hi everyone we are looking at a 22ft manhattan van has anyone had dealings with crusader vans and also for towing a nissan navara stx diesel 3t tow cap will it tow a van this size or will i need a susp upgrade any help or comments are allways appreciated cheers
brickies said
08:53 AM Nov 9, 2009
Nice combo dealer should be able to confirm wether the narvara , but was parked beside the same combo 2 mts. ago the couple were rapped in both van and tow unit , i would make sure you get a hayman reese weight distribution hitch would not be with out one
dave06 said
10:10 AM Nov 9, 2009
I agree with all above, the weight specified on the drawbar must be noted as well, hayman reese bring out quite a few different models, makes ure it is suitable
justcruisin01 said
08:06 PM Nov 9, 2009
Many Narvaras towing large vans/boats ,when driven over speed humps bend the chassis upwards between the cab & the tub.
NRMA was righting them off last year.
I have since been told that navaras are built in two different countries, one bends ,the other does not .
Unfortuneitly i dont know which is which .
You meed to do some home work.
dave06 said
08:25 PM Nov 9, 2009
hmm! puts a differnet slant on things!
rogngab said
08:25 PM Nov 9, 2009
how would you find that out or would you take a gamble all be it a large gamble nissan say no prob towing that weight what about bigger shockies
brickies said
08:37 PM Nov 9, 2009
Maybe we should all drive carefully over speed bumps ,slowly slowly thats what they want us to do.IF NRMA has found problems i am sure they would be only to please to help you give them a call
dave06 said
08:37 PM Nov 9, 2009
are you in the Racq or it's interstate cousin, ask the technical side what they know of it, give them a ring!
jandas fun said
08:47 PM Nov 9, 2009
Think that the navara has been made in Thailand since 08?
Try some of the navara forums on google, might give you more info.
Johnw
rogngab said
08:49 PM Nov 9, 2009
will do all of those thanks my wife has a question here she is her names gabriele Hi I want to know about vehicle registration NSW needs the car over the pits evry year what if your in WA at the time ? I suppose my question is what do you do about registration and since QLd has the dearest I want to go else were as every penny counts. Sooo to be semi retired ! Wont trouble with more questions as i have lots thanks for your time we hope to meet you in our travels and the first drink is on me Cheers Gab xxx
justcruisin01 said
09:01 PM Nov 9, 2009
rogngab wrote:
how would you find that out or would you take a gamble all be it a large gamble nissan say no prob towing that weight what about bigger shockies
Nissan will never admitt some thing like that.
On the return from our trip last year i dropped into ny old work place ,
The boys there had seen 2/3 with this problem some were going to su nissan.
I take it they had towed these vehicles in .
3 weeks later i heard of the same prob,from friends down south ,they got it direct
from a NRMA assessor .
This is all the info i can give you.
brickies said
09:10 PM Nov 9, 2009
My understanding is you must register you vehicle in the state were your permanently reside
justcruisin01 said
09:44 PM Nov 9, 2009
rogngab wrote:
will do all of those thanks my wife has a question here she is her names gabriele Hi I want to know about vehicle registration NSW needs the car over the pits evry year what if your in WA at the time ? I suppose my question is what do you do about registration and since QLd has the dearest I want to go else were as every penny counts. Sooo to be semi retired ! Wont trouble with more questions as i have lots thanks for your time we hope to meet you in our travels and the first drink is on me Cheers Gab xxx
Not sure on current regulations ,but it was always very hard to get a road worthy in a state that does not do them. They just dont have the apropriate paper work.
If you will be on a pension & in NSW you get a free rego each year.Now thats got to be cheep.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Tuesday 10th of November 2009 05:23:19 AM
Ell&Mick said
12:39 PM Nov 12, 2009
Hi, we have a Crusader van and have been very dissapointed. We bought the Van (pop top) brand new in June 2008 and have only been able to use it 4 or 5 times due to a lot of problems and hassles getting it fixed. We finally have it all repaired and ready to use as of 1 month ago, but to be honest I am really worried about something else going wrong with it (what could I don't know as so much has been repaired or replaced allready) but now it is out of warranty I cringe.
