Caravan Protection?

[Avion8]

Anyone have experience with exterior paint sealant & interior fabric protection on a new caravan? The van we are looking at is dirt road ready but not a full offload version, but will be going down a lot of dirt roads. Special offers at the Perth Caravan & camping show at present, which ends Sunday, just not sure if the 4 figure cost is worth it!

[justinc]

The main thing to try and do is prevent the dust getting in there in the first place. We had a positive pressure system fitted to ours which is basically a bilge blower fitted internally and is switched on when on the dirt. Not had a fleck of dust ingress yet however haven't seen any serious powder yet 😮 just dirt roads.

Exterior wasn't too worried really ours is ally clad and already the sealants used around windows and edges is a nice shade of South Australian Flinders Ranges red...

Jc

[Rok_Dr]

Put a good cover on when you're not using it. Between myself and the previous owner, my van has always lived under a cover and after 10 years the exterior is still nice and glossy. Replaced the old cover last year with one bought on special from caravanland at the camping show. Adco was the brand and it is far better quality than what you can buy at super cheap et al

Cheers

Steve

[LandyAndy]

Im off for a wander around the Caravan show tommorow,took a day off rather than put up with the sat/sun madness.
Andrew

[Avion8]

The main thing to try and do is prevent the dust getting in there in the first place. We had a positive pressure system fitted to ours which is basically a bilge blower fitted internally and is switched on when on the dirt. Not had a fleck of dust ingress yet however haven't seen any serious powder yet 😮 just dirt roads.

Exterior wasn't too worried really ours is ally clad and already the sealants used around windows and edges is a nice shade of South Australian Flinders Ranges red...

Jc

Thanks Jc, Ours will be ally clad so I guess Pilbara pink sealants are just the go. Even our white dog went that colour the last time we took him to Pardoo Station.

[Avion8]

Put a good cover on when you're not using it. Between myself and the previous owner, my van has always lived under a cover and after 10 years the exterior is still nice and glossy. Replaced the old cover last year with one bought on special from caravanland at the camping show. Adco was the brand and it is far better quality than what you can buy at super cheap et al

Cheers

Steve

Hi Steve,
Between use it will be in our shed so no need for a cover. It's just the few months on the road at a time I was concerned about. We did have a cover for our old Franklin before we had a shed, and it got beat to death within two years from the Easterlies. Thanks.

[justinc]

Thanks Jc, Ours will be ally clad so I guess Pilbara pink sealants are just the go. Even our white dog went that colour the last time we took him to Pardoo Station.

Ha ha gold! I have a story about a white poodle that became a black then a greay poodle after a misadventure in the tractor shed after maintenance day... 😅

[Avion8]

Im off for a wander around the Caravan show tommorow,took a day off rather than put up with the sat/sun madness.
Andrew

Don't blame you Andy. We went the opening day & pre purchased tickets on line, so no queue going in.

Nigel

[LandyAndy]

Ive been looking online for 12 months or more,actually since last years show.
Ive deleted my home made camper trailer now Ive used it:(:(:(:(.Too hard to set up alone,too hard to climb the ladder in and out of bed with my stuffed back.Must admit once in there its a comfortable world.And its too big to set up fully in a caravan park bay.
Preference is an off-roadable pop top rather than the beheamoths.Will be looking to see what we really like then perhaps looking into hiring something similar.
Was there much fishing gear on special????
Andrew

[ADMIRAL]

Anyone have experience with exterior paint sealant & interior fabric protection on a new caravan? The van we are looking at is dirt road ready but not a full offload version, but will be going down a lot of dirt roads. Special offers at the Perth Caravan & camping show at present, which ends Sunday, just not sure if the 4 figure cost is worth it!

If your intention is to travel on a lot of dirt roads, I would be more concerned about the damage to the van or your vehicle rear window. Check out Stone stomper & similar web sites.

[Avion8]

Ive been looking online for 12 months or more,actually since last years show.
Ive deleted my home made camper trailer now Ive used it:(:(:(:(.Too hard to set up alone,too hard to climb the ladder in and out of bed with my stuffed back.Must admit once in there its a comfortable world.And its too big to set up fully in a caravan park bay.
Preference is an off-roadable pop top rather than the beheamoths.Will be looking to see what we really like then perhaps looking into hiring something similar.
Was there much fishing gear on special????
Andrew

We went with a full height van, light weight, Australian built Jurgens, with ensuite for the wife - I might enjoy that too. Didn't have time to check out the fishing gear, but all the usual suspects were there, so I would guess there would be plenty. We had to also visit the sculptures by the sea, which is close to Claremont but hours from home!
Nigel

[Avion8]

If your intention is to travel on a lot of dirt roads, I would be more concerned about the damage to the van or your vehicle rear window. Check out Stone stomper & similar web sites.


Van has a full frontal travel cover, but will look at Stone stomper for the Defender rear window. My TD5 breaks rear windows towing nothing, hopefully the Puma will be better behaved.

[LandyAndy]

We didnt look at many vans on the main arena,had enough by then,was only kicking tyres.
I liked the Avida vans,that 50th anniversery one or its sligtly bigger 23 foot version.Really well made,and the slide out side made it look so much bigger.It is up there in weight,there was another bloke looking at the same time he was dissapointed when the salesman told him it was to heavy for his play doh:D:D:D:D:D:D I had to chip in,Ive got a D4 will that tow it,easy was the answer:):):):):):)
The pop top campers from QLD impressed me,but too cramped and the cooking facilities were all outside.
Went to the Jayco exhibit,ruled the pop ups out,looked at a "cheap" tandem axle with an enusite.Most unimpressed,the fit out was very poor compared to other vans.
From what we saw,$100K is what we would need to spend if buying new:(:(:(:(:(
Andrew