If it's just gravel road use ... and not "true offroading" .... Can you go past an aussie made Bailey caravan these days. Not cheap..
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO72mVDliIA[/ame]
My father has a pommy version ... They are bolted and locked together... The structure being a really strong "box" ... Think of how strong a garden shed becomes as soon as you screw the walls and roof together.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrXICtUq0g[/ame]
My father chatted to the guy that's setup the aussie operation. He was showed pictures on his phone of the caravan they hammered around the proving ground. The thing was unmarked structurally. However a lot of the aussie (well chinese) sourced locally fitted furniture fell apart, the fridge fell out etc.... So they went back and added extra fasteners everywhere.
No australian 'van will have been hammered to death in testing like these caravans.
Obviously no good for serious offroading, but if your just looking at gravel roads and corrugations, I reckon it'd be unbreakable.
Pitty they have fitted them out with the hideous furniture all the local 'vans are fitted with. They look really crappy inside (just like all the locally made caravans). The furniture the aussie manufactures use must be flat packed out of china.
With these caravans ... 18foot 'vans are about 1.5tons.... not really any heavier than a big offroad camper trailer
seeya,
Shane L.
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