Saturday, Jan 08, 2011 at 17:15
Sorry aussiedingo
After handing out advice I didn't answer your original question.
We have a 2005 Jayco Outback Eagle, bought third hand. It handles the unsealed roads that we wish to confront ourselves with, and gets us into national parks, and at the same time provides the interior space and storage that we need.
We did have a Tvan for five years, did the rough stuff with that, and did as much of that as we planned to do post retirement.
We had absolutely no problems with the Tvan, and we have had no serious issues with the Jayco.
We haven't really tested the Jayco in long term dusty conditions, but have done enough to try to cover the door vent before heading off on long unsealed stints. My observation is that dust does get sucked up under the leading edge of the roof, leading to dirty canvas. Bed end flys are a bit of a pain in the derriere, mainly because in our model the flys are very difficult to lift off the bed end canvas when set up.
In defence of my reference to www.campertrailers.org and the opportunity for you to get a large sample for your survey, I think there may be a few crossover members
Cheers
John
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