Hard Floor Choice

[404pug]

I have decided on a second hand hard floor and narrowed the field to 3: Cub, Campomatic, and Aussie Swag. It will be second hand { $ 10,000 ish] and will be used offroad and will traverse many of the crappy interior roads [ Tanami, Anne Beadell etc. Any particular plusses  or minuses for any of these 3? I want a tough offroad camper which is easy to set up and take down for overnight stops and will be for 2 people only. Suggestions? Thanks. 

[gronk]

Out of those 3, keeping in mind you want a fair dinkum offroader, would be the Campomatic.......at around $10000 it would be the earlier non chinese models..

Aussie Swag is good, but you won't find a decent one for that money....nor a KK, which would be my personal no1 choice.....but not at that price !!

[Jakster1]

Agree with above comment.
And watch out for the cubs because for that money you will find the onroad version and possibly from someone that has put offroad tyres on it - Not a true offroader.
I looked at an Aussie swag that was a 1998 for close to what you are looking to spend and it needed another few grand to get it upto scratch because it was flogged. I steered clear.
Good luck with the hunt mate.

[muzza01]

I wish you all the best with your CT hunting.  unfortunately, with a budget of $10K, you can pretty well scratch the KK, CY, Cub, Aussie Swags all off your list. We looked for over 12 months and our budget was $18K.  $10K will get you a great 2nd hand Aussie soft floor or a 2nd hand Chinese hard floor one.

We ended up buying a brand new Chinese hardfloor direct from an importer for $10K. This model is sold by other major companies for $15K. We used the money we saved to modify the CT to our needs by replacing things like the hitch, hubs, bearings, wheels, batteries and tyres and generally improving everything. I reckon it owes us less than $14k.

Good luck with you choices.

[marvellous_matt]

We got a 2001 Cub Kamperoo offroad for just under $5000, its quite basic but suits our needs. It needed a bit of a clean up and I upgraded a few things. Best of luck, if you have time on your side you might find a bargain for the money you have.

[404pug]

Thanks, Gents. Has anyone had any unusually bad experiences with any of these 3 while towing on the dirt? ie has anything broken/ fallen off. I do have a favorite among them but it will come down to what becomes available around my price range.

[Terry W4]

My 2007 Cub Supamatic Regal Offroad was purchased 2nd hand in Sept 2013 for $17,000. Bit dearer than some of the others but the woners had bought it new and had 17" wheels on it - it had pretty new Mickey Thomson A/T tyres and he had dust proofed it. 

Very happy with it.  Have added a battery system and internal and external LED lights - - bought from McGirr (thanks Mark) and just recently had the wheel bearings and brakes and the brake cabling replaced. Suspension was also greased.

Have been happy with it so far for the 3 shorter trips done. But looking forward to a month on a Flinders Ranges trip in October.