Unusual Tow Vehicle
I have seen more than one of these. Owners change to parabolic springs and air seats. Caravan is lightweight about 7,000lbs. 5.2 Diesel, . Payload is enormous compared to a Pickup. It has absolutely...
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I also have tried so many times to explain the R. Ryan that what they use or have for RV or trucks etc in Australia, Europe, and Asia and use or want is so different than what is wanted or used in the USA and Canada. He just keeps on posting pics of their tow vehicles and their RV's that would be a real slug on the selling market here in North America and especially the USA. Just because it's popular or sells or works in Australia or Asia or Europe doesn't mean it is, does, or will be here and is sure isn't and won't!
Their RV interiors are so bland and cold looking and look plastic and more like a medical examination rooms inside or a lab. Some here do like that look and several RV manufacturers had tried the European/Australian interior look and all had boomed in sales volume, so they dropped it like a hot potato. Still, there is a tiny market sector for that kind of look here but it sure didn't catch on for volume sales in North America. Doesn't matter if I personally like it or not, it must sell or the design and/or look will be discontinued. The published RV manufacturers are making 450,000 RV's a year now here and the published approximation of RV scrapped each year was stated at approx. 80,000 RV's meaning a gain of around 370,000 RV's each year. That's 3,700,000 more RV's sold and in use over 10 years. Highways in our area sure do show the RV use increases every year.
The delivery van type vehicle vastly underpowered Isuzu truck works fine here for an in-city delivery truck but I have never seen even one pulling an RV trailer or in a CG pulling a TT yet and likely never will. Fuel is so much cheaper here even in Canada than elsewhere so it's not a drivng factor for most RV'ers as they will more likely purchase a smaller and lighter RV than to use a truck like the Isuzu. Tthere are so many CG's that wouldn't either allow or have room on the campsite to even park both the Isuzu and a trailer on a site. Just not how things are done here! The landscape is much different than in Australia as our mountains are so much higher the the passes also. Try parking that Isuzu and a TT in most USA national park CG's or many of the state parks as the sites are old design, small, short, and very close together. Very different than the wide open unpopulated vast areas of Australia which has a total population of only ~25 million vs our 320 million on about the same sized land area.
A long line behind an RV rig climbing a mountain chugging along at 20 MPH with pedal to the metal would not be wise here as there's so much more traffic on our roads with having 320 million population vs ~25 million on about the same size land area. Roughly 13 times as many people and vehicles on the roads here and public transportation here is just a fraction of other countries. Road rage on steroids gone crazy is what would happen! Many states have laws regarding causing backups and how can a vehicle that can't even maintain the minimum posted speed limit pull over on the shoulder to let those pass and then struggle over a long distance to even get back going to the same traffic blocking speed again going on up the very same grade?
Boondocking is very popular in Australia with one web site I've seen citing about 60%+ dry camp in Australia. While here, the percentage I've seen is under 10% boondock dry camp. Most CG's here by far have electric hookups as a min and water hookups also in many states too in the state parks or county parks. Most private parks have full hookups because they have limited land size and are located where sewer is available and is zone coded/mandated.
I could care less about what is liked or popular in Australia because I don't live there nor do I want to!
Apples and oranges comparison is very accurate at a min.
Their RV interiors are so bland and cold looking and look plastic and more like a medical examination rooms inside or a lab. Some here do like that look and several RV manufacturers had tried the European/Australian interior look and all had boomed in sales volume, so they dropped it like a hot potato. Still, there is a tiny market sector for that kind of look here but it sure didn't catch on for volume sales in North America. Doesn't matter if I personally like it or not, it must sell or the design and/or look will be discontinued. The published RV manufacturers are making 450,000 RV's a year now here and the published approximation of RV scrapped each year was stated at approx. 80,000 RV's meaning a gain of around 370,000 RV's each year. That's 3,700,000 more RV's sold and in use over 10 years. Highways in our area sure do show the RV use increases every year.
The delivery van type vehicle vastly underpowered Isuzu truck works fine here for an in-city delivery truck but I have never seen even one pulling an RV trailer or in a CG pulling a TT yet and likely never will. Fuel is so much cheaper here even in Canada than elsewhere so it's not a drivng factor for most RV'ers as they will more likely purchase a smaller and lighter RV than to use a truck like the Isuzu. Tthere are so many CG's that wouldn't either allow or have room on the campsite to even park both the Isuzu and a trailer on a site. Just not how things are done here! The landscape is much different than in Australia as our mountains are so much higher the the passes also. Try parking that Isuzu and a TT in most USA national park CG's or many of the state parks as the sites are old design, small, short, and very close together. Very different than the wide open unpopulated vast areas of Australia which has a total population of only ~25 million vs our 320 million on about the same sized land area.
A long line behind an RV rig climbing a mountain chugging along at 20 MPH with pedal to the metal would not be wise here as there's so much more traffic on our roads with having 320 million population vs ~25 million on about the same size land area. Roughly 13 times as many people and vehicles on the roads here and public transportation here is just a fraction of other countries. Road rage on steroids gone crazy is what would happen! Many states have laws regarding causing backups and how can a vehicle that can't even maintain the minimum posted speed limit pull over on the shoulder to let those pass and then struggle over a long distance to even get back going to the same traffic blocking speed again going on up the very same grade?
Boondocking is very popular in Australia with one web site I've seen citing about 60%+ dry camp in Australia. While here, the percentage I've seen is under 10% boondock dry camp. Most CG's here by far have electric hookups as a min and water hookups also in many states too in the state parks or county parks. Most private parks have full hookups because they have limited land size and are located where sewer is available and is zone coded/mandated.
I could care less about what is liked or popular in Australia because I don't live there nor do I want to!
Apples and oranges comparison is very accurate at a min.
