Camper Trailers

It may possibly have been a Cootacamper who is now no longer manufacturing these campers (working in the WA mines is more profitable ;)

Member Ed C has a tandem Camper Trailer as well.

Cheers Kev

Thanks, Guy and Kev

Perhaps if Ed C is out there he could share the manufacturer details?

Thanks
Jumbuck

I have just MM Ed so if he is around he will hopefully respond.

Cheers Kev

G'day all,
Been off air for a few weeks, hence the delayed response...
(currently enjoying a rest day at Forrest WA)

Guy, that would have been my trailer you saw at Bourke..Thanks for the kind words, I drew the plans for this one myself:)

As noted, it was made for me by Hardcore Campers (Bribie Is.), but unfortunately, this manufacturer has since fallen by the wayside :(

I'm not aware of any 'off the shelf' manufacturers who are making tandem hard-floors..

Last time I spoke to them (several years ago), AORC (Caloundra) said that they would be willing to make one on request.

Jumbuck, if you're anywhere near Toowoomba after the end of july, you're more than welcome to come & check out the camper if you wish....

Regards,
Ed C

Tony and Jumbuck,

Not trying to be clever here but I am wondering what are the advantages of a tandem axle camper.

Looking at your rig pic Tony, the Coota does not seem any bigger than my Trak Shak. There does appear to be a lot of stuff on the draw bar, so I guess the dual axle takes some of that weight. Apart from that I ....am I missing something?

We have travelled with a family of 5 for 14years now, and have never needed more space or carrying capacity. In fact I have more often been concerned that we were carrying too much, so the ability to carry more just doesn't seem necessary.

Anyway, as I said earlier I am not having a go I just wonder why the dual axle. Did you set out to buy a dual axle or did you decide on the Coota because it suited your needs and just happened to have the extra axle?

Duncs.

Having towed horse floats to a lot of out of the way places, the dual axle has a lot better load shareing and ride advantages. I set out to buy a dual axle camper for that reason. not nessarary to carry more but to share the load and keep the draw bar weight down. To help this the spare, dual battries and the 250lt water tank are behind the front wheels, so it gives a good ballance to the whole rig.

When travelling, a overnight stop takes about 3 miniutes to get into bed, as with most hard floor campers. The 90lt fridge is between the slide out kitchen and slide out pantry so all is at hand for meal stops etc. When set up for extended stays the full length annex gives you 5m of open space.

It may not be everyones choice, but it suits our needs, when travelling with kids.

Because it opens out to the rear, you back it into any space you want. I have never found the need to move it by havd, I have had fun hooking up to get out sometimes though.

Had no trouble on Bribie Is with sand, in fact the wheel base is the same as the vehicle so only one set of wheel tracks. As for mud and the black soil plains, as long as you remember its there and drive to the conditions, not a problem.

On rocky tracks there is not jerking over holes or rocks as the duals keep the camper quite level buy one dropping and the other one staying level.