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General => Introductions => Topic started by: Vitara_JaycoSwift_Outback on July 22, 2013, 06:38:06 AM
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Just wanted to introduce myself. Have been lurking on the forum for a month or so after my better half steered us towards a Jayco Swift Outback instead of a soft floor camper trailer after visiting the Brisbane camping show last month.
After reading how many people have them on here and that almost everyone loves them to death we took the plunge on Saturday and purchased the Swift Outback from Brisbane Camperland. Thankfully they had the perfect one already in stock so we will only be waiting a couple of weeks.
We can't wait for our first weekend away in it.
Josh and Mandy
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Welcome to The Show guys, there are a lot of amazing places close by,.
Regards
Hem
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Welcome to the tribe Josh and Mandy. Congratulations on the Jayco purchase. Look forward to reading of your adventures.
Happy camping
KB
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Welcome from another gold coaster. Enjoy your time here
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Welcome aboard.
Must say I is mighty impressed with the new Swift, mighty impressed.
If after a couple of months you decide you don't like it, I'd be more than happy to offer you half the original purchase price ... it is the outback model isn't it. ;D
Interested to know why you went to the Brisbane dealership when there is one in Tweed Heads.
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Welcome aboard.
Must say I is mighty impressed with the new Swift, mighty impressed.
If after a couple of months you decide you don't like it, I'd be more than happy to offer you half the original purchase price ... it is the outback model isn't it. ;D
Interested to know why you went to the Brisbane dealership when there is one in Tweed Heads.
We initially approached Tweed but found them unwilling to negotiate on a price or match our quote from Brisbane. In our opinion we got a better Camper that was significantly cheaper than Tweed.
Generally we were just more impressed with Brisbane. The range was huge and staff everywhere. We were very impressed with the service from the sales team and the honesty they showed. We were tossing up between the new Swift or a 2nd hand dove and Paul from Brisbane let me set up the dove on my own and generally left me alone to prod, inspect, go over with a fine tooth comb and make the decision without being pushy and over bearing.
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Thanks for the heads-up, as I've suspected this to be the case for a while now.
Having made some enquires about the price of the swift, we found Watsons caravans at Coffs Harbour very approachable and well priced.
So on a recent trip down there we popped in for a chat. They weren't surprised, seems they get quite a few customers from up this way.
After returning home we made some enquiries at the "local" dealership, the price was a fair bit higher than Watsons, with the explanation being the added freight cost. Funnily enough my brother had recently purchased one in FNQ at a price that bettered that given by the local mob down here.
Word of mouth can be a good advertisement for service and price, but it can have the opposite effect when the feedback is negative.
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G'day Josh and Mandy,
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To Myswag,
Congrats on your purchase.
There are plenty of great trip reports to get you out there and enjoying it.
Hope you enjoy your time here.
Happy & Safe travels.
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Welcome Josh & Mandy,
Might catch up in the Great south East.
Rob
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Yay! Another Swift owner on the forum!!!!!
Keen to hear your reviews on he new Jayco. Did you get any extras?
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Welcome Josh and Mandy. Congratulations on you new purchase. You both must be very excited. Muz
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Yay! Another Swift owner on the forum!!!!!
Keen to hear your reviews on he new Jayco. Did you get any extras?
Got a couple but nothing to fancy. We got the mandatory bed fly's, upgraded to Brisbane Camperlands innerspring mattress, and had the 120W Solar panel and battery fitted.
We passed on the bag awning as they look a bitch to set up and will be shopping around for a nice gazebo which we feel will suit us better. We plan on lots of weekends away and want ease of set up in the dusk or dark of a Friday. I will also be shopping around for an off road hitch to add to it eventually but as yet haven't made my mind up. I like the tregg ones but I saw a trailer fitted with 4wd hitch that takes the standard tow ball size at the last show but can't remember what they're called. Anyone have suggestions?
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Hi John & Mandy
Welcome to the wonderful MySwag family, well that is how I refer to it.
Regards
Tjupurula
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Just wanted to update everyone on our Swift Outback. Yesterday we headed up to Brisbane camper land to have our hand over session and finalise all of the paper work. Loved the hand over session and the attention to detail was great. One handle was a bit funny and was replaced straight away. I had the brake controller and 12v fridge wiring fitted at the same time and it seems to working great.
Once everything was finalized we spent some more hard earned folding stuff in the accesories store and then started on the journey home. I'm almost a complete towing novice and was feeling pretty nervous about towing her home. We took it easy and my confidence grew thanks to how well it towed behind the Grand Vitara. My car towed it fine but I new it was on the back when we came to even small hills at speed on the highway. I'm not sure how it would go pulling it the beach at Fraser.
