Jurgens caravans

G'Day Rockape
Friends of my parents had one the, first trip to Melbourne from WA with only 30kms of Gravel some of the cupboards and drawers fell apart and the chassis cracked in half so it had to be left in Melbourne. Needless to say legal proceedings are continuing. Don't know if it was a South African built one or an Aussie one.

Cheers Nick T

Hi Rockape,
We have friends with one. We went to Cape Yorke with them in 2005. Had problems with the electrics on their van on the way up, and had to continually fix things all the way up through longreach, Barcaldine, Savanah Hway, George Town. Finally had most of that sorted by the time we left Cairns. However they decided to leave their van at Weipa and used a tent for the rest of the trip. (They used the facilities out of our 6 yr old Kimberley K.) On the way back they picked it up at Weipa but the brakes seized, drums disintigrated, just outside of Coen. We got it back to Coen, and I removed the braking system so that we were able to get the Jurgen back to Cairns. We left them there, waiting for Jurgen to come out and repair. Their maintenance guy was already in FNQ doing another repair, so they only had a few days to wait. However, he found that the chassie was also cracked so the van was replaced a few months later.

We were so pleased with how our kamper went that we went home via the coast and ordered a new one!

The friends have just recently done a trip to the strezeleki track and I gather the replacement van was o.k. however they still had electric problems.

Thanks for the answers, I think I will wipe this manufacturer of the list

Have a good one

Thanks for the info, won't look any further

Hi all,
I had a look at them at the Caulfield Vic show and stepped into Three of them.Every one had a very soft floor and tread area.No doubt due to the type of material used,but in every van there was a pronounced Creaking sound as I entered and it certainly didn't leave me with the idea of longevity at all.
Just my opinion though,I may be too heavy for the van, lol