Roof tent on the landy or trailer?

  • Landy's roof

    Votes: 25 62.5%
  • Trailer

    Votes: 15 37.5%

  • Total voters
    40
What about the military landy ambulances. That would make a good vehicle. Although it would hit your wallet hard! The off road camper costs about 20 grand from aus.
 
My Range Rover as you can imagine is very thirsty, put a 22' caravan on the back and it's worse again. I'd like to try one of these tent's that fit over the rear of a 4x4, then I'd only need to tow a small trailer, with equipment.

Andy. :)
 
There is a 110 defender ambulance on Ebay at the moment, boxy back,high roof than normal, be perfect to convert into camper I think it was a couple of grand
 
sod trying to drag a trailer round :rolleyes:whats wrong with just carrying ya tent in the back of your landy and pitching it where ya need to:D simples
 
"concept" model sketch high lift for outback, with lots of room for fridges and beer ??

BBQ out the back.
 

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If you've got cash to spend I'd go for a Mercedes Unimog; amazing vehicle, friend of mine has one :)
 
Have a look on youtube at vw T25 (T3 in europe) syncro, awsome off road vehicles and extremly capable, more so than many normal 4x4's and they are a full blown camper to boot!!
 
Also It depends where you are going, tents are ok but I have seen a few people that were robbed in Africa and one night I had a very large beastie sit on my tent whilst I was in it, don't know what it was as it was making a growling/snarling noise and I dearn't stick me head out to have a gander.
Also met a couple in a VW camper and one night thieves took the windscreen out and robbed them without waking them up !!!
 
Hi all

Well here is my camper trailer. it is basically an off road box trailer with a tent on it. The normal style soft floor camper trailer. It runs on leaf springs. Working on the basis keep it simple.

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It has been all round Australia as I bought it to do a 25,000 mile trip

It was originally a different could and true to Aussie form came with Toyota / Nissan rims

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At the car park at the top of the cape in Australia

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Does not do too bad at wading

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It folds out to this

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The bed inside

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Here is a pic of the leaf springs

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This is not mine, but mine is the same style , but shows the storage in the trailer.

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Hi all, I am new to the site but if I may offer my little bit, reads90 got it right, keep it simple and make it strong.

The more you build in the heavier it will get. You need a strong chass single axle, and strong axle set up with shocks. Stub axles have a tendancy to part from the trailer. Beefed up caravans will not hack it, they disintergrate on the move. The more you keep it simple and max storage the more versitle it will be. Best base is an ex army trailer 3/4 or 1 ton. build your own it will be half the price.
 
Hi all

Well here is my camper trailer. it is basically an off road box trailer with a tent on it. The normal style soft floor camper trailer. It runs on leaf springs. Working on the basis keep it simple.

It has been all round Australia as I bought it to do a 25,000 mile trip

epic camper... thats exactly the right idea! tough and simple and still leaves you with the truck to use normally!

The people will build you a vehicle AZALAI - homepage

theyre nice and well kitted... but theyre also pricey and its a limited use vehicle

dunno about "off-road campers"
but freelander drivers are "camp off-roaders" :lol:

:lol: *SNIGGER*
 

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