Once home we loaded up the car with our gear and two dogs and headed down to the Mt Warning caravan park to set it up for the first time and spend the weekend camping. We struggled at bit with the bed flys only because the don't show you how to set them up. But after 5 mins of head scratching the light bulb went on and we had them both up.
Set up was a dream and even with the bed fly drama would have taken no more than 20mins. Running the fridge on gas took a bit to get going but after playing with the levels it fired up. Did take overnight to get cold but thats my fault for heading away straight away.
All in all it has exceeded our expectations. It was really warm last night in the cold mountain air and to have a decent innerspring mattress it has already paid for itself.
We are in love
Josh and Mandy
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Got a couple but nothing to fancy. We got the mandatory bed fly's, upgraded to Brisbane Camperlands innerspring mattress, and had the 120W Solar panel and battery fitted.
We passed on the bag awning as they look a bitch to set up and will be shopping around for a nice gazebo which we feel will suit us better. We plan on lots of weekends away and want ease of set up in the dusk or dark of a Friday. I will also be shopping around for an off road hitch to add to it eventually but as yet haven't made my mind up. I like the tregg ones but I saw a trailer fitted with 4wd hitch that takes the standard tow ball size at the last show but can't remember what they're called. Anyone have suggestions?
Hi and welcome,
We use a hitch call "Hyland"
It uses a 50mm 3.5T ball and is for off road.
Just google Hyland hitch and you'll find it.
:cheers:
Rod......
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Packed up and headed home this morning and again hit a few snags with the bed flys. Not a fan of them but I have it all sorted now.
Packing up was a bit more fiddly than setting up. Getting the beds back in took a couple of goes to get them in there tracks and then making sure all the canvas goes in correctly before the roof comes down. We also had a couple of goes getting the roof to fully close. We'll get better with more practice :-)
Still incredibly happy with everything and would recommend one to everyone. Just need to work out how to post some photos to show everyone.
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Packed up and headed home this morning and again hit a few snags with the bed flys. Not a fan of them but I have it all sorted now.
Packing up was a bit more fiddly than setting up. Getting the beds back in took a couple of goes to get them in there tracks and then making sure all the canvas goes in correctly before the roof comes down. We also had a couple of goes getting the roof to fully close. We'll get better with more practice :-)
Still incredibly happy with everything and would recommend one to everyone. Just need to work out how to post some photos to show everyone.
I agree with the bed flys, but you will get used to it. When I first used my Swift, I was anal about rolling them in tightly, but now I just get them bagged and then sort them out when I get home. You can always slide the whole bag off and sort it out on the grass at the end of the camping trip or holiday season. In fact, I tend to leave my bags off now at home and attach them when we go out.
Am keen to see the pics of your trip. The most important thing is to have a great time, no matter what you are camping in.
Cheers, Paul
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Malcolm, we bought our OB 2011 Eagle second hand from Watsons Coffs Harbour and couldn't fault them. We weren't looking for a dealer camper but the price was great and the camper came with stacks of extras. After a phone call asking them to hold it, a quick dash to Coffs from Newcastle, dashing to the bank at 4:55pm, Watsons staying open for us, we were driving it home that day.
After having it a few months we had a little issue with the winder clunking at bit, so after as couple of calls to Watsons, it was agreed we could take it to Jayco Newcastle to get it fixing at no cost to us.
I would happily head back up to Coffs to buy our next Jayco.
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Trying to post pics
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All ready to head off on our Maiden voyage
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All set up
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Looks great..
Swannie
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Hey josh, what is the mt warning caravan park like, amenities etc?
Regards
Scott
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Nice and relaxing. We have dogs so we have to stay in the front section of the park but have previously stayed in the back section as well. They have a little shop with the basics and the staff a very friendly. The park is very tidy but the permanent resident vans are a little dingy and make it look a bit run down, the amenities are simple and clean but a little outdated in the front section and similar in the rear but with push button showers.
We love the little creek running through the park and its great for photos and I can imagine kids would love a little swim in it. All the un powered sites have little fire areas and you can bring your own wood or buy a bag from the shop. Be warned that if you go around the middle of the year it is a bitterly cold spot to stay.Great in the day but chilly at night. Seem to get down to around 4 degrees last night and as soon the sun drops down in the afternoon it chills down quite quickly.
Its quiet at the moment due to no access to the mountain but it can be quite busy with people leaving to head up the mountain at 3am
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Trying to post pics
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All ready to head off on our Maiden voyage
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All set up
Good looking set up guy's, well done.
Don't worry all of have start up problems, but it just gets better all the time.
Rob
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Another Gold Coaster with a 2013 Swift Outback ;D
We love ours it has already been on a 2 week trip to the outback and tows like a dream.
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Another Gold Coaster with a 2013 Swift Outback ;D
We love ours it has already been on a 2 week trip to the outback and tows like a dream.
