2nd hand camper trailers
Submitted: Saturday, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:58
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Noon82
G'day all,
My wife and I are looking at buying our first camper trailer. We both grew up
camping and now we have started our own family we're keen to stop borrowing the parents!!
We really like the look of the Adventure campers, but 2nd hand ones seem to be as rare as hens teeth. We just wondered what other people thought about these campers and are there similar ones out there, eg: storage capacity, construction, tent and bed size etc?
Any
feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 09:51
Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 09:51
A second hand Adventure Camper is not very common for one singular reason.
Those who invest in one are reluctant to part with them.
What do you replace them with except another of a newer but the same brand of camper.
There are a myriad of brands and styles and vast price differences amongst the choices, but the Adventure camper is somewhat unique in its design.
If you can justify the purchase price I don't believe you would be disappointed in your choice, or, just keep looking for that rare second hand one to appear.
Perhaps another option worth looking at is to contact the manufacturer and "register your interest" in a used camper. They do have hire ones available and one would assume these are eventually sold off and replaced with new ones.
Adventure Campers
Bill.
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Follow Up By: Noon82 - Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:56
Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:56
Thanks Bill,
we plan to head down to
perth in mid november (hopefully harvest isn't going full swing) to look at the 4wd show so will certainly touch base with the dealers.
We're still about 8-12 months away from being able to take our daughter away (she's 11 weeks) so have plenty of time for those shares to go up before we're ready to buy!! (hopefully they don't go down!!)
cheers
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Reply By: Shaker - Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:40
Sunday, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:40
Whatever you buy, don't get blinded by bells & whistles, buy your camper trailer from the ground up, the singular most improtant thing is a strong
well designed chassis &
suspension that actually works & isn't there just to keep the chassis off the ground.
Remember, if
the springs don't compress, the shock absorbers can do nothing.
I asked the Adventure camper trailer people why they fit a 9 leaf spring pack, as it is ridiculously over sprung, they could give no reason!
Most camper trailers are oversprung as the manufacturers don't seem to be able to differentiate between strong & heavy duty, a camper will never be loaded with a couple metres of wet brickies sand!
Try bouncing your car
suspension front or rear & then try the same the same thing with most camper trailers, most will be
rock solid.
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Follow Up By: Freewilly1414 - Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 at 21:57
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 at 21:57
Could not agree more with your comments Shaker,,,,,I build camper trailers and am amazed at the things poeple are told by " salesman " and then becomes " fact " Spring
suspension does need to " flex " to work and some builders do put too many leaves into their suspensions and thus its too stiff , which then transfers too much road shock through to the trailer chassis and not absorbed by the leaf springs. Also shock absorbers are meant to do exactly as their name suggests and their sole purpose is to absorb movement in the leaf springs and stop them from continuously flexing. Ever seen a car with worn out shocks ,,,,,,,One good trick I have done is to lower your trailers tyre preasure when on corrugated roads to help absorb some of the impacts coming thorough to the leaf springs. How much air pressure to let out depends on the trailer weight etc but it works for me. I take around 10 to 15 psi out.
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