slide on campers

hi there , thanks for the that i have emailed them for a brochure and pricing. i didnt know they existed, regards dave.........

Hi David,

Another vote for Trayon - our camper has been on the Canning Stock Route & Kimberley twice, numerous trips to the Vic high country, Eyre peninsula SA, and other places.

The Trayon is one of the lighter slide-on's on the market as Mike has mentioned, along with plenty of space and many other features. Each slide-on on the market have their own set of advantages and disadvantages, so do your homework before purchasing.

Many slide-on's are made overseas and fitted out in Australia, not necessarily a problem except if you want to buy Australian made.

I can't emphasise enough about the weight - it is extremely important to minimise the weight on the back of your ute and keep it well below the vehicle's GVM. I learnt the hard way that medium duty ute's will not last of the rough stuff carrying weight, even though I was below the vehicles GVM.

Good luck David with your investigations and purchase.

Cheers, Geoff

Further to the above follow-up - It's not just important to consider the GVM but extremely important not to exceed the rear avle weight limit. This is a significant issue with slide-ons on dual cab utes(and dual cabs in general).
Some people will fit heavy duty rear suspension to counter the "dragging bum" but that does nothing to address the axle weight. Everything you load behind the rear wheels goes on the back axle along with whatever weight is lifted off the front.

Good Luck with your prospective purchase.

Peter

David,

A good point about your vehicle! I believe a fully loaded Northstar camper will weigh close to 1 tonne making it unsuitable for meduim duty ute's such as the Hilux/BT50/Navara etc on rough roads.

Cheers, Geoff

The main reasons we picked the CM Campers for our 2006 Patrol ute was the ease of setting up - takes about 2 minutes (more with annexe) goes straight up & bed rolls forward atop cab ..... we took ours down CSR in 2010 , no problems .... I think it is approx 400 kg empty , so when loaded is just right for Patrol ... ours was $11K in 2010 - approx $15K now I think .
cheers

thanks guys have seen them will keep that in mind, regards dave and rob,,,,,