Thread: Caravan - east to west

Current best is $3300. The one that fell through was $2750.

The suspense is killing me...

Originally Posted by Tombie

Yes a cunning plan is developing

There's also another job on truckit.net for a caravan Perth to Melbourne if a return load is needed to sweeten the deal

Originally Posted by Tombie

Yes a cunning plan is developing dependant on Coatings

Coatings?


You gonna paint the man's van for him too??

Originally Posted by Basil135

Coatings?





You gonna paint the man's van for him too??

Been a long day..

$3300 is essentially a $ per kilometre.

If it includes insurance it's worth every cent...

3300km of tyre wear, wheel bearing wear, and risk....

Fuel @ 15/100km (optimistic) is around $800 like closer to $1100 with a head wind...

And a minimum of 33 hours in the saddle...

Originally Posted by Tombie

If it includes insurance it's worth every cent...

Yeh this mob specialise in caravans and boats. Fully insured and seem to do lot of business for Coromal (WA made heading east) and local dealers bringing east-coast made vans west.

I did the numbers also and with the days off work just couldn't justify the 'saving' of doing it myself once you factor the wear.

Speaking of which, your gunna need insurance if Tombie has anything to do with it...

So,for us WA folk,its obviously cheaper to buy ex east,how much cheaper than WA(aproximate is fine) to factor this delivery delema.
Worth considering carting ones chattels on a cheap 6x4 trailer,selling the trailer and starting the trip over there.
Andrew

In our case we bought ex-east because it was exactly what we were looking for, which we couldn't find locally, second hand and well priced.

You might be surprised how hard it is to find in WA a 1-2 year old family caravan (2 bunk & queen) less than 22 foot, well kitted for off-road and free-camping. Lots more supply in the east.

If we were buying new, the saving from a Victorian dealer to the local WA dealer is $5,500 for our exact van (minus the $15K in upgrades and accessories we've got on this one). Call delivery $3,500 and you're paying $2k more so not an outrageous 'WA tax'.