Cub Scout
Submitted: Friday, Oct 07, 2022 at 07:20
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Member - Victor D
Good morning everyone. I wondered if people had any comments/observations about the Cub Scout forward opening camper? I am in the process of discernment (as they say) as I need a low weight camper to pull behind my Subaru Outback.
Many thanks. Victor.
Reply By: Member - peter g28 - Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022 at 23:29
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022 at 23:29
I have seen the Cub Scout when I was up in East Arnhemland and they looked a good screwed together camper when I compared them to other forwards fold campers that I saw on the track.
The issue with forward folding campers is their “ball weight” can be high, the Scout is 120kg so
check this against what the max ball weight the Outback can handle.
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Follow Up By: Member - Victor D - Friday, Oct 14, 2022 at 18:53
Friday, Oct 14, 2022 at 18:53
Many thanks. I will
check it out carefully.
Victor.
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 08:05
Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 08:05
Lightweight Forward Fold Off Roader They claim the ball weight is 120 kg. That would be the unladen weight. Look where most of the fridge cabinet and pantry are. Half the weight that you place in the fridge section would be carried on the ball. You would probably not be able to use the pantry at all because most of the weight in there would appear on the ball.
I note many of these campers have a lot of storage located ahead of the main trailer body. Have any of you with that style of camper weighed the ball weight when you have loaded up that front storage? I note that many of the utes with broken backs have these front loaded campers in tow. If they load as front heavy as I suspect, no wonder there are so many utes out there that have had broken backs.
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Follow Up By: Member - Victor D - Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 16:00
Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 16:00
Thanks Peter. You have provided further specifics that I can follow up with the CUB people. Very helpful.
Victor.
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Reply By: Member - Pushy - Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 13:25
Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 13:25
Victor,
We have a Cub Frontier which I believe is a heavy duty version of the Scout.
It has an advertised unladen ball eight of 125 kg. However, on a recent trip fully laden, we put everything over a weigh
bridge and the ball weight was 220 kg.
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Follow Up By: Keir & Marg - Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 14:56
Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 14:56
Victor,
What year model is your Outback? The latest ones (2021) onwards are rated to take a 200kg max ball load, but earlier models were a lot less than this. I think the 2016 model was only 120kg. The max towball load should be in the owners manual.
Cheers, Keir
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Reply By: Member - Victor D - Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 17:30
Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 17:30
Thanks everyone. Yes, we have a 2019 model so the ball weight capacity is probably going to be inadequate. I will keep researching.
Much obliged. Victor.
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Follow Up By: Zippo - Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 17:50
Monday, Oct 17, 2022 at 17:50
Depending on how much camper you are chasing, you could look at
A-van's Aliner range for lightweight/low-ball-weight units.
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