Toyota Commuter 12 passenger van and luggage trailer
Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 at 10:41
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Hi Folks havent posted here for a long long while. I will be taking 10 people around
Darwin and
Kakadu in May of 2019. I am trying to gather information on folks experience with a toyota commuter 12 passenger van while hauling a luggage trailer in that area.
1. Would you consider hauling a luggage trailer behind if you had to do it again?
or
2. Would you simply rent another vehicle and have another driver truck all the luggage around in an SUV type vehicle.?
Would appreciate your comments very much!
Don K
Reply By: Les - PK Ranger - Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 at 14:06
Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 at 14:06
I used a 12
seat Toyota Commuter years ao, running local tours around
Adelaide and near country, even did a couple of runs to Vic and Tas on bushwalking tours.
It'd go to some pretty remote areas fine, and though I didn't tow anything, it had plenty of get up and go.
Provided the trailer is up to the road conditions, I'd say it's the better option, much more economical to take it all that way, rather than a second vehicle and driver.
The trailer would need to be a decent build, not many are made for off road, so taking it easy where necessary, and perhaps dropping tyre pressures (on both vehicle and trailer) a bit will help on corrugations and gravel roads etc.
This acts a little like extra shock absorption, and protects tyres from sharp rocks etc.
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Reply By: Member - Michael O (NSW) - Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 at 21:05
Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 at 21:05
Have hired a 12-seater and trailer every year since 2007 to take a group of blokes away on a golf/V8 race weekend.
Those buses are great but don't handle gravel roads very
well - I'd hate to be sitting over the rear axle on
Kakadu corrugations...
Might be worth getting hold of a large esky to keep in the bus so you have coldies at the ready.
Only need one driver and can do it on a normal class licence.
Look at the insurance excesses very carefully too - can cost a fortune.
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