Roadstar Caravans

Go ahead with the purchase. We have a Compass, same mother different father as a Roadstar. No problems whatsoever after five years.

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Pooley

After 10 years of looking at all the different ones we went up to Woombye (north of Brisbane) and had a good look at the Roadstar - very very impressed. This is the way we'd go - still camper trailering at the moment. They are very comfotable and very well made. There are some very good second hand ones (very low kilos) around. Have fun.

Bought a van this year. Started out with nil knowledge and spent 2 months learning all I could about the different makes and qualities of each brand. Come down to about 5 brands in the end to choose from. Roadstar was one of those brands. Didn't buy one but they are a very good van in my opinion.

Darcy

As long as Roadstar still use "Simplicity" inverted leaf independant suspesion you will be delighted. Our 1997 model dual axel van was subjected (with the appropriate amount of consideration for the track conditions) to places like Lawn Hill & Carnavon Gorge over the eight years we owned it and it still realised 95% of its original purchase price in 1995 on its disposal.

Buy quality and look after it and you cant go wrong.

Happy caravanning

Lindsay & the Polar Bear

"I know they are not a Kedron nor a BT, but then I don't want to go to the places these vans will take me all the time. I want something that will with stand the outbaclk corrugations etc."

I'm not sure anything other than a well built off road van is designed to stand lots of "outbaclk corrugations etc". Thats exactly what we bought ours for, and IMO the harshest conditions you can drag one over. As long as you have the clearance, rutted, washed out off road conditions that might look more "off road" would put nowhere near the strain on the whole rig than 1000's of k's of massive corrugations.

I looked at the Roadstars at Nambour and they were asking just as much for their true off road vans as Bushtracker etc. This new crop of "off roaders" eg trackvan etc look to be normal Roadstar road vans, sitting on a 6 inch chassis and some decent suspension.

Comes down to how much "outbaclk corrugations etc" you expect to do, how much you want to spend and how brave you are ;-)

Good luck,

Matt

We own a 19' 6" RoadStar Trackvan and have had absolutely no trouble with it. Having the extra clearance on the trackvan is a real advantage when trying to find a camp in a popular area as ground clearance allows you to access places where other vans cannot go. I tow mine with a Pajero DiD Exceed and am not after going to the extreme offroad conditions, which if I did, I would tow a camper trailer. They are a very good van and other owners that I have spoken to say the same thing. I have towed through a lot of corrugated roads and have done no damage to the van but tyre pressure,speed and suspension play a big part in driving over this type of road.