CAMPER TRAILERS

My CT of choice ............

www.australianoffroadcampers.com.au/

Geoff

why not!

www.ultimatecampers.com.au

Peter

Do a Google search. There are about 40 Camper Trailer manufacturers now

I am sure every one would like a Kimberley Kamper but at around the $40,000 mark it is for the wealthy only. Ultimate Campers are around $45,000.

I bought a Trak Shak CT in Adelaide last week so my choice of CT would be ????

Cheers

Hard to go past a Camprite for a family IMHO

Cheers

Captain

A box trailer with a tent !!

Kanga DL campers, with hartop / independant suspension / galvinised / kitchen & under20k.

Cheers Simon.

Im Just going by Experience with camper trailers. If i like something ill swear by it and make sure other people know about it too..

www.tambocampers.com.au/ (The Cooper Model)

My Trak Shak is over 10 years old and still going strong. Cost me $12,500, so in 10 years that is an average of $1250 per year. It will end up being less than half that because I will keep it for a few years yet and when I do sell it I will go close to getting my money back.

I have looked at many others including the Kimberly but nothing I have seen offers as much accomodation, is as easy to set up and is built as tough.

Duncs

I just bought a 10 year old Campomatic for $10,000.
By the stickers it has been everywhere man.
It is perfect, with no sign of wear anywhere. The independent suspension is perfect, and the Koni shocks are fine. And the canvas is perfect( with a reproof).
Darn, I had to get a new tube in the Jockey wheel, and I am switching the LC splits to Land Rover wheels. LC splits with 750s weigh 38KG each !!!!! . I also had to replace the bulbs and taillight lenses as they had lost their colour.

While it lacks the pizzaz of new campers with stainless kitchens etc, it has stood the test of time. The new ones look very similar in basic design.
It seems over designed in every way.

So if the new owners of the business (Trakshak)have kept up the standard, then if you want a hard floor, I think a Campomatic is great.
Regards Philip A

I bought my Campomatic 2nd hand in 1989 and it had already had a hard life. Sure hasn't had a rest at our place...

We have kicked a lot of tyres on new camper trailers over the last 18 months and spoken to a lot of owners and sales people. I'd have to say that for service and professionalism, it would be hard to beat the efforts of the T-Van mob and the Australian Off Road Camper people in Caloundra.

I'll just keep buying lottery tickets and settle for our old clunker for the time being...

I know 2 different people brought trailer from a mod in Gawler and they are sick of going back for rework. I won't name the name of the company here, I can in person.

Which trailer do people prefer?

Hell! What a bloody question! It's a bit like , How long is a piece of string?

Better half and I spent a lot of time researching. We went to all those little regional shows, then the big one at Rose Hill, twice. We phoned and emailed various manufacturers fro brochures, we did lots of looking , checking comparing and measuring.

We finally purchased a Hall's Camper Trailer, so obviously the answer to the question is "Halls".

Now! How long is a piece of string?

The answer is affected by so many variables that its impossible to answer.

If you are going to stay in van parks with access to electricity and water the answer is one thing.
If your going to free camp then the answer will be another.

May I respectfully suggest that you have a good long think about what sort of camping /touring/travelling you might be doing and then post again so that we might actually help you get what you need rather than what each of us already have.

Meant in the nicest possible way.

Ian

In a word ..... Track!

There is only one......Kimberley Kampers.....

www.kimberleykampers.com/

Having recently spent $29000 I would have really have to say Adventure offroad campers

www.adventurecampers.com.au/

cheers

Have a look @ the Sundowner.

i just bought a gulfking a fortnight ago..... I researched alot of campers in the price range that i was willing to spend & i just couldn't go passed it.....

Good Luck

www.gulfking.com.au/

Mate, any camper has got to be better than no camper. There are that many out there to suit different budgets, styles etc and these days the trend is also to make your own should you not find anything that is totally to your liking.

We're picking up our All Terrain next week, best one we liked at the Rosehill Show under the 20k mark. It's also on the Fraser Island DVD produced by 4WD monthly.

www.allterraincampers.com.au/

Oh yeah the Complete Campsite was a very close second

www.completecampsite.com.au/

And never got the chance to see a Tambo but I reckon we would have liked it.

Mind you our set up is for 2 adults and two anklebiters, so room, ventilation (big windows) and bug proof construction were some of the major things we looked for.

For a multitude of different designs also check out the "manufacturer" link and "members campers" from the website below.

www.campertrailers.org/

The female ones....

Andrew

Most people will prefer the one they have, including me. Not a Brand name but a DIY...bought an off road trailer..added Chinese top..added my own accessories..
cost less than $5k. Just completed a 13k outback trip & it performed faultlessly.
I prefer to spend my dough on the sights ,fuel etc rather than tow around $30/40 k
worth of Queen size bed.....oldbaz.

G'day Barry and Bruce,

there's a market there, so they will sell.

but yep, I cannot fathom the prices. it is true that "custom" ones will not sell as quickly/easily as "brand" ones but I have not forked out much anyway and enjoy customising it for my gig. One of these days I'll get some pics of it on my profile.