Don't get me wrong, I know there are a lot of Crusader users out there that have not had a spot of bother so maybe we just lucked out and got the "lemon".
Cheers
Ell
Justice said
08:49 AM Jan 9, 2013
Hi all - we are newbies on this site. We have an 07 Navara auto STX turbo diesel, towing a Crusaider 22 ft family van (close to the 3 ton max) The Navara tow's it well at around 85 to 90 KPH. The Crusaider van has been used twice in 2 years (purchased it new) in a nutshell I am very disapointed in the quality control of the van as we spent 1 week mainly free camping in it last week. Firstly it was a HORROR to tow with both water tanks full, the 2 tanks are both mounted rearward of the tandem axle instead (like other manufacturers) one foreward and one rearward of the axles, I have just spent all day relocating the rearmost tank foreward. My son observed the wall between the bunks and kitchen moving, the idiots screwed the bottom of the cupboard into light ply causing the wall to break away. Our silly fault but at the first powered site we encountered we used the solitary electric hotplate on the stove only to find it did not work (first time used, out of warranty). When I moved the water tank I noticed with horror that the shower outlet drain plug underfloor crossed a chassis member, this had been cut out with an angle grinder (how rough is that?) without plating the missing piece of chassis. A power cable runs through a welded chain link on the chassis meant for the hand brake cable a potential fire hazard, if rubbed through. The toilet door is out of square and warped consequently very difficult to close, other furniture fittings leave a lot to be desired. The plastic external fridge vents "blew off" when a semi overtook me, I replaced these at $75.00 each but put 2 stainless steel screws in the ends to ascertain this wont happen again in the future. I also replaced the mag wheel centres as they were heavily rusted (remember its only 2 years old) aftermarket replacements= $60.00, perished plastic handels all around and 4 seasons hatch door comming adrift, the water pump, although good is placed in the only usable cupoard space in the kithchen area instead of less useable space and the list goes on. I was a very happy 18ft Pop Top, Jaco Westport owner prior to this, unfortunately our son outgrew the 3/4 size bed so we opted to the much larger Crusaider van. We are Very disapointed, but working on the van fixing the problems one by one - very poor for a van that I pad in excess of $75,000 in persuit of the quiet life......
Hi all - we are newbies on this site. We have an 07 Navara auto STX turbo diesel, towing a Crusaider 22 ft family van (close to the 3 ton max) The Navara tow's it well at around 85 to 90 KPH. The Crusaider van has been used twice in 2 years (purchased it new) in a nutshell I am very disapointed in the quality control of the van as we spent 1 week mainly free camping in it last week. Firstly it was a HORROR to tow with both water tanks full, the 2 tanks are both mounted rearward of the tandem axle instead (like other manufacturers) one foreward and one rearward of the axles, I have just spent all day relocating the rearmost tank foreward. My son observed the wall between the bunks and kitchen moving, the idiots screwed the bottom of the cupboard into light ply causing the wall to break away. Our silly fault but at the first powered site we encountered we used the solitary electric hotplate on the stove only to find it did not work (first time used, out of warranty). When I moved the water tank I noticed with horror that the shower outlet drain plug underfloor crossed a chassis member, this had been cut out with an angle grinder (how rough is that?) without plating the missing piece of chassis. A power cable runs through a welded chain link on the chassis meant for the hand brake cable a potential fire hazard, if rubbed through. The toilet door is out of square and warped consequently very difficult to close, other furniture fittings leave a lot to be desired. The plastic external fridge vents "blew off" when a semi overtook me, I replaced these at $75.00 each but put 2 stainless steel screws in the ends to ascertain this wont happen again in the future. I also replaced the mag wheel centres as they were heavily rusted (remember its only 2 years old) aftermarket replacements= $60.00, perished plastic handels all around and 4 seasons hatch door comming adrift, the water pump, although good is placed in the only usable cupoard space in the kithchen area instead of less useable space and the list goes on. I was a very happy 18ft Pop Top, Jaco Westport owner prior to this, unfortunately our son outgrew the 3/4 size bed so we opted to the much larger Crusaider van. We are Very disapointed, but working on the van fixing the problems one by one - very poor for a van that I pad in excess of $75,000 in persuit of the quiet life......
