Am drooling over this Aussie rig

[T18skyguy]

I really like this rig. Even though the hookups are on the wrong side and it cost $300,000. I have a number of Australian products, and every one of them is top quality. I wonder if that extends to their RV's too.

[RobertRyan]

Just want to add both of the Motorhomes are 31ft long. Caravan Parks tend not too take any longer.
A shot of a New Zealand Trail lite Class C towing a small car

[RobertRyan]

A similar Sunliner Isuzu Motorhome

[RobertRyan]

j-d wrote:
Looks pretty nice. Those Japanese Diesel MDT's seem to hold their own pretty well on the US Interstates. Not sure I'd worry about power. And they probably don't require much maintenance. But when they do... The trucks are usually Tilt-Cab. Can't do that with a Class C overhang, so I asked. Answer: Through the Floor of the Cab. Just speaking for myself, that looks like more of a nightmare than Class C's, Class A's, even rear radiator DP's...

Access through a panel in the floor not a tilt cab. The base is a very light truck in Australia, adequate for Class C Motorhome use. Reasonable handing and roadolding and pretty unbreakable.
Has 19,000lb GVWR and 27,000lbs GCVWR

[RobertRyan]

rockhillmanor wrote:
I was parked next to this European RV at Tom Sawyers CG.

These RV'ers told me they SHIPPED their RV from Sweden to the United States every year........
because they like RV'ing in America! :C



They sure DO build them differently than the US does!

Bit cramped in Sweden.A lot more wider roads in the US

[RobertRyan]

Lwiddis wrote:
Three year factory warranty or 1,000,000 kilometers. Very good.

Expensive to people from the US,but build quality is very good and the Isuzu chassis is pretty bulletproof. Owners have no problems getting around. Keep its value a lot better than imported US units. Important when it comes time to sell it.

[pnichols]

For what it's worth:

Torque to the drive wheels is what matters - not engine crankshaft torque. Horsepower gets converted into drive wheel torque via gears. High engine horsepower gets converted into high drive wheel torque this way. The big Chevy V8 or big Ford V10 in their respective cutaway van chassis used for motorhomes can be geared to put way more torgue on the ground at any given vehicle speed and weight than a 186HP motor can at that same given vehicle speed and weight - regardless of the 186HP engine's crankshaft torque.

That being given, 186HP can sometimes be gotten away with in small motorhomes under certain conditions, with the result being better average fuel mileage

[rjstractor]

Not sure about the Aussie specs, but US specs on the NPR engine are 215 hp/452 torque. Probably has OK highway performance but not mind blowing.

[T18skyguy]

pnichols wrote:
Yeah ... all that money and you get a whopping 186 HP.

Irrespective of maybe great Australian build quality, it looks like yet another underpowered highway queen RV. :R

It the torque that matters. Gas mileage better too.

[j-d]

I've met RVers who ship them over and back, it didn't sound that expensive. Something line $3000 each way for a Sprinter-sized RV.

[rockhillmanor]

I was parked next to this European RV at Tom Sawyers CG.

These RV'ers told me they SHIPPED their RV from Sweden to the United States every year........
because they like RV'ing in America! :C



They sure DO build them differently than the US does!

[j-d]

Looks pretty nice. Those Japanese Diesel MDT's seem to hold their own pretty well on the US Interstates. Not sure I'd worry about power. And they probably don't require much maintenance. But when they do... The trucks are usually Tilt-Cab. Can't do that with a Class C overhang, so I asked. Answer: Through the Floor of the Cab. Just speaking for myself, that looks like more of a nightmare than Class C's, Class A's, even rear radiator DP's...

[gotsmart]

I wonder what the service life is for a clothes washer that is located in a basement door behind the rear axle.

[pnichols]

Yeah ... all that money and you get a whopping 186 HP.

Irrespective of maybe great Australian build quality, it looks like yet another underpowered highway queen RV. :R

[PghBob]

All that money and you get a rubber roof.