Category: Transport

Welcome to Transfercar Michael and the crew at Turnbull’s Hire Drive!!

Turnbull’s Hire Drive has partnered up with Transfercar, choosing to utilise our website to relocate their fleet of quality Toyota, Hino and Kia vehicles around Australia.

Grown from its humble beginning as an offshoot of Turnbull Toyota, Turnbull’s Hire Drive now have more than 100 vehicles available for hire specialising in all commercial vehicles ranging from 8, 12 and 21 seated Mini Busses, 4WDs and 2WD Hilux’s, Trucks, Tray Trucks and Vans.

Turnbull’s addition to the Transfercar relocation service is a welcomed event especially for all of our travellers as they have three depots in Gippsland, and service both the Melbourne Tullamarine and Avalon airports.

From furniture moving trucks to 4WDs, this company has some great vehicles which means more fun for the Transfercar community.

Who’s up for an Outback Adventure!

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SURVIVING AUSTRALIA’S OUTBACK

Tips and tricks on how to save fuel while driving

Often AA has some great little articles about travelling NZ that relocation drivers and budget conscious travellers can benefit from.  Here’s one of those articles I think may be well worth reading.

I have given you the main points but read the full article to see why they recommend these strategies.

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Fuel consumption of relocation cars and campervans

Often we are asked about the fuel consumption of many of our relocation cars and campervans listed on Transfercar.

So I did a little bit of research and put together a quick guide on the average fuel use of commonly listed vehicles. This is not exact data but is an estimate only and will vary depending on the make and model of the vehicle and how you drive it (I’ll write about this soon!).

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How to request your free standby relocation car or campervan with Transfercar

For all our new or prospective relocation drivers, here’s a little bit of info on how to request a standby car or campervan on transfercar .co.nz and transfercar.com.au.

Step 1: Register as a driver.

  • Remember to sign up for email alerts for specific routes you are looking for or just to hear what new vehicles are being listed daily.

Step 2: Log in to transfercar.com.au or transfercar.co.nz and look for the relocation car or campervan that suits your destination.

  • Be aware that the dates specified are the earliest and latest pick up and drop off dates  and you are given a certain amount of days between these dates to drive the vehicles.

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Relocation cars, law and ethics

cow-in-roadRelocation cars, law and ethics:  Legally if you see an animal in the middle of the road (lets say a mum and her ducklings), you are supposed to carry on driving straight through or over them without swerving to miss them if you can’t safely stop on the side of the road (no animal rights here). What if it’s a cow?? What does the insurance say??? This could be a great thing to find out…….any ideas??

Parking Overnight in a Campervan

I just received a question regarding parking overnight on the side of the road in a campervan. I did my research and have found the answers I was looking for:

  • Locals don’t like people camping on the streets in their towns (And you really don’t want to be making trouble with the locals!).
  • Many towns have local by laws prohibiting overnight camping, and you’ll be woken at 4-5am and told to move on.
  • If there are no signs indicating you are allowed to park on the side of the road, you should not assume that it is acceptable to stop and park.
  • Most towns have motor parks, and camping grounds where you can park, and there are many opportunities for “Freedom Camping” outside of towns and built up areas.
  • Alongside rivers and lakes (except within a town boundary) or in designated camping areas within National Parks, you are welcome to camp to your heart’s content.

Many rather to park at a side of the road because parking lots are filled with obstacles and hazards, but often the biggest danger is other drivers. They may cut across empty rows, drive too fast or ignore signs and pavement markings which is one of the common causes of parking lot accidents. Slowing down will buy you time to react and possibly avoid a collision. Parking lots are riskier than you think. Tens of thousands of crashes occur in parking lots and garage structures annually, resulting in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. And, around the holidays, parking lots become even more dangerous.

Just please make sure you have toilet facilities (no dumping in the bushes if you can help it) with you and also take all your rubbish when you leave!!

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