Thread: Motor home or Caravan?

ah for sure for sure... BUT!!... always a but

Then theres the little trailers for cars... or big ones... if your into towing you may as well get a bus (all the comforts) AND the car trailer and have the best of both worlds in my book!

Chris... A bit on the duhhh side your mate eh?... I mean NEVER put all your chooks in the one chook pen right? RIGHT!!... always have a backup plan either snuffled money away enough for either a new bus or a deposit on a ranch?... if you can stick some $$ in a fixed term account work when need to dont when you dont need or want to if the bus burns down (HEAVEN FORBLOODYBID!!) then you got a backup eh

You got email mate

Cheers
Shane

"SIDE-WINDERS" is what we truckies called caravans back in the sixties. They were always swaying across the plains of Australia from dirt to white line like those Yankee rattle snakes. In those days trucks were not capable of "rounding them up" all that well, but these days it is a lot different with the horsepower available to them. Trucks will soon overtake a caravan, and the caravan driver needs to be aware of the turbulence about to hit him. Turbulence also comes from trucks going in the opposite direction, especially in a cross wind. Hang on, and keep to your left (In Australia). On dirt roads, stop until they have long gone.

I want A long wheel based, high top, diesel powered van (Transit)? and a camper trailer, with a small tinny sitting atop the camper trailer. In the van, 400 litres of fresh water, a toilet and shower, with grey and black water holding tanks fitted underneath those conveniences. Also, storage area and a small table for two. Two of us should be able to camp out for a fortnight without laying out money or leaving behind anything more than footprints.

Thought I'd update as this thread came to life again.

We are still in the UK and we ended up with a caravan. In fact this very day we returned from a trip to Devon. I'm still a bit dazed from the 4 hour drive up the M5. Mind bogglingly boring at 60 mph apart from the odd entertaining driver cutting in and for some reason actually stopping to join a fast moving line of traffic or cutting in at high speed, Dunno what it is but there is something about being a new Mercedes driver here that turns you in to a prat.

Anyway we bought the caravan late last year and are very happy with it. We have been away in all weathers and season. I think the last was trip number 11, so we seem to be getting our monies worth.

Camper vans in the UK are fine but some of the lane ways are very narrow so much so that even at the passing point there is no room for a full width vehicle and a large car. so if that is your only transport you need to do some creative map reading. For now we are happy to pitch the van and use it as a base to explore the area.

We joined the Caravan club and their sites are really well equipped, Some of the NZ sites were better but not many of them. Big bonus for us is that the dog can come too to just about all of the sites.

And with travel companies going bump all over the place here, we are pretty happy to be traveling under our own steam. Diesel is up around £1.24 a ltr though so you need to be careful.


All the Best


Dave

Originally Posted by davo453

.... Diesel is up around £1.24 a ltr though so you need to be careful.....

Strewth.

Can we send you some?

And those "roads" are probably why they make the phissy type campers like I bought! narrower than the car they can wiggle to the side of the lanes called roads no wukkers... but I do maintain poms have some serious issues understanding "campers" and outback along with offroad

Anyway good to hear its a beauty Davo

Cheers
Shane

This is and idea Dingo was going to do one with his F100 didn't happen he bought superior pommy camper at a steal of a deal.

This way you can drop it and still drive around tow etc.

aaahh yes indeed the slide on camper trick ...I still have the plans from GlenL sitting around the shed somewhere or other... dont ask me why Ive hung onto the things damn this bein a bower bird sometimes... one tends to collect so much stuff its not funny

I wouldnt go as far as to say "superior" pommy camper mate just the one that was there when I lobbed up and didnt want to drive the whole way back having wasted my time... so it took pity on me and hitched itself to the back of the car... now it sits waiting for the damned weather to clear so I can shift it over onto the new subframe

Then... well I reckon one summer will be enough and I will have sold this place and bought a BLOODY GREAT BUS/MOBILE HOME!!!

Each to their own brother each to their own... some folks love caravans for some weird reason I havent been able to fathom while others like the camper dodahs and yet others the slideyslipey offy ones like above and yet others LIKE their creature comforts and room to move and tow a good 4x4 bike boat surfboards and whatever else will fit and just be free enough to just buggar off anywhere their hearts desire... ahem I just gotta stop talkin about meownself eh!!

Anyways onwards and upwards!
Cheers
Shane