Thread: Caravan - east to west

What sized van and how much does it weigh?

I may be able to move it from Portland to Adelaide in 6 to 8 weeks, as I'm planning a work run through that way, but it is a very faint maybe at the moment as I won't have anything confirmed for a bit yet, and it could change to exclude the Western part of Vic.

Would be worth posting some details of the van,especially its condition.
We have an olde fella at work that usually does a Xmas run over east to visit his family.Sometimes he takes his van,sometimes he sleeps in the wagon/motels and sometimes he flys.He has one of those V6 AWD Dunnydoore wagons,unsure if he has electric trailer brakes,possibly not as his van isnt big or that modern.
Andrew

Thanks for the replies gents. Not sure I want to wait till xmas... we need a get in a few practices before we head off for a year in March!

6 months old, dual axle, 21ft full size van. Tare of 2380, ball weight 160.

It has Cruisemaster XT independent suspension, 6 inch chassis and 16" wheels so the hitch sits pretty high, suspect it would be an issue for a standard sedan. D4 should do it though

That's me out sorry, my work car is only good for 2 tonne.

Re the Brakes - You'd probably have to get some one with the same braking controller to suit the caravans system?

I see these trucks refuelling every now and then and the drivers seem quite switched on.
They always do a walk around of tie down chains/straps etc..
Other than that I've had nothing to do with them.
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I'm not planning on an Adelaide trip put could bring it to Melbourne if it helps.
It may come down to a goggle search and quote requests

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Re the Brakes - You'd probably have to get some one with the same braking controller to suit the caravans system?

In theory you should be able to hook up to any controller.........unless it has electric over hydraulic.

Originally Posted by alien

I'm not planning on an Adelaide trip put could bring it to Melbourne if it helps.
It may come down to a goggle search and quote requests

Thanks for the offer up to Melb! Might just be an option if we continue to struggle on freight.

We've had at least 1000 quotes now

We thought we had a good quote but they said they couldn't do it for that price any more 2 days later, and the next closest said they didn't realise how far from Melbourne it was to Portland and wants to change the price. So I'm back to deciding what sort of premium is reasonable vs sending the car over and driving it all back. Just wish I had the time for that.

Surely there's plenty of people out there in Victoria just sitting around bored looking to drive to Perth that want to tow a van for me...

And yes, any electric brake controller equipped car will be fine, nothing fancy going on there.