Thread: Camper trailer v off road trailer and stand alone tent

with the camper you can utilise the sealed section of the trailer to store stuff like the kitchen. also when setting of packing up in the wet the camper would be quicker must times.
dont know why i am selling mine really.

Oztent and foxwing,no problems,rain,hail or sunshine...

Although camper trailers seem to be the go for many these days.

Just my 2 cents worth

We have a CYT (Cape York Trailers) a Fully hot dipped galv camper trailer built to last 30 years, soft floor for sale; Shameless plug warning... OFF ROAD CAPE YORK CYT CAMPER TRAILER 2008 | Trailers | Gumtree Australia Kingborough Area - Kingston And have just bought an Oztent RV4 with flycover, awning , sidewalls and front panel to replace it with as we are now sans our 2 children on camping trips...

The trailer was a fantastic unit for storage and sleeping/ cooking etc, but with only the better half and I now it is actually too much. Recently we used the RV4 in some pretty high winds and rain and was VERY impressed with its watertightness etc. Didin't get much sleep though but that is canvas for you .


I would urge you to at least look at an Oztent (with add ons like the the front awning and sidewalls) even though it takes a bit of time to set up and guy rope the extra add ons it is worth it. The new price of the RV4 with all these bits is about $2200, we got a good Ebay deal, only used for a small length of time for $1700 including a rooftop pod storage unit and roofbars.

To sum up, I bought the camper trailer in 2008 to last us 25+ years. Our 2 children as they got older (17 and 12) decided that remote area camping wasn't for them . This necessitated a change in direction and we are happy with the Oztent


Hope this helps

JC

^^^ and there was me being discrete about having mine for sale in markets.




in sydney too, nice and close.

, that is why I wasn't bovvered about linking the ad, the costs of transprt to NSW are prohibitive

JC

here is an option....or an idea

DRIFTA Camping Kitchens - Drifta Cape York Tourer

i have both

i have chopped and changed over the years

we now have a selection of gear and the trip determines what we take

we have 3 kids for 1/2 the time therefore sometime its the whole family and other times its just the two off us

in saying that the camper trailer seems to be used nearly all the time now.....mainly because we went to the effort of building it ourselfs. if i can tow a trailer to where i'm going i will more than like take it....oh and our kids are not allowed to sleep in the camper trailer, they are in the tent some distance away

but we still drag out the tents and swags on the odd occasion

my two bobs worth, if you are going to tow a trailer you mays well have a tent fixed to it

Depends what you are looking for and where you are taking it. For me, a semi-off road pop-top van seems like a good option for beach camping and lighter off roading. I like the idea of not having to live out of boxes and to have storage, hard roof (tropical though..) and 3 way fridge with solar etc for lights. I like camp trailers and have used several very good quality ones and owned one, but overall I prefer vans now with 3 kids.

Cheers