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looking for a new caravan


Hey looking to buy a new 25ft van over the next year and thinking about Sunland or Jayco which I own a Jayco Now.

The problem with Jayco they won't change the color scheme on their Silverlines or add any extras as required and don't have many options either in the range of colors.
This is my van now Silverline 24.75 in length and I love it, but want to upgrade but want extras added and they won't help in this area either.

What make of caravans out there will build to requirements and or changes wanted, what vans are out there semi-off-road?



-- Edited by Bushie1961 on Sunday 7th of April 2024 02:41:05 PM

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I think 25 feet is going to be a bit too big for your Jeep Grand Cherokee. While the Jeep has good torque and should do a good job with a smaller van, it's small payload and rear axle capacity are likely to be the limiting factors with a van that size, and all the goodies you will want to carry in the back of the Jeep.


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yeh sorry, I have a RAM now I tow with as I travel for work, but next year I am looking to set up with a new Isuzu 4x4 FSS Series.

I did tow the van when I first got the van and caravan but upgraded in 2019 to the Ram I also pulled it with a mighty BT50 for those years in-between.

 

Yes definitely over weight in the Jeep and BT.



-- Edited by Bushie1961 on Monday 8th of April 2024 06:55:01 AM



-- Edited by Bushie1961 on Monday 8th of April 2024 06:55:59 AM

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Most of the large manufacturers are not interested in custom builds. They work on a production line basis and try to standardise everything as much as possible. We found that when we were looking for an accessible van as my wife is confined to a wheelchair and we wanted something that would suit. The big boys weren't the least bit interested in talking to us so we flew to Melbourne to have a look around, that being the caravan manufacturing capital in Australia. We found about half a dozen small manufacturers who specialised in custom builds and finally settle on Evolution Caravans. Their factory is in Epping and the Sales office is on the Mornington Peninsular. In general we have been very happy with the Evolution. It has travelled all over the continent crossing it back and forth 6 times now over a 8.5 year period. Done about 90,000ks in it. I have just started needing to do some minor repairs to it now but it has been a sturdy van and would see them again for another.

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You could perhaps look at Evernew.

Have had a good reputation, and while ownership changed, been around for a while, and were open to some changes when I considered them a number of years ago.

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Paramount made a few changes for us but that was in 2014. Build quality is not perfect, but warranty issues were fixed fairly promptly.

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