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I would insist on purchasing a camper trailer that will firstly NOT fall to bits while being towed behind your vehicle. The insurance company will possibly NOT cover damage sustained travelling to the Cape for instance, as in these remote areas you would just about have to leave the trailer and continue without it if it had a major structural failure etc.= a total loss, and possible non payout:o
Look at the trailer for strength first, and the accomodation will be a close second IMHO.
JC
Some sound advice...cheers
i'm with justin
i went with decent independent leaf sprung suspension, you get the best of both worlds.
cruise-master with 6 leaf springs on mine.
tows immaculately and have never broken an egg or chaffed a can in it and it has taken a hiding on some pretty rough tracks.
as mentioned above, go smaller if you want to stay in caravan parks longer than overnight as the larger ones arent catered for in most parks...
most of the hard floors will fit in van parks just fine from what i have seen...
am selling mine shortly as it is too big now the kids have left home so want to downsize to a small hard floor after i get the county rebuilt...
The other thing too consider with this camper is the tow hitch, it's a ball type, the first errosion hump you go over and the hitch will pop off the ball, that will need to be changed to an offroad hitch.
The so called canvas is 13oz poly cotton, not real canvas and also the flooring Isn't the proper heavy duty PVC flooring used in offroad soft floor campers, also the swing out tailgate and kitchenette, sink, tap, water tank, lockable filler, stove, gas bottle and new spare wheel are optional extras on top of the standard price, that's another $1600 + fitting.
It is cheap though, this is one reason some of the current soft floor camper makers aren't doing so well now, they just can't compete with these elcheapo campers.
Baz.
There's a mob at Rydalmere, near the station, Champion or Challenge, they build good quality off-road trailers and they hire same out, so you can take a test run, I was speaking to a Rep. at the Rosehill show and he said to hire and try first, if you buy he would refund hire fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by catch-22
Things I would be looking for, Same rims and tyres as tow vehicle, same width track, Tregg Off-Road hitch and a metal water tank if you're going desert, Springs with shackles at rear (not slides), springs on top of axle for ground clearance, at least electric brakes, make sure the bed is big enough, make sure there is an effective fly over over tent section, go for as light as possible, try to keep under 750kg's, look for ease of setup. I'll check the name of this mob at Rydalmere and PM you, they had some good features, like spare mounted on wheel hub and stub to suit tow vehicle, spare spring (with shackles and bushes) mounted on guard and very well built, at about $11K with all the fruit it was good value, Regards Frank.
Cheers Frank....I will see if I can find them...
Hi I built a off road trailer this year, planning to buy a ebay tent to fit on top.
There was some bad press about them, they are cheap so I emailed the positive feeds and a lot emailed back who had problems.
I ended up buying a tent off a local company it cost 5k but you can't fault the quality. I thick the best way is to by a good second hand one.
GRIFF
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trailers-v...iler-born.html
The weight factor is also critical for rego and yourr annual running cost. I think over 750kg and the rego jumps up fairly high. Check weights verses rego prices. It may be wiser to buy the trailer first then register it before putting any sort of camper onto it.
Cheers
Remy
Remy, in NSW if a trailer weighs more than 250kgs rego cost is about $150/year, if under 250kgs about $50/year, if total weight of trailer is over 750kgs brakes are required, under 750kgs total brakes not compulsory, but if your trailer weighs say 749kgs fully loaded it would be wise to run brakes, Regards Frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Remy
Yea it is rather annoying that bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank
I was going to mod my box trailer into a camper but it is already 375kg without a spare.:eek:
Hat to think of the weight once set up as a caper instead of a box trailer.