camper trailers

Alison, perhaps first respondents need to know where you are anticipating going. The offroad types are undoubtedly stronger and there are many stories of Jaycos on the side of the road in more isolated parts of Australia. If you ever anticipate some outback or away from bitumen road travel you have to consider the strenght. There was a Jayco beside the road for instance that I saw at Oodnadatta and I thought the roads were good.......... I think it was there for several weeks.

Have fun when you go though anyway, having settled on a way to go.

Gday,
We have goldstream off road camper ( i know its not a jayco or a corrimal ) and we have towed it every where, its been to cape york and accross the simpson and we have never had an issue with it. Our freinds have a Jayco eagle and it has also been to the cape and the simpson with out issue. Yes we have heard the horror stories of this type of unit falling to bits but in my experience the reason they fail is because of the way people drive and the tyre pressures they run. They are like all things you can kill them if you try but if you look after it they will give many years trouble free enjoyment
Pmacks

Hi Skinny,
this is my experience only and iam sure others will disagree maybe.
When touring the out back say the plenty highway we run 25-30 psi on the trailer across the simpson the trailer was down to 18-20 psi and cape york around the 25-30 psi again on the road we run 38psi but it does depend on the conditions at the time. We were at cape palmeston up near Sarina once and the sand was so soft in one place we were running 10psi but as a rule on dirt roads its 25-30psi and in sand 18-20 psi.
This works for us anyway. OH and drive to the conditions :)
pmacks

I woud say that Pmack is pretty right. But qould suggest you shell the extra bucks for the Off road version. The frame is that much stronger and that is worth having.

I had a neighbour who towed an off road Jayco all over the place, he even modified it to get extra gear (and weight) in it. I alos travelled with a friend towing a standard Jayco from Bourke to Wentworth along the Darling and it was very second hand when he got it home. We also spent a bit of time doing running repairs along the way.

It was not an issue of going too fast either. I spent more time waiting for him than you could imagine. It is worht the effort to choose well the first time.

Duncs

we bought a 1997 coromal camper 4 years ago, we are pleased with it and it hasn't given us any major problems, the only thing in that time was the winch and cables just needed tightening, hubby did it qite easy with the help from this forum.
I would guess that ours wouldn't be quite as fuel freindly as the Jayco as it's quite a bit higher and heavier than the Jayco's of the same age, (not sure about the difference in the new ones). We do feel though that it is quite a bit stronger than the others. good luck with it all.

We have had a Coromal Pioneer Silhouette 3.9 for about three months now. We ordered it brand new after checking out the lot at various caravan shows. We are very pleased with it. We have just done a trip Adelaide to Birdsville, Innamincka, Camerons Corner Tibooburra. Some of the roads were very rough and there was plenty of dust. We get only a fine film of dust inside. I saw a Goldstream at Mungeranie that had buckets full of dust inside after 300-400 KM.

Advantages of the Coromal are
1. Good strong chassis
2. Heaps of extra space due to the push out kitchen
3. Bench height is normal van height (Jaycos are a good 50mm lower at the benches)
4. Streamlined fibreglass shape good for towing and sheds water readily. Attractive and draws positive comments from all who inspect it.
5. Full size door replaces the travelling door (which converts to an outside table)

Some negative points on the Coromal.
1. Quite heavy draw bar weight (100KG+). Loading junk into the front boot makes it even heavier.
2. Poorly assembled water tank had a broken drain plug and we lost water on the first trip
3. Poorly fitted step cum inspection cover near the larger bed. It broke away on the first trip.
4. Had to wait two weeks to get the dealer to attend to problems.

ALISON

WE HAVE JUST BOUGHT A OFF ROAD CAMPER TRAILER(GOLDSTREAM) AND ARE VERY DISAPOINTED WITH IT. THE WORKMANSHIP IS VERY POOR AND S.A DEALER WAS AS SHONKY AND SLACK AS THEY COME (D.B.C). REALY IF YOUR GOING OFF THE DIRT ROAD AND ON SOME HALF ROUGH TRACKS THERE NO GOOD. IF YOU DO BUY ONE MAKE SURE YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR AND MAKE THEM PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN THERE YARD BEFORE YOU PAY YOUR FULL AMOUNT. AS ONCE THEY HAVE YOUR MONEY THEY DONT CARE. THE JAYCO HAS THE BEST ROAD HEIGHT WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND THEN CONSIDER THE PRICE BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS SPEND A BIT TO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER.

GOOD LUCK