To the Australian members

[Schneider Mike]

Hi All !

A friend of mine comes retired in spring 2012 and he plans a travel with his women in Australia for a year. They want to enter the land in Sydney or Melborne. They want to buy a car, something like a Subaru Forrester or outback and then, they want to pull a caravan/mobile home.
Well, sounds totally easy........ but i think there are several laws to check.

How is the pull weigth ratio in AUS ? Could i pull a caravan with 3040 KGs
with a Subaru Forrester or Outback ? Legal ?
Have you any idea where i can buy a car/caravan combo? Insurance and what i need further ?
Where i can read the streetlaws and rules for downunder ?

Ladies & Gentlemen

For some answers and replies i thank you.

Cheers

Mike S

 

[Clayton]

Hi Mike
From my experience, most ball and tongue type tow bars are only rated at around 1600 kg. I have an XR6 Falcon ute with H/D hayman reese set up and I can only get 2100 kg. For 3000 odd you may need to look at large 4x4 or F series ??

Clayton

 

[Danny]

Might be helpful:

Campervan Rental Australia, Camper Van Car Hire, Cheap Motorhome Rental, Backpacker Campervans & Car Sales in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Cairns, Darwin, Australia

Kings Cross Car Market Online

http://www.wickedcampers.com.au/

(PS How many women has he got?)

 

[Gus Richmond]

Hi Mike,
I also would like to suggest going for a 4x4 such as a toyota landcruiser. Make sure its a diesel to. There are vast distances to cover and a good reliable car is very important, To give you an idea of the size Western Australia, the East Pilbara shire (I think you guys would call it a county) is over half the size of Texas.
Happy travels.
Kind regards, Gus.

 

[BenL]

How is the pull weigth ratio in AUS ? Could i pull a caravan with 3040 KGs with a Subaru Forrester or Outback ? Legal ?

Ignoring the question about legality, their rated is less than 3,000 lbs (not kgs). They won't be able to tow something that large safely.

If you have a caravan that large, you're going to need a larger vehicle to tow it.

 

[Lindsey]

Might be helpful:

http://www.travellers-autobarn.com.au/

http://www.wickedcampers.com.au/

Try as hard as you can to avoid this company... they are excessively dear and the vehicles are in a poor state.

 

[Schneider Mike]

Thanks for the hints and tips
Some more will be better

 

[Dalton Veitch]

Mike, do they really want to do their own thing? There's a lot of local knowledge you need to know for serious outback or country travelling here, no offence. It may be good value to join in with a 4WD package tour, or even a tag-along tour where you drive your öwn"4WD with a bunch of others, with group meal preparation, etc.
Or if they want to drive around in a car, they can find a lot of scenery as well as accomodation along the bitumen roads, eliminating the need to drag their caravan behind them. Just some thoughts for consideration.

 

[Schneider Mike]

Hi all

Thanks to you for the answers.

After several hours in internetresearch, we are not able to find a serious
carseller.

In ebay there are very much ,very good priced 4 wd vehicles with under 100000 kms, but i think thats not serious.

Is anybody here in the forum which could told me some seller ?

Or is here someone that will sell his japanese Diesel 4 WD?

Thanks a lot in advance



Greetings from Switzerland........ very cold



Mike S

 

[Troy]

Used Cars - New Cars - Search New & Used Cars For Sale - carsales.com.au

Biggest in Australia.

 

[Tim]

I have holidayed a couple of times in Tasmania, Comming from NZ where there are plenty of caravans and I towed one for many years. I would not even concider getting a van in Aus unless there was an extrordinary reason. I have found plenty of B&Bs or cabins to stay in. Plus traveling without a van makes it easier to go and visit all the out of the way places you see while you are driving. One way a friend of mine travels is with a holiday home and towing a small compact car on an "A" frame. Not sure whether you can do that in Aus though.