ultimate camper

What happened to the beach camping?

Yeh, we were there over night but had to come back home today cos I've gotta work tomorrow. Wet as down there (again) and Kadina had 70mm overnight too.

Hope you and Lyn are both keeping well. Your absence was duly noted!!!! hahaha

Roachie

yeah Pesty asked us on Wednesday night if we were going...he even offered us a map.

We had a working bee on some 4x4's for our up and coming trip (dependent on water flow).

(3 sons aged 14, 12 and 9). If you do your sums, you'll see that our youngest one wasn't even born when we bought the camper. Roachie, are you giving the Ultimate credit for that little gem of information. LOL I bet if the same question was put up about a Tvan, you would have received more than 5 or 6 responses,

Hiya Olcoolone, thats not the excuse Roachie gave us for going home early! I know someone in that camp was not happy going home.

Thanks for the feedback, the setting up looks easy for a short female to achieve, this is something I need to consider, some of the flip over styles of camper trailers have been to high for me, or too heavy for me to open/ close comfortably. The ground clearance is a big plus, I also like the idea of opening starting at hip height, great for protecting the old back.

If the gas strut is OK it is a one handed operation to open and close (REALLY).

Are you buying new or used?

Hi,
We will probably buy new, since second hand ones are hard to find

Don't want to rub it in but we are picking ours up in 9 days....like you we have heard nothing but good reports and Ultimate have been great to deal with.

Cheers.

Enjoy it!!! Got anything planned for it? Hopefully ours will be busy getting dirty for a few years.
All the best with the pickup...might see you on the tracks sometime.
Cheers

We don't cook inside, the smell of cooking and the vapor gets into the canvas and is hard to remove.

We always us a 3 burner gas stove outside.

Hi Batboy
We did not like the dust accumulation so we bought a Colman air mattress inflator and it works like a leaf blower. No more dust.
Stan

Good tip Stan, Just plug it into the unswitched power outlet when you stop? or do you have it hard wired and fixed at just the right angle, then operate it by an incab switch that you flick just out of camp so that by the time you stop all the dusts gone! Just kidding would be good though...

I did try an air gun onto the spare wheel but found that to make it worth while you needed over 60psi then of course you had to keep pumping up the spare! Dust pan was quicker did a better job and less hassle but I have an old air mattress inflator in the shed so will try that in few weeks on the Canning

Cheers Jim

Thanks, I think you have summed up everyone's feedback. The inner spring mattress sounds a good option, does it store easily inside the camper?

I've also learnt where and how to respond on this forum, my apology for not responding individually to other posts earlier on. I am new to explore oz forum.
I am really impressed with the quick and very helpful responses.
thank you everyone.

Hi Horsehoe

I know the foums take a bit to work out at times.

We bought our mattresses from Made to Measure Mattesses in Qld. Excellent help over the phone and eventually we ordered what they suggested. We gave them the meausrements and a few weeks later they were delivered to the door. Sight unseen and untested and we now have the best nights sleep ever. For me with a rotten back I couldn no longer sleep on the foam mattresses supplied for long periods of time.

There are only 2 mattresses instead of 3 foam ones. Because of the height of the innersping mattress we could only have 2. They aren't as wide (we can give you the measurements)- there is a gap on either edge of about 3" when in position and pushed together but we still find this wide enough and my husband is 6'3". We still have fitted sheets so no more difficult to make up. The camper is no more difficult to pack up - we just have to take off the backs off the couch which store on the floor. The only downside is I can no longer man handle the mattresses for pack up and set up but that is not really a big deal for us.

Hope that helps

That is probably the hardest aspect of the packing up process. You need climb on the front nose of the camper and tuck the canvas inside. it is preferably a 2-person job with one tucking in and the other slowing lowering the lid.
Gary.

No need to climb on the nose cone, use a small step and stand in the opened front with the wing up and it is easy to pack the canvas in. You do have to move to the other side to get the final pack in. Canvas gets a memory eventually. Make sure there is no argument with the wife before doing this or you might be a few fingers short!!!

We have had ours for 4 years and travel with 2 dogs. Don't know who enjoys it more , them or us.

Hi Guys,
Was wondering about the pack up for the ultimate, website only shows the ease of setting up. most other site with video links show set up and pack up, so I was wondering if the ultimate required a bit of fiddling. Will be sure to check this part out when I get to see one.
Does the bedding have the potential to get wet with raining during the pack up stage?

cheers

Since the Ultimate has a double-lined roof, the majority of any rain is kept on the outside of the canvas.We just throw a plastic sheet over the mattresses to prevent any excess from getting through.
Gary.

Thanks for providing another view point, no camping outfit is perfect which is why this forum is so great, everyone gives honest advise which helps a person narrow down what they are prepared to comprise with or to help identify what suits them best,
having camped for years with tents, i know all about wet dank smelly things, and searching for items in backpacks/ boxes. There is no way my partner will tow a van so I am looking for something in between and something light and easy that I can manage on my own when I venture out and about. Cheers,

Hi there

We have Ultimate No10 which is now 15 years old and still going well. In fact you'd have trouble seeing how it differs form the newer ones. It's travelled much of the outback and will continue to do so for many years.

Canvas smell - not an issue if you cook with open windows. You can always do some cooking outside on portable stoves but hey - cooking inside, out of the weather is great when it's raining.

Dust on the back step - easily fixed with 2 right angle 100mm plumbing fittings to blow air over the door. I can send pictures if you need them.

Join the Ultimate forum when you get your's - lots of useful tips over there.

Cheers

Peter