off road camper trailer
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
off road camper trailer
I thought folks on this forum might be interested in these trailer designs from Australia:
http://www.kedroncaravans.com/caravans.html
and videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GallBoys#p/u/3/2Dwnryzrgdg
I haven't seen anything like this by N. Am'n manufacturers ... the closest seems to be a slightly beefed up suspension option on the Aerolite Zoom. I suspect the reasoning is that folks will use a slide-in on a p/u for off-road use and that capability is less common on other continents ... notwithstanding compact p/u models.
Does anyone have any experience with off-road, or off pavement anyway, campers? My experience, though limited, suggests that the camper trailers known in Canada and the U.S. don't stand up to the shaking of even intermittently maintained gravel roads, never mind the kind of abuse shown in the Gall Boys videos.
http://www.kedroncaravans.com/caravans.html
and videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GallBoys#p/u/3/2Dwnryzrgdg
I haven't seen anything like this by N. Am'n manufacturers ... the closest seems to be a slightly beefed up suspension option on the Aerolite Zoom. I suspect the reasoning is that folks will use a slide-in on a p/u for off-road use and that capability is less common on other continents ... notwithstanding compact p/u models.
Does anyone have any experience with off-road, or off pavement anyway, campers? My experience, though limited, suggests that the camper trailers known in Canada and the U.S. don't stand up to the shaking of even intermittently maintained gravel roads, never mind the kind of abuse shown in the Gall Boys videos.
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Grand Forks, ND for college; Langdon, ND is home
Posts: 753
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
I feel sorry for that camper and the tow vehicle. Sure, any trailer will take that abuse for a little while but don't expect them to last much longer than a couple years compared to a lifetime being nice to them.
#4
No Pain, No Pain!
I have seen something similar to this at the local rv dealer a few years ago.
The trailer I saw also had a small "deck" area on the front where you could put coolers, mountain bikes, etc.
Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-...item336676eca8
The trailer I saw also had a small "deck" area on the front where you could put coolers, mountain bikes, etc.
Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-...item336676eca8
Last edited by dewman; 04-06-2011 at 04:07 PM.
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Little less accommodating than the camper trailers, but these are about the most beefed up trailers around.
http://www.campausa.com/
http://www.campausa.com/
Further this is more extreme use than most people need. I'm interested in a camper that will handle rough gravel roads. I'm not going to customise a truck to haul it up the Himalayas.
The more I look at the concept of a camper durable enough to go off the paved road and withstand winter temperatures, the more I think I have to build it, if it's a trailer, or go with a F-450 and a slide in. Now to learn how to weld ...
Last edited by SeeJ; 09-10-2011 at 08:55 PM. Reason: grammar
#7
Senior Member
this was just released by jeep not to long ago.
Trending Topics
#8
Senior Member
Check out the Oct issue of 4 Wheeler. They go through some of the actual, off road (as in hard core rock crawling) trailers that are small and have sleeper options as well as no bind hitch options.