US 5th Wheel Complance in Australia
There are many hurdles a US compliant 5ver has too go through to be even registered here. This is a 36ft Heartland Eldridge . Owner gives a breakdown. Then after all this if you have too sell it, you have too overcome Australian reluctance too buy 5th Wheeler, whether small or large..Locally made ones are already compliant
This luxury 5th wheeler is up for sale. It comes with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living area and the kitchen. It has plenty of storage and it sleeps 9 people. Made compliant to Australian standard in November last year, this 2017 model Elkridge comes with all the bells and whistles. It had all the Electrical 110V wiring changed and upgraded to 240V, all the gas piping was changed to fit the Australian standard as well. Exterior lighting, such as clearance lights, indicators and rear tailgate lights were also upgraded to meet the Australian standards. Some appliances had to be changed to Australian appliances, others were certified by the energy safety inspector.
According to the manufacturers specification, this 5th wheeler's unloaded weight is 4298kg with the crying capacity of just short of a tone. Because the ATM exceeded the 4,500kgs, the limit set by the Australian Design Rules (ADR), the original axles, electric brakes and suspension had to be replaced with 2x 3000kg air brake axles. As the result the ATM has been upgraded to 6,000kg which is almost 800kg higher than the manufacturer's specification. Suspension was also replaced by the heavier duty equivalent. The axles had to be moved backwards to meet the ADR requirements, rules that refer to the rear overhang.
