Slide on campers, How stable is your vehicle with these on the back?
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 03, 2011 at 20:01
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Axle
I followed a ute with what looked like a high rise camper on, through a round about
today, and was surprised at the way this thing got a huge lean happening at a relatively slow speed!, Quiet a concern actually, its made me wonder about the safetey aspect of these units?, I know you would get used to them but on unknown roads ,Jeeeez!!, you would have to watch your self on corners, or might end up camping in someones paddock upside down,...lol.
Cheers Axle
Reply By: Farmboywa - Thursday, Mar 03, 2011 at 23:22
Thursday, Mar 03, 2011 at 23:22
G'day Axle, the first slide ons, to my knowlege were made to fit into the first Falcon utes with the tail
gate down. They were actually lifted on either side with independently operated hand
winches on a vertcal tripod mounted steel pole and the ute was then reversed under the camper. The original Falcons were built to carry the 700kgs. I still own one which I bought for $1000.00 around 1978 and have carried it on a Holden one tonner with air shocks and a Datsun 1tonne with air shocks. The Datsun certainly wallowed on the corners. I now have it mounted in a braked tandem trailer.
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Reply By: Member - Geoff M (VIC) - Friday, Mar 04, 2011 at 07:44
Friday, Mar 04, 2011 at 07:44
Hi Axle,
We have a slide-on camper and one of the main considerations was the weight and height. Many of the slide-on's on the market (including one of the most popular one) are unable legally to be carried (above GVM) by the majority of utilities on the market, once you fill the
water tank and load up some supplies.
Also there have been plenty of threads on the problems with chassis break's on ute's (all makes equally affected) and the compounding effect airbags can have on this.
We have upgraded our
suspension and try hard to keep the weight down - unlike several other setups we have seen during our travels.
If you are considering or have a slide-on consider your weight, GVM,
suspension setup and selection of slide-on. There are many good options out there for slid-ons, and there are many benefits such as towing a boat and access to 4WD locations.
Cheers, Geoff
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