Check the weights carefully and not by just reading the compliance plate.
If it is a centre door model pay particular attention to the ball weight which can be excessive.
neilnruth said
10:50 PM Jan 9, 2013
If you buy a new car in NSW you will not need it to be inspected for rego for 5 years. Plus, as Justcrusin1 says, if your address is NSW and you are a pensioner, you get free rego. But you would still need to pay for a Greenslip before registration. Just because it's free doesn't mean it doesn't need registering as some have found out to their sorrow.
Justice said
07:03 AM Jan 10, 2013
Hi Guys, thanks for the advice. I will be taking my rig - fully loaded (including water tanks) to have the ball weight measured and re- adjust the Hayman Reece set up. Hopefully this will stop the horrid swaying above 85 KPH
Sergio said
08:09 PM Jul 30, 2017
Hi guys new to the forum shopping for our furst van, has anyone had or heard of issues with 2013 Crusader X Country off road van any info would help, thanks.
BruDi said
12:01 PM Jul 31, 2017
We are on our second Crusader. The first was a 2011 X-Country single axle. We had a leak in the boot from the generator door. It was repaired and Crusader gave us an extension of our warranty, 9 months.
This time we have an Excalibur Duke. We had a Dexter anti-sway added as well as the X-Country pack. We tow with a 200 Series. it tows like a dream. The interior suits our needs and there is more storage than we will ever use. The carrying capacity has also increased and there is now a 2 year warranty.
We do have some niggling issues which will be addressed when we return home. We've just been away in it for about 9 week, (still away in fact).
We are on our fourth van and we have never had a van that did not have an issue of some sort, luckily all were easily remedied.
NRMA was righting them off last year.
I have since been told that navaras are built in two different countries, one bends ,the other does not .
Unfortuneitly i dont know which is which .
You meed to do some home work.
Hi I want to know about vehicle registration NSW needs the car over the pits evry year what if your in WA at the time ? I suppose my question is what do you do about registration and since QLd has the dearest I want to go else were as every penny counts. Sooo to be semi retired ! Wont trouble with more questions as i have lots thanks for your time we hope to meet you in our travels and the first drink is on me
Cheers Gab xxx
Nissan will never admitt some thing like that.
On the return from our trip last year i dropped into ny old work place ,
The boys there had seen 2/3 with this problem some were going to su nissan.
I take it they had towed these vehicles in .
3 weeks later i heard of the same prob,from friends down south ,they got it direct
from a NRMA assessor .
This is all the info i can give you.
If you will be on a pension & in NSW you get a free rego each year.Now thats got to be cheep.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Tuesday 10th of November 2009 05:23:19 AM
Hi all - we are newbies on this site. We have an 07 Navara auto STX turbo diesel, towing a Crusaider 22 ft family van (close to the 3 ton max) The Navara tow's it well at around 85 to 90 KPH. The Crusaider van has been used twice in 2 years (purchased it new) in a nutshell I am very disapointed in the quality control of the van as we spent 1 week mainly free camping in it last week. Firstly it was a HORROR to tow with both water tanks full, the 2 tanks are both mounted rearward of the tandem axle instead (like other manufacturers) one foreward and one rearward of the axles, I have just spent all day relocating the rearmost tank foreward. My son observed the wall between the bunks and kitchen moving, the idiots screwed the bottom of the cupboard into light ply causing the wall to break away. Our silly fault but at the first powered site we encountered we used the solitary electric hotplate on the stove only to find it did not work (first time used, out of warranty). When I moved the water tank I noticed with horror that the shower outlet drain plug underfloor crossed a chassis member, this had been cut out with an angle grinder (how rough is that?) without plating the missing piece of chassis. A power cable runs through a welded chain link on the chassis meant for the hand brake cable a potential fire hazard, if rubbed through. The toilet door is out of square and warped consequently very difficult to close, other furniture fittings leave a lot to be desired. The plastic external fridge vents "blew off" when a semi overtook me, I replaced these at $75.00 each but put 2 stainless steel screws in the ends to ascertain this wont happen again in the future. I also replaced the mag wheel centres as they were heavily rusted (remember its only 2 years old) aftermarket replacements= $60.00, perished plastic handels all around and 4 seasons hatch door comming adrift, the water pump, although good is placed in the only usable cupoard space in the kithchen area instead of less useable space and the list goes on. I was a very happy 18ft Pop Top, Jaco Westport owner prior to this, unfortunately our son outgrew the 3/4 size bed so we opted to the much larger Crusaider van. We are Very disapointed, but working on the van fixing the problems one by one - very poor for a van that I pad in excess of $75,000 in persuit of the quiet life......
