10K to spend on new camper trailer

What about a trackabout, I have been looking at them for a while and like how they have put them together.
Or
You could design your own Ultimate and get a cheap canvas for it. ha ha ha

Kev

What state are you in?

Tambo Cooper!

www.tambocampers.com.au/Cooper.html

Hi Dazza,
A bit of a drive but try Customline Camper Trailers in brisbane. (Beenleigh). Just got one myself. Love it and way less than 10k fully optioned.

Great trailer.

Regards,
Camwill69

Sorry Brew had to put kids to bed, I'm in Sydney

Tambo is one the very few products spoken about on this forum that NEVER gets a negative response. Very good value for money. You'll get into one for well under 10.

Glenn has just got back from 11 weeks away, belted the hell out of it and cannot fault it, other than a water tank problem (you'll get that with any camper).

Personally I've never used one, but it would be my first choice if I was in the market for a tough off road camper at a fair price. I happen to use a Jayco, which suits our needs, but wouldn't dare drag it over the really rough stuff.

From all accounts, the people who own the business are a delight to deal with.

Well worth a look.

ATB,

Jim.

will alos back the tambo, we have one and its great! with the water tank issue......even the guy that sells them doesnt recomemd that you put one on! the only reason that he offers it, is that people kept on asking for it! (not that its a bad tank, just that its underneath, and you have to clean it out). we paid just under $10K for ours, but except for the water tank, we got every extra that they offer! on th opposite side to the door on the main room, instead of a window, we had another door put in and a 1/2 zip put on......so that later on when we have kids (we have just had one) you can actually zip on another room, for the kids! NOTE, you can only have the zip and door set-up put on when its made, you cant have it retro fitted! also go the electric brakes, they are a great help!
A mate of ours is currently taking his tambo on its second cape trip! he loves it, and said after his last trip, not a spec of dust got in during his driving, and no water got in, even through deep river crossings!

Shannon

I'm very happy with my Cameron. Hasn't let me down once and the workmanship is first class.

Hi Dazza,

I would seriously suggest you consider a Customline Camper, I have had one for over 5 years, it has been excellent. Dave at Customline is really easy to talk to and very helpful. The price difference would allow you consider this even though they are in Qld. I shopped around for nearly three years before buying and found this the best combination of hevay duty offroad trailer and by far the best canvas work I have seen.

Happy camping, db...

Hi I would also recommend the Customline Camper Trailer.

In my case, they installed a tent on top of a trailer.

The link to their website is below

Customline Web SIte

I would higly recommend

Thanks

TonyG

I would suggest having a look at the Complete Campsite CT's. They are built in Gosford, but they have a dealer on the Southside of Sydney (Camden ??).

You should be able to pick up something from them for around the $10k mark.

Have a cavalier, strong as, go anywhere. Just replaced the cover with a new design. Ants pants dust proof zip design.

Love my trailer.

Skinny

Buy a used one, and get something better

You are justy going to have to do the legwork dazza. The fact that everyone has their favourites seems to suggest to me that therre are a lot of good CTs around.

Perhaps the question should be which CTs under $10k should you avoid. This will probably get you better advice.

I have the heavy duty version of the Cavalier and absolutely love it. The biggest problem has been that it is just a little hard to open on your own. However, once a fellow Cavalier owner gave me a tip about using two dog leads clipped onto the guy eyelets to pull it up I have never looked back. Total repairs in five years have been $2.00 - $3.00 to replace bolts on the kitchen legs, and someone who borrowed it replaced the jockey wheel but probably due to user error rather than equipment failure. I would recommend the horizontal stone guard between the trailer and car which appears elsewhere in this forum, it saves the trailer getting sand blasted.

Tambo Cooper got one, love it...

Light ,Strong , Fully off road , Never rust ,,Pacific Trailers ,ALL ALLOY.

Hi dazza

we have had 2 different soft top campers and both were/are great. The first was made locally in Cairns and the 2nd (have it now) is a koala camper made on the sunshine coast. The best bits of both would be,

1. Doors and windows. make sure it has lots of both. Our 1st one had windows that you could close from inside and from the bottom. they were much easier if you want climate control at night - no running around scarying other campers if you cant find ya pj pants and have to go outside. the windows that closed from the bottom allows you to have airflow without others seeing in. Doors that zip closed along the bottom edge keep more bug and snakes etc out.

2. Roof. Try to get a light colour canvas top. much cooler

3. Kitchen. Swing out kitchens that have doors/drawers that are snug fitting cut down on the amount of dust in everything if camped in a dusty spot. i have seen some that have large gaps - lots more washing up

4. How easy is it to get into the trailer when closed and set up?

5. if you are going to carry a boat, have the boat rack fitted so that you can set the camper up without having to remove the boat every time.

good luck with what ever you buy

Ellen

Thanks everyone, I have some homework to do will look at all that were recommended. Maybe a thread on what you would not buy would be interesting, as suggested by greydemon