Jayco -Made O'seas?

I seriously doubt that.

Jayco invested $34m into their redevelopment, and recently announced a further $8m investment in the Melbourne site.

What you're probably seeing is a cheaper form of transport.

Cheers

Ships do travel from port to port in australia .

Probably came in from the USA,

Jayco is one of the largest trailer manufacturers over here and with the dollar near parity it may be cheaper to make them in the USA and import.

Jayco trailers

Bruce
San Diego

Hi Mark,
They are definitely made here in Melbourne. As pointed out earlier probably cheaper form of transport and wouldn't get the usual bug/stone damage when transported by road. Jayco Australia is not connected to Jayco in the States.

Also to that, If the Jayco's were from US, the floor plan is the mirror image of the Aust built vans. Including door on the right - which is illegal is it not?

I have spoken with a traveller that drove to Melbourne (from Perth) to buy a Jayco camper because of the huge ($6k) price difference which was apparently due to transport costs. Cheaper to have a family holiday to the East and drive back with the new acquisition.

On recent trips to the west, we have seen 3 vans and 2 campers jammed onto flat top truck with dog trailer. I would think sending via boat would have to be less to send in quantity, just hope the Jayco dealers in Perth adjust their prices accordingly!

Could it be they were at the dock for export?

Just because the Vans were on the dock don't mean they came into Australia, they were more likely leaving Australia or being shipped to another Australian Port.

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All speculation aside,

Wouldn't it be nice - as in many IT/Tech forums - reps from the respective companies (in this case Jayco) were clever enough to reply to these threads with actual facts as opposed to leaving you guys guessing.

have fun



disclaimer : i own a jayco - i'm a firm believer of 'you get what you pay for' - i got what i paid for.