Hi all - we are newbies on this site. We have an 07 Navara auto STX turbo diesel, towing a Crusaider 22 ft family van (close to the 3 ton max) The Navara tow's it well at around 85 to 90 KPH. The Crusaider van has been used twice in 2 years (purchased it new) in a nutshell I am very disapointed in the quality control of the van as we spent 1 week mainly free camping in it last week. Firstly it was a HORROR to tow with both water tanks full, the 2 tanks are both mounted rearward of the tandem axle instead (like other manufacturers) one foreward and one rearward of the axles, I have just spent all day relocating the rearmost tank foreward. My son observed the wall between the bunks and kitchen moving, the idiots screwed the bottom of the cupboard into light ply causing the wall to break away. Our silly fault but at the first powered site we encountered we used the solitary electric hotplate on the stove only to find it did not work (first time used, out of warranty). When I moved the water tank I noticed with horror that the shower outlet drain plug underfloor crossed a chassis member, this had been cut out with an angle grinder (how rough is that?) without plating the missing piece of chassis. A power cable runs through a welded chain link on the chassis meant for the hand brake cable a potential fire hazard, if rubbed through. The toilet door is out of square and warped consequently very difficult to close, other furniture fittings leave a lot to be desired. The plastic external fridge vents "blew off" when a semi overtook me, I replaced these at $75.00 each but put 2 stainless steel screws in the ends to ascertain this wont happen again in the future. I also replaced the mag wheel centres as they were heavily rusted (remember its only 2 years old) aftermarket replacements= $60.00, perished plastic handels all around and 4 seasons hatch door comming adrift, the water pump, although good is placed in the only usable cupoard space in the kithchen area instead of less useable space and the list goes on. I was a very happy 18ft Pop Top, Jaco Westport owner prior to this, unfortunately our son outgrew the 3/4 size bed so we opted to the much larger Crusaider van. We are Very disapointed, but working on the van fixing the problems one by one - very poor for a van that I pad in excess of $75,000 in persuit of the quiet life......
If it is a centre door model pay particular attention to the ball weight which can be excessive.
Hi Guys, thanks for the advice. I will be taking my rig - fully loaded (including water tanks) to have the ball weight measured and re- adjust the Hayman Reece set up. Hopefully this will stop the horrid swaying above 85 KPH
We are on our second Crusader. The first was a 2011 X-Country single axle. We had a leak in the boot from the generator door. It was repaired and Crusader gave us an extension of our warranty, 9 months.
This time we have an Excalibur Duke. We had a Dexter anti-sway added as well as the X-Country pack. We tow with a 200 Series. it tows like a dream. The interior suits our needs and there is more storage than we will ever use. The carrying capacity has also increased and there is now a 2 year warranty.
We do have some niggling issues which will be addressed when we return home. We've just been away in it for about 9 week, (still away in fact).
We are on our fourth van and we have never had a van that did not have an issue of some sort, luckily all were easily remedied.
Di