aussie swag camper trailers

Ross - I had a 1998 model (more upmarket than you want) and they were refurbishing an older one and selling it when i looked at their factory. They went from ply (I think) to fibreglass tops at some stage and the one I saw was getting the newie so you may need to check the condition of the top.

I'd have thought you could get a water tank from camec for not too much and mount up just ahead of the axle no worries.

My experience (over 95,000 km) is that they were built pretty rugged. Not the lightest but probably be happy with the basic model.

Max

Hi Ross,

My uncle had a cub-o-matic, real small real light and basically just a tent off the ground on a trailer. This would have been ideal for the same purpose you talk of, he sold his for about 2 grand I think off memory. Maybe worth a look at a cub, unless you specifically want an Aussie Swag.

Cheers Trevor.

The very early Aussie Swags had very small wheels like some boat trailers so a few kms at 100km/hr spun the wheel bearings to death if anything was slightly out (loose,dry, etc)

As stated, you should be able to put tank underneath but the body was very low also on earlier ones and off road models only came later so watch suspension etc.

Not sure if you are trying to do an early one up or thinking of getting one. The very early small ones would be easily towed by convential vehicle.

Ross I go to rainbow and Double Island twice some times more and have been going since 1974 we had the big tent and all the gear. Just got a trailer made by jb campcraft, a young bloke Brendan started out on his own and I couldn’t be happier. Nothing was too much trouble. I don’t know what you want to pay but he was a fair bit cheaper than the rest. His phone number is 0416 154 685. If you like I could send you some pics or maybe Brendan can. good luck Dags