Dennis motor home

[tractorman]

can someone persuade my missus that this would be a great idea and much better that the £25k 5 y/o types we are looking at.

When you think of it, £25K is a lot of weeks in "holiday lets" - and that's not counting insurance, service/MOT etc. My mate Phil had a couple of campers and ended up with a large caravan ("it's cheaper than a camper van") and used it twice in about eight years! His last two holidays (in about five years) were cheap package affairs - which worked out about the same money as he made from letting his "holiday let" for the same length of time! I think the thing that got him was that he liked to take a Jet-Ski with him - and thus needed two tow vehicles with the caravan or somewhere secure to leave the Jet-Ski when he had the camper and wanted to go to town for a meal.

[History]

Simple way and probably the cheapest way is to buy a caravan and a chassis cab unit and put the caravan on the back of the chassis cab unit.

[Fatbloke]

Simple way and probably the cheapest way is to buy a caravan and a chassis cab unit and put the caravan on the back of the chassis cab unit.

I've said that! A new caravan costs £15k for a mid range one. A commercial van cost £15-20K? so max 45-50k for a campervan. so why do they cost 75-100k new??

[History]

I was thinking of a Ford Cargo for £2000 and a used caravan for £2000.

I have never done this.

One way to get the caravan on the back is to remove the rear axle. Drop the chassis to the deck winch the caravan up hill on to the chassis rails. Jack the whole lot up and refit axle and springs. Says me confidently. I bet it takes ages and a lot of struggling.

Bob

[kstrutt1]

personally I would prefer to buy a panel van (The new Transit jumbo would be perfect ) a crashed caravan and fit the van with the caravan fittings and windows.

kevin

[zipgun]

Pisseasy