My mate just bought a camper trailer. We went camping recently and I got a chance to suss it out. The short sumation is its a bit of a pain in the arse. His is a few years old and possibly not up with the latest designs. There are that many poles, spacing poles and rigging lines required its more hassle than what its worth. In comparison I bought a Oztrail tourer 9 which is so simple and super roomy... lay it out , a peg in each corner of the floor and lift with one centre pole. To provide another shade/dinning/cooking etc...area I have a big heavy duty tarp I got from Bunnings which I erect with two front tent poles and a long spacer, with the back pegged down.

The trailer in the pick looks really good but I would spend some time assesing the ease of set up and pack down of the tent. Its probably ok I imagine but a one man set up that takes 10 mins is alot easier than a 2/3 man job that takes 25mins

Thanks guys. This one comes with an ARB tent from 2013, used about three times and parked in a shed with the trailer. The tent is new around 1300-1600 $ I'd say.
The lot for $1400 including rego until Feb '16 sounds fair, doesn't it? This one comes without an awning.

elhucko said..
Thanks guys. This one comes with an ARB tent from 2013, used about three times and parked in a shed with the trailer. The tent is new around 1300-1600 $ I'd say.
The lot for $1400 including rego until Feb '16 sounds fair, doesn't it? This one comes without an awning.

Looks pretty good, and plenty of blank canvas to do what you want to it as well

Thanks guys, just picked up the trailer and roof top tent. Plenty of space to store my stuff in. Trailer looks very good, new tyres, lockable, and the tent is pretty much unused. happy.

snalberski said..

dusta said..

snalberski said..
My mate just bought a camper trailer. We went camping recently and I got a chance to suss it out. The short sumation is its a bit of a pain in the arse. His is a few years old and possibly not up with the latest designs. There are that many poles, spacing poles and rigging lines required its more hassle than what its worth. In comparison I bought a Oztrail tourer 9 which is so simple and super roomy... lay it out , a peg in each corner of the floor and lift with one centre pole. To provide another shade/dinning/cooking etc...area I have a big heavy duty tarp I got from Bunnings which I erect with two front tent poles and a long spacer, with the back pegged down.

The trailer in the pick looks really good but I would spend some time assesing the ease of set up and pack down of the tent. Its probably ok I imagine but a one man set up that takes 10 mins is alot easier than a 2/3 man job that takes 25mins

i have an oztrail tourer 9 and they ****ing rock . Do you have the side mount poles ? So easy to setup with the centre pole and then add the side mount kit and remove the centre pole .

I might look into the side poles... they were an option when I bought it but its so easy with the center pole I never chased it up. I have the the oztrail tourer 9 PLUS with the extending back section. There is so much room inside that the pole being in the centre is not an issue at all... but I still might look int the side poles.

fyi with the side poles its really a 2 man job to erect. You can do it incrementally by yourself but its a bit of a hassle

Freddofrog said..

snalberski said..

dusta said..

snalberski said..
My mate just bought a camper trailer. We went camping recently and I got a chance to suss it out. The short sumation is its a bit of a pain in the arse. His is a few years old and possibly not up with the latest designs. There are that many poles, spacing poles and rigging lines required its more hassle than what its worth. In comparison I bought a Oztrail tourer 9 which is so simple and super roomy... lay it out , a peg in each corner of the floor and lift with one centre pole. To provide another shade/dinning/cooking etc...area I have a big heavy duty tarp I got from Bunnings which I erect with two front tent poles and a long spacer, with the back pegged down.

The trailer in the pick looks really good but I would spend some time assesing the ease of set up and pack down of the tent. Its probably ok I imagine but a one man set up that takes 10 mins is alot easier than a 2/3 man job that takes 25mins

i have an oztrail tourer 9 and they ****ing rock . Do you have the side mount poles ? So easy to setup with the centre pole and then add the side mount kit and remove the centre pole .

I might look into the side poles... they were an option when I bought it but its so easy with the center pole I never chased it up. I have the the oztrail tourer 9 PLUS with the extending back section. There is so much room inside that the pole being in the centre is not an issue at all... but I still might look int the side poles.

fyi with the side poles its really a 2 man job to erect. You can do it incrementally by yourself but its a bit of a hassle

not really . just attach one side pole and extend it till it takes some of the weight. attach the other one and do the same and then extend both till tight and remove the centre pole . Adds another couple of minutes onto the setup time .

Agree with Lambie, I myself have a rooftop tent on the trailer, and then a small compact tent for hiking.
The Oz trail tents are kind of an annoying middle ground IMO, too heavy to hike with but then its not actually comfortable, yet its not quite camping?? Idk

flyingcab said..
Agree with Lambie, I myself have a rooftop tent on the trailer, and then a small compact tent for hiking.
The Oz trail tents are kind of an annoying middle ground IMO, too heavy to hike with but then its not actually comfortable, yet its not quite camping?? Idk

lol why would you hike with a canvas tent ?

A good self inflating matress makes the oztrail a very comfortable weekender tent . Handles downpours with ease. Easy to setup