aluminium off road camper
Submitted: Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 11:56
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youngharry52
g'day all, looking around to buy an offroad camper trailer. i am interested in 2 that have gal steel frame and marine grade aluminium checkerplate sheeting. I also need a side boatloader that can lift around 130 kgs of tinny. I know that alloy fatigues rather quickly, but thought it might be ok if the frame is steel. the 2 i am looking at are "robust campers" in
rockhampton and "thommos camper trailers" at yandina (both have websites if you wanna have a look). I expect to see both in the next week or so. has anyone had any experience (good or bad) with these or anything similar?
regards
chris
Reply By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 13:22
Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 13:22
Chris ,
Like you I am interested in alloy campers to save weight . I have been warned a number of times that they must use marine grade aluminium and that this makes them very expensive .
I will go to those two websites and have a look .
I am in the same boat as you re looking for info on this strength issue .
Thanks ,
Willie
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Reply By: Alloy c/t - Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 13:59
Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 13:59
youngharry52 ,, www.pacificcampers.com.au ,,no I dont get a kickback ,had our c/trailer custom built just on 2yrs ago ,,all the ally is marine grade ,the owner Danny built ally plate boats for yrs before the campers ,, we also looked at the "robust" from rocky , bought the pacific ,any and all mods seem to be just to easy in ally by some one who knows .
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Reply By: drewab - Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 22:06
Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 22:06
Youngharry,
I picked up my Robust in early Feb. I think they are very good value for money for the basic camper, the price has just recently gone up though. I believe the canvas/camper is second to none. One of the main reasons for my purchase is that he is local to where I live. If you would like to talk more, let me know through the
forum and I will post/email a phone no. for you.
Cheers Andrew
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