Partner and I are upgrading from tent life to camper trailer (in theory) and preparing for the eventual year off 9-5 life to travel and chill.
We love national park camping, free and self sufficient camping, but I no longer love tent camping. (ages 45-55 bracket).
We are now at the stage of changing one of the soft off roaders to a 4x4 as the tow vehicle (hilux is winning here).
The camp trailer has us stumped.
Preference is an off roader, so that we can get into places others without 4x4 vehicles can't (but there's no desire to drag it to the top of Oz via a series of winchings and bog holes).
Think Ultimates are great, but don't want to have to make the bed every time we move.
The bed has to go north south not east west (have I got that right) as I have no intention to climb over partner in middle of night but we want the double bed not singles for thermal gains on cold nights.
I can't do beds with ladders due to Peripheral Neuropathy in feet. (that rules so many out its not funny).
Really liked the look of an MDC XT-10, (as close as I'd crossover to a caravan) until I realised that the fridge would be out in the rain and not in the large awning when it was up, also partner didn't like the lack of storage space for chainsaw etc. On a good note it was so nice and cool inside in the middle of the day when a lot of others we'd look at were hot.
I'm after a really quick set up, that doesn't involve guy ropes, and thrown hammers and reducing the canvas area for both security and also for wet pack ups.
Have done the caravan and camping show visits but still can't find what we need, (that isn't 70K.. did like the KK).
I've googled and googled and read and read, have a collection of magazines, but still can't find what we need.
Does anyone have suggestions (that don't include stay home and camp in my tent on my riverbank?).
thanks in advance
Fi
