ

Electric tongue jack

Rear Ladder



On board tanks









Fuel Consumption

With the Aruba hitched up our Chevy Express manages about 8 miles to the

U.S. gallon, which gives us a range of about 230 miles on a tank,

though the light comes on when there is about 3 gallons left, so we

usually fill up after about 200 miles. A tank of gas will cost us about

$75 - which works out at about 40p a litre. So we make about 8 miles

per gallon, or 2 miles per litre. That sounds bad, but with the cheaper

fuel we get about 5 miles/£.