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Title: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Ashes on March 16, 2012, 10:39:02 PM: Hi,
in my searching for camper trailers I came across this site. Very impressed with the information on here and will no doubt spend way to much time reading through a heap of threads.
Probably like most new joiners, I'm looking to start out in the world of camper trailers. We are a family of 5 with 3 kids ranging from 9 to 14 and us olds are getting a bit tired of sleeping on the ground in the tent. I think I am looking for a CT that can sleep 3 to 4 of us most of the time as 1 or 2 kids like to sleep in our smaller tent. We rarely have all the kids in the main tent but will need a large enough CT tent to squeeze 5 in for overnight stops or big storms. I really don't want the hassle of a Taj Mahal setup with multiple rooms so would be happy with just a single room and a decent size awning. Quick packup time is a must.
Hoping to keep the budget to around $5k or less and would be more than happy with a pre-loved unit. Much reading and research still to do
cheers
Ashes
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: HEM19X on March 17, 2012, 02:20:03 AM: Welcome to the show Ashes, hope you enjoy the ride.

Check out the classifieds, you will probably find something.

Regards

Hem
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: sol on March 17, 2012, 05:43:40 AM: G'day Ashes
Welcome to the forum and good luck with the camper.
Check out the camper trailer classifieds mate.You just
might find one there.Enjoy the chat :cheers:
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Heiny on March 17, 2012, 07:33:45 AM: Hi Ashes and welcome to My Swag

:cheers: bubba
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: grc on March 17, 2012, 07:41:58 AM: welcome to myswag Ashes

good luck at finding a camper trailer

ebay is also a good place to look and compare

cheers grc
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: GGV8Cruza on March 17, 2012, 07:48:48 AM: Welcome to the Forum Ashes, check the web and classifieds every day, google is also your friend. I found my Tambo on an obscure website and I think it was on the third page of the search engine. Good luck with the research and hunt

GG
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: krisandkev on March 17, 2012, 08:06:53 AM: Welcome to the forum. Yep, just keep looking. In 2009 we were just thinking about a camper trailer when we saw an ad in our local paper. We went and had a look and that was it, bought it. We didn’t even have a vehicle to tow it! We have now done about 55,000 kilometres in it and just love the life style. The camper was a 2005 model and looked like new. (A bit different now, has a Kimberley red shade.) The best part was that the original owners had done heaps to the camper, including a king size innerspring mattress fitted, and so we did not have to do much for our travels. So there is a camper out there for you. Have fun looking. 8)
Kevin
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: gunna on March 17, 2012, 08:09:31 AM: welcome Ashes
hope you enjoy this great site
:cheers: sheeds
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Chris F on March 17, 2012, 11:12:52 AM: Welcome Ashes,

Looking is half the fun. Although I have ordered my camper I can't stop looking at all the on-line campers for sale. It has become a habit I'll find hard to break.
Good luck and enjoy the process.

Cheers

Chris.
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Snow on March 17, 2012, 11:14:18 AM: G'day Ashes and welcome to Myswag. :cheers:
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Black Diamond on March 17, 2012, 11:21:31 AM: Welcome Ashes and good luck with it all mate :cheers:

BD
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Ashes on March 17, 2012, 01:47:18 PM: Thanks for the welcome. 20 threads read, 20,000 to go ;D
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Swannie on March 17, 2012, 03:50:40 PM: Welcome ashes, another Melbournian to the forum ;D

plenty to keep you busy on here, I hope you have plenty of spare time and an understanding wife!!!!

Cheers
Greg
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: chrisroche on March 17, 2012, 07:02:24 PM: gday and welcome. We have 4 kids so happy to help with any info if we can. In eastern suburbds.

C
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: BigJules on March 18, 2012, 09:33:40 AM: G'day & Welcome Ashes.

Beware the huge tent in your search. Anything bigger than 10' is generally much heavier and consequently harder to put up and put away. A lot of folks find their older kids migrate to a small tent or swags, which can be cheaper and more effective over time anyway. You can squeeze four kids in a 9' tent, especially if the smaller ones use a set of bunks.
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Ashes on March 19, 2012, 07:31:23 PM: 24 hours is a long time....
Had a look at Aussie Jays in Willimstown after seeing that he had a 2nd hand trailer mentioned on the Pajero forum.
Deal done. Got a Semi off road with kitchen, toolbox, watertank and will be putting a new 9' tent on it. Happy with the price and Jason and Rebeckah were a pleasure to deal with.
The 9' seems way easier to handle and will fit the 3 kids for quick overnight stops. Picking it up Saturday.

got it a bit sooner than I expected but pretty sure it will be all good. We won't be venturing too far off road so happy with the semi off road suspension.
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: sol on March 19, 2012, 07:41:03 PM: Ashes
Congrats on the camper.That did'nt take long mate. ;D
Enjoy your travels in it too.

:cheers:
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Ashes on March 24, 2012, 08:24:21 PM: Camper happily setup in the backyard. Very quick to put the main room up. Great size for overnighters. Annexe took a while to put up but mostly due to sorting out poles and spreader for the first time and working out how to zip the canvas on.
I put the walls and floor or the annexe but unlikely to use these unless camping for a week or 2 at a time. Might leave these at home.
Very happy with the unit so need to start doing some mods.
- need to swap the LED trailer lights to bulbs as the Disco 3 keep pulsing the indicators (suspected it would)
- 12v power (battery, fusebox, charger, voltmeter, ammeter etc etc)
- Led internal and annexe lights (with dimmers)
- electric water pump
- other......
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Swannie on March 25, 2012, 09:23:56 AM: Quote from: Ashes on March 24, 2012, 08:24:21 PM
Camper happily setup in the backyard. Very quick to put the main room up. Great size for overnighters. Annexe took a while to put up but mostly due to sorting out poles and spreader for the first time and working out how to zip the canvas on.
I put the walls and floor or the annexe but unlikely to use these unless camping for a week or 2 at a time. Might leave these at home.
Very happy with the unit so need to start doing some mods.
- need to swap the LED trailer lights to bulbs as the Disco 3 keep pulsing the indicators (suspected it would)
- 12v power (battery, fusebox, charger, voltmeter, ammeter etc etc)
- Led internal and annexe lights (with dimmers)
- electric water pump
- other......

:worthles:
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: flamingo on March 25, 2012, 11:20:56 AM: Gday Ashes Welcome Mate. Enjoy! :cheers: Phil
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: outback jack on March 25, 2012, 12:06:39 PM: g'day ashes, welcome from another mexican :cheers:
Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: Ashes on March 25, 2012, 07:24:01 PM: Not a great picture but to avoid further
:worthles:

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Title: Re: Hello from Melbourne
Post by: brickiematt on March 27, 2012, 07:37:35 PM: Gday ashes, welcome mate. Like your choice of camper :cup: You'll do well in an Aussie Jays. Excellent bit of kit IMHO. By the sounds of your post on the thread about the break in at their factory you were lucky to pick it up at all.
Look forward to seeing your mods and trip reports.
Cheers
Matt