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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    A whole lot of $ for a solo traveller, what about a patriot or similar style camper ?
    Exactly why I'm still pondering and researching.

    Heart says TVan - head says take a really good look around at alternatives ... we'll see, I've seen a few second hand TVans that have been very tempting, it's partly a question of how old am I happy to go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bytemrk View Post
    Exactly why I'm still pondering and researching.

    Heart says TVan - head says take a really good look around at alternatives ... we'll see, I've seen a few second hand TVans that have been very tempting, it's partly a question of how old am I happy to go.
    We towed our Kimberley Platinum down the CSR this year.
    For the entire trip we noticed one Conqueror, and the rest were ALL Tvans.

    says something about them, I don’t think you would be disappointed.

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    For the sort of money you are talking for a T-Van you could buy a Perentie, put a hard top on it, and take it instead, sleeping in the back!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    For the sort of money you are talking for a T-Van you could buy a Perentie, put a hard top on it, and take it instead, sleeping in the back!
    Mark did mention comfort though, Chris. He probably wants some when he's driving as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    For the sort of money you are talking for a T-Van you could buy a Perentie, put a hard top on it, and take it instead, sleeping in the back!
    OR a 6x6 ambulance and you will prolly already have 2 beds in there already....


    The main question from me is "how serious offroad trips are you considering " the Tvan to me is for serious offroad and that's where the $$ come in to all camper trailers .

    If you are looking at just needing one for ease of set up and don't need the super doper suspension set ups that seem to be better than most 4x4 have, then there are plenty of hard floor campers around that can be set up in a few minutes and folded back up by 1 person. We have a pioneer camper and I can set that up on my own in less than 5mins and it has a hand winch similar to what you see on boat trailers and you just winch away and fold it back up , you need to tuck the sides in , but no longer than 5 mins to pack up.

    Pioneer certainly are at the mid to lower spec of the market but for what we need its perfect, its done the Kimberley and plenty of off road spots up here , plus been dragged about 3/4 of the highways around the country. I wouldn't take it on the CSR , altho I think it would handle it.

    Camper trailers are like caravans , thousands out there you just need to go and test them to see what suits your needs

    cheers Ean

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    Funny < I reckon in my travels that Ultimate is the most common in the rough places followed maybe by Tvan and an amazing number of Camp'o'Matics seeing they are now not so popular.

    I don't like Ultimates due to inside kitchen , flip over bed, height, and small awnings. And they still have canvas as does the Tvan which must be unpacked quickly if packed up wet.
    IMHO , the Op should look at weight if he plans to tow on sandy or steep tracks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Funny < I reckon in my travels that Ultimate is the most common in the rough places followed maybe by Tvan and an amazing number of Camp'o'Matics seeing they are now not so popular.

    I don't like Ultimates due to inside kitchen , flip over bed, height, and small awnings. And they still have canvas as does the Tvan which must be unpacked quickly if packed up wet.
    IMHO , the Op should look at weight if he plans to tow on sandy or steep tracks.
    Regards Philip A
    We looked at an Ultimate , mainly because it was 3 streets away from home, as soon as the boss seen the inside kitchen and the flip style bed it was struck off the list straight away.

    KK would be the most common we have seen in our travels, our pioneer is basically the same style just doesn't have as well set up kitchen..


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post
    We looked at an Ultimate , mainly because it was 3 streets awa y from home, as soon as the boss seen the inside kitchen and the flip style bed it was struck off the list straight away.

    KK would be the most common we have seen in our travels, our pioneer is basically the same style just doesn't have as well set up kitchen..


    Cheers Ean
    We dismissed the Ultimate for similar reasons.
    I personally like the Tvan but the other half didn’t like the confined sleeping arrangement.
    It does look a bit claustrophobic and probably something to think about.

    In the end the KK ticked all the boxes for comfort although packing it up can be a bit tiresome if you are moving every day.

    Our next move will be to a hybrid of some sort.

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    Thanks all - some good thoughts here.

    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    For the sort of money you are talking for a T-Van you could buy a Perentie, put a hard top on it, and take it instead, sleeping in the back!
    Chris - you are right I could buy a Perentie or a 6x6 well within the budget I am thinking. I'll have a think about it....but I'm not sure that would cover all I am trying to do.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post

    The main question from me is "how serious offroad trips are you considering " the Tvan to me is for serious offroad and that's where the $$ come in to all camper trailers .
    Ean, I guess the answer there is I'm kind of looking for a long term one size fits all solution for myself..

    How serious?.. Often not very serious at all.

    But I don't want something following the car that would impact where I decide to drive - where ever the car goes, I want this capable of following.

    Whether that be pottering around the Flinders Ranges or something more challenging or remote like Wonnangatta, Googs Track, Gary Highway or the Canning.

    I'm hoping over the next 5- 10 years or so to do a lot more long trips so I'm really looking for something that fits the quick over nighter through to the couple of weeks base camp scenario.

    I also want to keep the weight down (My fatty D4 weighs enough as it is!) and you get a lot of stuff in a Tvan that weighs in around 1 tonne before I put my junk in it.


    Philip I looked at the Ultimate, but like others I'm not a fan of the internal Kitchen etc. I will check out the Camp'o'matics though, thats a product I have not taken a good look at.
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    Pondering a TVan in 2018

    I reckon the Tvan ticks a lot of boxes. It would be my choice.

    Has there been many changes over the years?
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