Australian style TTs now available in the US -- big news!

GordonThree wrote:
Nice match for the rumored 2020 Toyota diesel for North America.

Is the price better or worse than having a trailer custom built from the ground up?

The 2020 Toyota diesel is said to produce only 310 pound feet of torque. I hope this is a miss-print because this is rather anemic considering the 5.7 gas is 401 pound feet.

colliehauler, the answer is "none, so far." But I fear it is only a matter of time. We tow on very rough forest roads, with huge rocks, mud, sand, snow, ice, etc. And we have to go very slowly on the really bad roads -- five miles an hour, sometimes.

I have done everything I can to up-armor my beloved little trailer -- heavy axle, leaf springs, shocks, beefy tires, extra clearance, etc. But it is just not designed for the way I like to go camping.

I doubt I will spring for one of these new trailers just yet -- $50,000 is four times as much as what I paid for my current trailer -- but someday I may have to bite the bullet.

It's nice to have the option, anyway.

profdant139 wrote:
Gordon, I had a heck of a time even getting a custom builder to respond to my inquiries, when I was shopping for a trailer in 2012. In the midwest, there are some, but none in southern Calif that were even interested. So I could see buying a very expensive back-country unit, right off the rack, rather than going the custom route.

Until then, I will continue taking my little ultra-light into some very rough places, hoping that it holds together! :)

How many things have failed on your camper as far as frame and components?

Dang mudflaps on the wrong end! What's up w that? Lol

Gordon, I had a heck of a time even getting a custom builder to respond to my inquiries, when I was shopping for a trailer in 2012. In the midwest, there are some, but none in southern Calif that were even interested. So I could see buying a very expensive back-country unit, right off the rack, rather than going the custom route.

Until then, I will continue taking my little ultra-light into some very rough places, hoping that it holds together! :)

Nice match for the rumored 2020 Toyota diesel for North America.

Is the price better or worse than having a trailer custom built from the ground up?

Very nice.
Hopefully they put the entry door on the right side.