Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:15
As mentioned, you have the terminology correct and, as I suspected, you are after a fairly large caravan..(trailer) with hard sides and all the creature comforts. As for size, they make 'em pretty big here too but I accept that in NA they are even bigger.
I wouldn't want to tow anything bigger than I already have which is a 24 footer..that's body length but it is 28'8'' overall.
In Jayco which is what I have, close to AUD$60,000 new but you would pick one up for say $50K used I reckon. Any number of 21' to 23' around and a bit cheaper. Mine has most, if not all the bells & whistles, shower
toilet, washing machine and solar panel. I'd be happy to post some pics if you pm me your email address.
A lot of people criticise Jayco but most of these have never owned or even looked at one seriously but the criticism is due to
1. they have by far the biggest market in Australia
2. they are quite a bit cheaper than most when compared to an equivalently fitted out van of another make
3. perception that they are poor quality...again based mostly on heresay...
Some of the cabling and piping is a little rough but otherwise they are hard to fault. The sides are laminated insulated panel and very tough, almost dent impervious. I could punch a serious dent in an aluminium clad van but you would be hard pushed doing that with a hammer on the Jayco....etc etc
Now I expect a discount on my next van Mr Jayco...
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