We'll have to do a Swift trip one day :D where about's on the coast are you? We're in Pac Pines
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We'll have to do a Swift trip one day :D where about's on the coast are you? We're in Pac Pines
We are at paradise point. Might have to organise a meet and greet for gold coasters soon I think. Maybe down the park at paradise point. Fishing, BBQ, few beers, kids can swim/play. Will see how I go over next month or so.
Cheer Olly
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We are at paradise point. Might have to organise a meet and greet for gold coasters soon I think. Maybe down the park at paradise point. Fishing, BBQ, few beers, kids can swim/play. Will see how I go over next month or so.
Cheer Olly
We wish we could live at Paradise Point, we both recon its the best end of the coast. Sounds like a great plan no kids for us yet so if we could bring our we'll bring our dogs.
Would be happy stick up my hand to organise a meet and greet at James Sharp park in Canungra for everyone.
Josh
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G'day guys...
Welcome to the forum. I'm also from the coast (Burleigh).
Cheers
Camping Grant
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Another Gold Coaster here. Sharp Park is a great spot and not too far away. Count us in!
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Following this thread. We are in Canungra and know Sharps Park :D
Our CT is still being built but would be happy to be part of a meet and greet when we do a shakedown at Sharps in December.
Cheers guys
Vanessa and Damian
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Hows the GV going towing the swift? I tow with mine all the time , but never that sort of weight and wondere how it would go? Whats fuel economy like, these aren't the best as it is?
Cheers
Craig
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Hows the GV going towing the swift? I tow with mine all the time , but never that sort of weight and wondere how it would go? Whats fuel economy like, these aren't the best as it is?
Cheers
Craig
Hi Craig, I contacted you on Auszookers about your table design. Worked out a treat thanks for the idea. The Swift is close to a tonne when dry and when fully loaded I recon 1.2 plus our supplies and the dogs in the back of the GV its a fair amount of weight. Suzi as she is known tows it all really well on a flat road but when you hit the hills on the highway way she looses momentum really quickly ;D But all credit to the trailer when you're on your way you really don't know its following you until you hit those hills or look in the mirror. I wouldn't take it on the sand cause I recon the first soft stuff and you would be bogged up to the sills.
Without the swift in tow I can average 570k's out of the tank but with my roof basket removed this goes back to almost 600. But I have no space to store it easily so its forced to stay on the car. With the swift in tow I'm not quite sure of my economy yet as I haven't perfected my towing driving yet. I was a towing virgin prior to pick up but am off on another trip next weekend and will report back with the figures. An early estimate it would drop to 450k's out of the tank but its something I want to work out for future long trips.
When we can I will be upgrading my fiances car to a larger 4wd to suit towing the swift and if I can sneakily fix all the cosmetic issue with the GV it will stay with me for as long as it lasts. Although its started using oil since its last service but I think my mechanic used the wrong grades of oil last as I get the timing chain rattle on start up and the gear box is also crunchy into second. Shame you're down the other end of the country as it would be great to check your GV our in person.
Josh
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So yours ain't an auto then? Mine gets way less than that, although mine is higher and the tyres are bigger but not much bigger.
Ah so that was you with the table, glad it worked out.
I suppose aslong as the brakes work well it would be fine to tow!
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Yeah it's a manual. Electric brakes on the trailer work very well and it doesn't take much more than normal to pull it all up.
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After a day of 42 degrees + temprature our Swifty faced her first epic summer storm the other night. We got caught up in the massive electrical storm that hit the south east of Queensland. Fortunately we watched it roll in and 2 cells seemed to join together so we packed away most of outside gear so we didn't lose it. We didn't get time to pack away our shower tent and had a pole snap. Swifty held up very well and remained almost water tight. Unfortunately due to the direction of the rain it blew through the vent on the door and also in through the top section of the door.
Very unnerving and shook us both up as we were camping on my mums remote property by ourselves with a 30min drive to phone reception. We packed up a couple of days earlier than planned as we weren't quite enjoying the heat and the prospects of more storms. A bit soft I know but I just had a weird unnerving feeling the whole time we were there.
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I think these swifts are a fantastic option for an off road camper trailer. Pretty light weight and light is good.
Are the beds a double one end and queen the other like other jaycos or both double.
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I think these swifts are a fantastic option for an off road camper trailer. Pretty light weight and light is good.
Are the beds a double one end and queen the other like other jaycos or both double.
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Front bed is a double and rear is an single. After 4 trips we have finally perfected the comfort levels in our bed. We optioned in the inner spring mattress and found it too firm and we would both end up with a sore back each morning. We were going to get an egg shell mattress topper but they seemed quite thin so we were reluctant to give them a go. We had an old basic foam mattress lying around at home so we chucked it on top of the innerspring this trip and it did the job perfectly. Comfy as and cheap as chips.