jayco hawk outback

thanks for the replys i have decided to go for a actual campertrailer now as i cant see how to keep the dust out of a hawk as we travelled the gibb river road in august sept this year with a hire campertrailer and the camper was the only thing that didnt get dusty inside

Brian

Reading your post I am looking at buying the Outback version of a Hawk or Eagle myself, and am planning on doing the Anne Beadell Highway next year. Was wondering if you have done any heavily corrugated roads with your Jaco and how it held up?

Thanks in Advance

Snowy.

I have done the Strezlecki, Oodnadatta, Birdsville, Plenty, Mereenie loop, high country and numerous others.

Apart from the sand blasting of the galvanising on the front it has held up remarkably well.
Preparation is the key. I sickaflexed the join between the floor and sides as it is exposed, made some dustproof covers that are held on with nutserts and never forget to put the plug in the sink.

I also added a keylock on the bottom of the door to stop the corner flexing (it was allowing some dust in as the doorlatch holds shut at the top only.
Tightened the adjustable boots latches and have not had a problem.
Occasionally on really long dusty stretches we get a small amount in the boot, but usually only on the top of our tabel we keep in there.

What I would suggest is taking a look at some of the "tougher" campers axles and chassis and then compare them to the outback jayco's. I was suprised.
When we bought ours a lot of people knocked us, but since have bought them themselves.
Really quick to setup and packup and can be done in the pouring rain without a drop getting inside. They also pack up totally wet and don't get a wet bed.......We found this a real bonus.
While I generally don't promote other sites here, I'd recommend "myswag"
A lot of others on this forum are also on there. Its a campertrailer forum with lots of helpful info. I go by the same name on there.
(Sorry if I've breached any rules or conventions - just trying to help)
Our last outback trip we saw plenty of Jayco's.

Cheers
Brian

Brian

Thanks for the info.

Jay