Best designation for camper trailer
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 04, 2004 at 14:25
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Folks, there are all sorts of camper trailer setups ready designed with single axles and independent or beam axle design but last year between Christmas and New Year our son unfortunatley learned to use
our camp box on the ute.
He now is wanting to build a trailer with sufficient capacity to carry the box so he can take the family.
Heaven forbid, the grandies will want their own versions soon enough.
What is the best designation to carry a tonne or so. It will be as he will want a
water tank and jerries for a petrol 80 series. Is it one or two leaf sprung axles? I say leaf as the coils are all easy to lose when a shocker goes phut! They are easy to maintain too. He has one thing in his favour, that the 80 series still has the 6 stud wheel hub that will fit the Nissan spare.
He is looking to make a flat top trailer that will carry
our camp box without breaking all the gear, but will also take tool boxes, jacks, shovels, recovery gear and water and fuel we normally carry, plus the wife and kids in the 80. The interesting thing he noticed was a 4.2 turbo diesel GU for sale locally ;-)
I guess I can't be too precious about it, I will never be in a position to use it every week of the year but some of our independence to travel may be under threat.