To boldy go where no camper has gone before...

Yes, they did it the right way - support vehicles, proper equipment, and most importantly, sponsors! With all the decals, you know this was not an out-of-pocket expedition. Where can I get some sponsors for my fun?

If you look at the video this trailer is definitely leaf spring. It just looks like beefed up tires (to match tow vehicle), diamond plate wrap on the bottom half (upper half looks like traditional aluminum siding) and some welded on tubing on the bottom. Still looks like a regular trailer thats been modified to me. Now this could be the maiden voyage, may be in pieces in a few years but I just don't see anything special other than the mods I mentioned.

GordonThree wrote:
Having a support truck and mechanic follow you around must be handy.

Having friends go along with you in their separate RV whenever you go out into the middle of nowhere is also very handy. :C

Having a support truck and mechanic follow you around must be handy.

No one lives in 4x4 Sportsmobile Class B for 1-2 years Off Road, somewhat cramped.

samuraiowner wrote:
we do have something in the U.S.A. that do's what they do! we have the 4x4 van conversions and truck campers that will go any where they go with that trailer as well as a lot of places they can't.
years ago I took a truck camper on a chevy 4x4 places they could not go, but it is fun watching them

I agree 110%!

I think it boils down simply to economics. The Aussy camping trailers are probably often towed with their owner's 4X4 SUV-type daily drivers and the camping trailer by itself is probably a lot less $$ to own than a 4X4 van conversion that is not suitable as a daily driver. A camper plus a properly set up 4X4 pickup to deal with the camper is probably a lot more $$ to own than a camping trailer plus a 4X4 SUV-type daily driver, and the TC's 4X4 pickup may not be as comfortable a daily driver.

The trailer plus an SUV-type puller of course works in many situations, but is not optimized to the point where a 1-ton 4X4 van conversion or 1-ton 4X4 TC can be. BTW, a van conversion or TC can of course be made to stay out as long as a trailer plus SUV-type tow vehicle.

I meant a Off Road Caravan is used for much longer periods Off Road i.e. 1-2 years.

Eurocamper . Yes they are certainly NOT a normal Travel Trailer. Most of your Travel Trailers would easily disintegrate in those conditions. Yes you can do the same thing in a 4x4 Motorhome like the Sportsmobile, but they do not have the internal space and "homelike layout " of an Off Road Motorhome, which is geared
For much longer trips Off Road. This type of RV is having a spectacular growth in
Australia. Typing from my hotel room in Vienna, Austria. Will be a month doing the rest of my European Trip

we do have something in the U.S.A. that do's what they do! we have the 4x4 van conversions and truck campers that will go any where they go with that trailer as well as a lot of places they can't.
years ago I took a truck camper on a chevy 4x4 places they could not go, but it is fun watching them :D

I think this is what 69AVION is referring to for the suspension of most of the AUSSIE OFF-ROAD guys...


Another consideration for importing to the US is that the power requirements is different in Australia. You would have to change out all of the appliances for 120VAC. Perhaps you could install a large step-down transformer.

I have been watching the AUSSIE line of off road campers for a few years now and it blows me away when they list there prices down there... Anything good is usually 100K US dollars...

Of course their way of camping life down there is so much different than ours. Most brochures I see show all the kitchen setups on the outside.

Our so-called outback is fairly impressive as well and it does seem like somewhere down the road there should be a market for this type of camping setup.

My early camping days was in the Arizona high country days with Jeeps and then to Jeeps with trailers. We had some impressive off road experiences back then...

Roy Ken