camping trailers - which one.

Anne - We are in the market for a camper too one day but Scottish heritage makes it hard for me to part with our money. Was interested about what you said: "The kitchen is mounted on the back gate, and is easily accessible, and leaves loads of room for storage. When we were travelling we met people with the 'coffin' type pull out kitchen, who were really jealous of our arrangement."

What do you see as the advantages of your setup compared with the 'coffin' set ups - come to think of it - a coffin is not my cup of tea either!
Andrew2001 Landcruiser 100S Turbo Diesel
"We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing"

Hi Andrew and Jen,

The differences are - you just open the back gate, and there is the kitchen. You don't have to pull things out, and put up legs etc.
- The whole set up is either stainless steel (the sink, cooker etc.) or powder coated, so its very easy to clean. The coffin type kitchens are usually marine ply, and a bit more difficult to clean.
- It has a sink! The sink is a standard fitting, with a tap (the type they have on boats).

The Challenge trailer has several ways to access the storage area, which meant that we kept all the food, cutlery, crockery and pans etc at the back, near the kitchen. So it was really easy to work with. I'm a keen cook and it met with my needs.

We used the access hatch which opens inside the tent when its up to access our clothes.

On the subject of other peoples comments. We found our trailer amazingly dust proof, and the advice about the wheels being the same on the camper as the towing vehicle is very sound.

I have no intention of stopping playing! I do intend to grow old disgracefully!
Anne

Did you tow your trakshak with the hilux and if so what was it like to pull!!

My Hilux was 3L TD

We also have a TrakShak. Bought new in 96 and never looked back. Cape York, SImpson Desert, Lake Eyre, Victorian Desert Parks and Blue Mountains fire trails on moore than one occasion. A light boat can be carried on the top and just lifted off when it is time to make camp or you can get the booat rack which makes it even easier.

It is light compared to most others and the Hilux will appreciate that. It is strong and simple. If anything ever did break, not that anything ever has, it could probably be fixed in any farmers shed.

We love it.

SORRY wrong web address. Try this one http://www.customlinecampertrailers.com/ This is the home page including price lists.

Also have a Customline mounted on an ex army trailer with an aluminium tub which I have modified to our own particular taste.All up cost (trailer and camper) around $5600. Agree many out there are too expensive, too complicated, too many bells and whistles and overengineered. Good luck in search. Cameron and Cavalier worth a look.

Sandy,

Looking to order an All-Terrain camper this week. Still a little undecided and would appreciate your feedback on what you did and didn't like.
Look forward to reading your response.

Rachel

Probably should have been a little clearer, we love our camper. It's a 2001 model and there have been changes to the new model things like struts to assist with unfolding, little stuff like that.

I would like a camper with a hard floor and up off the ground a little bit, just for wet weather and rough surfaces.

It's a very strong camper and weighs 680kg empty, sometime I wonder whether we needed as heavy duty as we bought.

Mostly personal preferences not problems with the actual camperAll my friends have Nissans
I'm the rose amongst the thorns

colin, thanks for sharing your info on the trakshak camper. own one myself and mine has shock absorbers and leaf springs. did'nt know that they come without them in the trakshak line. have had mine for several years with no problems, but now will check the u bolts. what exactly did you have go wrong with yours? cheers, robert

Hi Robert, it wasnt on the trackshack i had problems it was on trailers we took up the cape, broke leaves and u bolts kept coming un done. Did a desert trip last year with 5 other vehicles all with campers mine was the only one with coils and the only one that had no suspesion problems. All the others had leafs with no shockies and they all fell aprt or broke leafs, even a trailer that was only a couple of months old. Col

colin, this is the problems that we as consumers have to live with. the sellers of their equipment will lie or bend the truth just to make a sale. before purchasing my trakshak i went to another competitor also in adelaide who told me "shocks aren't needed on our campers as the leaf springs are made special to eliminate them." i eliminated him in my trailer selection. this is why this forum is so good, real people with real experience to give comments and opinions. cheers to everyone. robert

You said you got burnt buying a TRU BLU CT we are looking at the TRU BLU EAGLE. What was it that we should beware of?