Deciding What Caravan/RV
Deciding on a Caravan
What motorhome, caravan, fith-wheeler or cruiser bus should we get? we started looking in to what type of vehicle was best for what we wanted and what we could tow with our Ute.
Our 2010 Holden Colorado Ute can tow 3 Tonne. This decreased our choice some what. (Info to come on our Ute details and modifications)
As we were going to be full time caravaning, we started talking about what we wanted from our new home. if we wanted a shower and toilet, how much space we wanted, did we want it to go off road? so we didn't miss some of the best parts of Australia.
What caravan we decided on
After researching online, going to caravan shows and caravan yards for a couple of years we decided on a 21ft Jayco Starcraft caravan 2016 with bedroom slide out, club lounge and on-suite.
We would have liked to get a fifth-wheeler but the price was to high for us. Our budget was going to be $60,000 and fifth wheelers were over $100,000. Second had would have been cheaper but we found them old fashioned and smelly.
Tho Larry would have loved the project of doing up a Cruiser bus but we didn't have a place to park it to work on it.
We liked the idea of a motorhome but as we are planing on working from time to time, we need a separate vehicle. Also we didn't think this would be good if we wanted to get of the beaten track.
We did briefly look at camper vans but crossed that off the list as we thought it had more moving parts to break when setting it up every single day.
The 21ft Starcraft was at the right weight for our Ute and had everything we had decided we would like. It is not an off road van BUT we have a tent and equipment in the Ute to take us were the van can
