Camping trailers

[Terrain Vehicles]

How much do camping trailers go for in Australia? I'm just wondering as they are very expensive here, and there aren't many people that make them. A lot of the time people buy an ex-army Sankey trailer, strip it down to the chassis and build a new body on top.

[bigcarle]

i got a camper locally (Brisbane) that is from memory 13ft X 17ft all enclosed with semi off road suspension and wheels , water tank, kitchen, big tool box,
all for around a shade over $8k.
the basic package is trailer and same size tent for high $5k
put together by an ex-patriot of yours.
here is a link to see for yourself
Camper Trailer Tents Brisbane | Trailer Sales Brisbane & Queensland (http://www.castlecampers.com.au/)

[Ivan]

Carle

Link doesn't work for me (could be work firewall stopping it). I got my CT from Castle Campers. It's a full offroad version with water tank, battery box, luxury kitchen etc and it was just over $9000 AUD. The trailer is made in Brisbane but the tent comes from China (like most of them over here). You can buy the tents on ebay and then stick them on top of the trailer of your choice.


Ivan

[PhilipA]

There is a good variety of used ones on this site.

welcome to campertrailers.org website home to Australian off road camper trailers since 2001 (http://www.campertrailers.org/)

Or look on Ebay.
As you can see you can pay 8K for a new one or 50K.
Regards Philip A

[Landy Smurf]

anywhere from $3800 new to as much as about $70 000
check this link out it has most camper trailer companies
australian camper trailer manufacturers (http://www.campertrailers.org/manufacturers.htm)
which is the same as the above link too sorry

[bigcarle]

yep ivan, thats who the link is for Castle Campers.
on a Nathan trailer form Brisbane and the tent is from
overseas made to his specification (thicker material)
i am very happy with mine
actually just remembered in my avatar the disco is parked in front of it

[Terrain Vehicles]

Crikey. Still not cheap, but probably cheaper than here. Mind you, shipping one over would be a lot of pennies! I still think I'll be better finding a wide-track Sankey trailer chassis and building one from that. :)

[Landy Smurf]

you can get an oztrail camper tent for about $1500 they seem ok

[loanrangie]

There are plenty of good quality 2nd hand trailers for around the $4500- $6000 mark and even if they are 10 years old they are still better than some of the new chinese/ vietnamese made canvas tops.
For the UK you might as well buy a caravan as not a lot of offroading available over there.

[Terrain Vehicles]

No, there aren't any 'long-range' off road trecks available in the UK, but it would be nice to have for trips to Moroccos, etc. Also they are smaller and lighter to tow on the road than a caravan. :)

Plus they look cool. :cool: