Off Road Caravans
Submitted: Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 18:14
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Young One
We are looking at buying a new off road caravan and have ended up with 2 x alternatives: Sunland Patriot or Lotus Trackvan Extreme (both 21').
Can anyone give us their opinions on either.
Cheers
Reply By: John P - Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 19:25
Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 19:25
After months of research we to ended up with 2. Kedron or Bushtracker were our top two picks. We settled for Kedron. Sorry can't help with your picks. Have you looked into these off road vans?? Very
well built and service is excellent. Watch the Gall Boys DVD's from Kedron caravans to get some inspiration!
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Reply By: ABR - SIDEWINDER - Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 19:38
Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 19:38
A good place to start looking is in the Trader section right here on ExplorOz, I have just listed my own Offroad van here. I sold my Landcruiser in the Trader on this site too and it works
well.
Regards
Derek from ABR
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Reply By: oztours - Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 19:50
Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 19:50
my folks just purchased a lotus trooper and they couldn't be happier!
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Follow Up By: Merri- Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 21:24
Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 21:24
Is that Mike from Oztours? If so we live in
Cairns - do your folks live here too?
If so any chance of seeing their caravan?
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Follow Up By: oztours - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 at 16:37
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 at 16:37
Hey Merri,
No mate not mike from oztours we r down in
Toowoomba! Would be no prob if u lived closer!
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Reply By: John and Lynne - Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 20:37
Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 20:37
We took delivery of a Sunland Patriot last October. Since then we have travelled about 8,000 kms. We have been very pleased with the van. It is comfortable,
well built and tows
well. The finish and build are very good. The only extras we had fitted were a second
water tank and a larger solar panel (now standard I think) and a 4 burner gas stove. We have a cupboard instead of a washing machine so have very good storage. The bathroom is excellent.
We have not yet gone really Outback and Off road (that will be after
Easter) but we have taken the van over some rough, dusty and steep dirt roads and it has performed very
well. This summer we have also struck a lot of rain and mud. No water or dust has got into the van.
Post sales service has been excellent.
We feel we made a good choice that suits us
well. We are confident we can take it anywhere we want to go. Lynne
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Reply By: Motherhen - Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 21:20
Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 21:20
If i was considering a new caravan, i would include consideration of the Sunland off road vans.
Motherhen
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Reply By: John and Lynne - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:06
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:06
You could try posting this query on Caravaners
Forum where there are several people with experience of those two brands. There has also been a recent thread on ther Off Road vans. Good luck! Lynne
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Follow Up By: Young One - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:20
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:20
Thanks Lynne I will have alook on that
forum. Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Marian S (QLD) - Friday, Apr 29, 2011 at 05:53
Friday, Apr 29, 2011 at 05:53
Have you been to Phoenix?
We have taken ours to many out of the way
places and are very happy.
Gibb river road etc.
For the past few years our brother in-law has been tripping with us and has had an other make of off road van, but had dramas. So his Phoenix will be ready in a couple of weeks. We have owned 2 Phoenix vans and are more than happy to say make a time with Greg and go have a look at how they are built. Phoenix is a custom built van from Queensland.
Cheers
Happy Vanning
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