RR is always dissing North American RV's and trucks so this thread is nothing new. He basically talks thru his hat! Yes, Australia is very flat and the highest mountains, roads, and vehicle passible off roads in Australia and mere foothills compared to what is the USA and/or Canada. The RV industry in Australia is very tiny compared to the RV industry in the USA.
Total population in the entire Continent of Australia is approx. 1/2 of what's in California and less than what's in Florida or Texas and is only about 1/15 of the population of the USA alone. So, there's a very small market for RV's there because there's not many people to buy them either. Australia in physical size (square miles) is nearly the same as either the total USA OR Canada. Look it up!
Yes, Jayco did import 5th wheels and trailers into Australia to test the market and the main reason was because RV's made and sold in Australia cost 2+ times what they do here in the USA. Money to be made possibly! Importing the very big 5th wheels probably wasn't the smartest move as Australia's infrastructure isn't a match at all. All RR seems to ever show in outback travels with and RV is forging creeks or crossing shallow rivers with rocky bottoms, or going over a bad spot in rocky terrain.
We have that same type areas here in the USA and Canada and yes, they are driven pulling RV's but we don't try to tell everyone that's what our "outback" is always like. Most people with a brain won't take a full sized (32' to 40+') 5th wheel thru a creek, river, or do rock climbing with it. So many areas here in North America that RR's beloved Aussie RV's wouldn't begin to get thru nor would their Utes or trucks.
Get real Robert! It's getting very very old!!!
