Slide on camper

Stretch · Newbie

Slide on camper

blaze · Guru

BIL has one.
He has been up as far as cooktown from tassie and loves it. We camp every chrismas together for about 10 days and he just drops it off and lowers it down so he can use the vehicle. My only problem is the climbing over each other to get in and out of bed. Nice and compact. He travels at about 90km and has no problems.
cheers
blaze

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Hi Stretch, and welcome.
We had a slide-on for many years and loved it.
What vehicle did you have in mind?
Be very careful not to exceed the safe load of the vehicle, and don't go too large with the slide-on. It is easy to do.

Cheers,
Peter

straycat · Veteran Member

HI Strech..
Slide on campers,,,,,, I've had 2 & love them, You can even get them with remote controll leggs,,,(got be the go) In stead of walking round &round the van ..(just push the button's) Don't care what they cost,, In the long run,, SAY 2-3 times,,takeing the van off & then on again,, You will thank your self,, As for crueling over your mate in bed,,H-ey ,,You might get lucky,,

GOOD LUCK,.,.,

milo · Senior Member

G'day straycat

I've been looking into slide on campers for a while,
for my own adventures when dads finished with his motor home...

any way I've seen North star's ones with toilet/shower and ones with out, hardwalled which I quite like, but i also like the pop top ones too, any one have a poptop slide on?

I'll probably go for a mazda freestyle extra cab, (bt50) 4x4 as i would like to get off the beatn track so to speek, which you cant do in a motor home...
but there are plenty of type of other utes with trays,
for those that have these slide ons , could some one do a video of how to take them on/off the ute?? how easy/hard is it to back in?
would be interesting to see

any way there are a few others too
http://freedomoffroad.com.au/
http://freedomoffroad.com.au/poptop.php
these have the poptop versions too.. how are poptops in wild weather ie like the last few days?

tassie lot...

http://www.austinscaravans.com.au/austinstar.htm

http://millardcaravanscoffscoast.com.au/id69.html

http://ozcape.com.au/

so far ive had talks with freedom off road and ozcape, very good, both even sent me brocures.. and talked via email...

ive taken some pics (dream pics i call them)
so ill post a few up here if ok... for straycat , oh im a bloke and hate reversing trailers n stuff., Im lucky the motor hom has rearview camera!

Northstar hardwalled

kitchen

lounge area

bedroom

shower/toilet

hope this is ok...
milo

-- Edited by milo on Monday 8th of March 2010 11:11:41 PM

dave06 · Guru

I've built a couple and been involved with a few more, they are great, only drawback is the height, particularly getting in and out (stepladder required) also when driving, unless you have a pop top one they are "top heavy" and cause the vehicle to sway

milo · Senior Member

thanks dave, thats why im kinda leanig to the poptop for me.. how strong are pop tops in windy wether?
also , with the leggs, can you lower the whole thing down once you get it off the ute?

-- Edited by milo on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 12:47:25 PM

dave06 · Guru

yes most can come down to within a foot or so, the pop top is fine in most weathers but in extreme weather then it's "batten down the hatches" which includes the pop top! common sense rules here, if it sounds like it's under stress then best to put it down!

lyndevon · Newbie

We have one of the Active Camper slide ons. On a Landcruiser single cab. It is a pop top. We have not had it in very bad weather. When it is really bad we plan to sleep with the pop top down. Just to be sure. Obviously this would mean sleeping on the bed made from the seating in the middle of the camper and not on the main bed above the cab.
We are loving it. We opted for the seating inside and an outside shower. Contact us if you would like we are happy to talk about it.

stunshaz · Member

Looks like you will be in the same position i have just stepped into Stretch as we have just brought one ourselves http://aroundozwithstunshaz.yolasite.com/ there is a little bit of info on the site but it has only just been put up, good luck with it all and some interestin comments by the other forum users.

Regards Stu n Shaz

-- Edited by stunshaz on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 06:15:01 PM

lyndevon · Newbie

We are very happy with our slide on. It avoids having to tow. The "Active Camper" we bought does not hang over the side at all and is not too high so we are safer with 4 WDing and more fuel efficient (which is good because our weight is creeping up with all our 'essentials').
We chose it because I wanted to be warm at night and have options when it was wet. Hubby was not going to tow. Does this help?

-- Edited by lyndevon on Thursday 23rd of September 2010 01:09:12 PM