Australian Campertrailers???????

They seem to be very good value for the money, I think the basic Off Road model is about $5700. They used to make the trailers for several of the smaller manufacturers including Tru Blu, (wish they had made my Tru Blu trailer, now long gone, but that's another story).
I am not sure who is doing their canvas work now, but I am sure that you can inspect that & use your own judgement.

I've had a few campers over 10 years and have seen Aust Trailers at a couple of shows.

Do yourself a favour and go and see Outback Canvas on Frankston Dandenong Rd. if tha is the area you live in.

Aust Trailers are at the bottom end like Dingo and while the price may initially appear attrative, it's the annoying things like bedbases that sag, small windows, poor dust sealing etc that will drive you nuts.

IMO only buy from someone who does their own canvas as we have added stuff and had to have some self inflicted damage repaired and if you deal direct with canvas manufacturer like Outback,Tambo or Southern Cross you'll be serviced better. It's no coincidence that these 3 companies have made canvas products for many many years and they are a cut above the rest.

Their canvas work and available options are generally far better and their re-sale is outstanding. Try buying one of these units secondhand at less than 75% of the new price!!!!

Toby.

IMHO,

There are plenty of used campers out there where you can get more for your bux buying used.
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Never seen an Aussie, they maybe perfect, but as I said, look in the trader here, and other sites...

Y$MV

Hi Wes,

We bought the off road model made by Australian Trailers and towed it 15,000 km around the country without any dramas whatsoever.

Its sold here in WA as a Quality Camper, but its the same thing. They are definately the lower end of the market, but are built tough enough to take most off road conditions. We towed ours across the GCR, Plenty Highway, Donohue Highway and onto Fraser Island before we said goodbye to the dirt and spent the rest of the time on the black top.

A mate with a more upmarket trailer had bits dropping off his along the way, but ours never missed a beat. It takes litterally 5 minutes to set up once the cover is off and its just as easy to dismantle (just takes a little longer).

If you buy one you'll need to upgrade the spare tyre support (cost me $50) as the two long bolts holding the spare in place wouldnt last 5 minutes of corrugations. The dust sealing on the trailer tail gate could be a little more sophisticated than the neoprene strip stuck along the edges, but for the $5990 (on the road) we paid we were more than happy.

One of the advantages of the lower end of the market trailers is you dont have a huge sum of money tied up in it, so if it only gets used a couple of times a year its not so bad. Paying $20,000 and not using it often would definately cause you heart burn I think.

Consider them seriously, but dont expect a Rolls Royce and you wont be disappointed. What you get for the price is good value and something that has plenty of potential for your own modifications at a later date if you so desire.

It the best nights sleep I've ever had camping and my wife loves it.