Budget camper trailer advice

Unless you really want brand new, it is often better to buy a late model better specced camper for around the same money.

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I'm interested to hear anyone who has one of these too and I would add the GIC ones to the list? and yes will be looking at 2nd hand too although it seems not so much cheaper to buy 2nd hand than the cheaper new ones sometimes?

am spewing I have a friend who didn't know I wanted one as she had a friend bought one then decide to buy a caravan instead and sold it unused for $200 just to get rid of it! man I would have found $200 for it!

Hi Aidan

Although we have not had a camper trailer, i support the idea of buying a quality brand second hand rather than risk a cheapie new. Choose one that is easy to erect and dismantle, as just for weekends, one that is difficult would spoil your holiday.

Motherhen

AJ

I have a 14ft 7 x 4 on-road Dingo.
Great gear

Cheers
Trevor

Trouble is there is budget and a budget to follow ,
our 1st ct cost $2,700 2nd hand and truth be known we were probably the 4th or 5th owners , was a home built job that had 18oz canvas roof and walls , I spent close to a year doing modifications like suspension/tyres/ watertank instal/ batteries/solar /kitchenslide out ect ect , was perfect for our needs at the time ,
4 years later we trundled of to the camping show and were struck blind by an all alloy ct on "Special" for $7,900 ,so we order and by the time of delivery with our specified modifications it was $10,900 , another 5-6 months of our own mods as batteries/ solar ect ect and we had again the perfect ct for our needs or so we thought ,
Numerous trips of 10-14 days over the next 3 years and the planning for a 6 mth 1/2 lap begin and we soon decide that a hard floor c/t would be more practical so the all alloy c/t is sold at a slight profit.
Enter the 2nd hand Camp-o-Matic for $18,000 , needed some mods once again ,extra gas/ jerries/ batteries /solar ect ect ,
The Camp-o-Matic did all anyone could ask of for the trip ,23,000klm of which 10,000 was dirt , but then if the truth be known our 1st ct that cost $2700 would have done the job as well ,,,
The point of the long response is that no 1 c/t is perfect as neeeds change and even if going budget 2nd hand its better than not going at all.