trak shak to buy or not to buy

moerks,What size is it? I have had a Track Shak Queen Size hard top since 1994. Mine has no brakes (I ordered it that way) so I cannot comment on the brakes but I can recommend these trailers. To me they are the easiest to set up for the amount of room that you get when set up without having to add any annexe. Mine Cost me $10000 in 1994 and the replacement cost for the same size today would be $16000 to $18000! The suspention and shocks have handled everything that I have thrown at them the canvas is as good as new thanks to being enclosed in the hardtop. The system of having all the jerry can holders all around the sides in my opion is the best that I have seen on any trailer, you can put fuel or water jeries in them whatever you want at the time. I have replaced the zip on my front door(it gets the most use) and only had to wax the other zips. I would say the asking price is very reasonable,go for it! Nick G

I paid $21,000 for mine new 2 years ago , so yours sounds like a bargain . Mine is tough and has been through some bad territory withy no problems at all .
I think it is a bit of a pain to put up and down for just one night .
Cheers .

We have a Trak shak and cant fault it, and the one you are looking at sounds like a real bargain. Just make sure it's a real Trak Shak and not the cheaper ones made by deluxe...I have no idea how long they have been in production.

We hired a couple of different campers before we bought the TS, and it really is fantastic to set up, a genuine 10 mins with 2 to 3 ropes. I honestly don't think theres a better camper that has the space, room and ease of set up for up to 6 people. Any of us TS owners would be happy to answer any more questions you have...and if you decide not to buy it can you let me know where I could get it??

give me the number to the bloke who owns it and ill go check it out for you lol

Buy it!!!

Mate of mine recently sold a 96 model for nearly $12,000 which is what it cost him. His was in excellent condition, better than what you describe but yours still sounds good.

My Trak Shak has been dragged all over Aus since 96 and we love it. The brakes on mine are also a bit dodgy but apparently if you swap the stub axles from right to left and left ot right it changes the angle of the cable and they work much better.

Duncs.

Re mattress, we had a camper with a foam mattres and had trouble with mildew due to condensation esp when up north. Solved the problem by making a lattice structure on the chipboard under the mattress with small size pine. Just needs a bit of extra space for air movement.

thanks for your thoughts we went ahead a bought it, just waiting for new mattresses and we are off. See you in a campground somewhere.!

We have had a TS for 6 or 7 years and there toughness cann't be questioned.
With regard to the mildew under the mattress check to see if the wood under the mattress is not painted or varnished. We used to have a lot of trouble with a mattress getting damp after a night sleep ( I have been toilet trained ) on another CT we had. On mentioning this to Peter from TS he said your boards must have been painted and he was right. The old CT boards were Varnished.
We have had no trouble with the bear boards of the TS.

Un folding the two beds started to come a real chore because of the weight of lifting them. I have had the gas stuts re gassed and this has made a lot of difference. I should have done it before.