Camper Trailers For Sale in Brisbane

Camper Trailers

Camper trailers or travel trailers are the best vehicles to explore the beautiful locations while you are on the go. Camper trailers are basically trailers which are meant to be towed behind a vehicle. It also incorporates a foldable tent that gives you the liberty to spread it across just about anywhere. These trailers are perfect mediums to enjoy the view while you are speeding your way through a holiday on the road.

Carry your World

A number of companies present in the market provide a wide range of camper trailers for sale in Brisbane. These are fully equipped for occupancy so that you do not need to carry extra lodgings. It won't be wrong to say that perhaps there is no better way to enjoy the scenic beauty of Australia but through camper trailers. If you are somebody for whom the practical comfort comes first, these trailers will surely not disappoint you. Rather they will make your trip a memorable one with its multi purpose and highly equipped functionality. These trailers let you carry your whole world with you. Even when you are away from home, you don't need to compromise on your most comfortable belongings. Camper Trailers for sale and hire services can let you enjoy your holiday to the fullest. 

In such trailers you can travel, camp, enjoy the scenic beauty, and do fishing and a host of other things. It is an ideal vehicle to travel in on a holiday.

Types of Camper Trailers

There are a number of camper trailers for sale available in the market. From the very basic trailers which are nothing more than a just tent on wheels to more complex ones which have more than one room and are also very well furnished from inside. Other types of trailers include that of double decker which appears to be like any simple trailer but when it is set up, it turns into a two level trailer with a good height. With their unique ability to go off the road, these trailers in Brisbane are considered to be the best vehicles to move around in. All you need to do is to go online and type Camper trailers for sale Brisbane and browse through the results to zero in on the company you think would do justice to your demands.

An ideal medium range trailer runs high on features which include a number of amenities including: 

• Electric or gas powered refrigeration system 

• Warm air heating 

• Beddings which serve as daytime sofas 

• Descent toilets with flush systems and showers 

• DVD/CD/Radio/MP3 Player 

• Television 

• Satellite dish 

• Cookware like grill, stove and oven 

• Powered wheel mover system 

• Geysers 

• Lightings

Some of the top end companies offering Trailers for sale in Australia are:

• Kamparoo

The company excels in offering a range of highly customised trailers for sale in Brisbane, keeping in mind the exact requirements of the customers.

• Travelander

Travelander offers an excellent range of on-road as well as off-road trailers for sale in Brisbane and other places that take care of your comfort and luxuries while you are on the go. The company owns its offices in Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney.

• Johnnos Camper Trailers

The company's web of trailer agents is spread across Australia. It offers a range of Trailers for sales and hire purposes.

• Castle Campers

The company manufactures high quality trailers for sale best suited for Australian roads. Highly customised range of these trailers is meant for all types or roads and areas.

• Castaway Campers

This Brisbane based company offers both types of campers- soft floor as well as hard floor. The company also offers a range of trailer accessories and pre-owned trailers for sale.

• Brisbane Camperland

It is one of the leading companies for high quality Camper Trailers For Sale Brisbane

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VW Campers - The Splittie Story

The VW Type II Split-Screen Camper - from Utility Van to Design Icon

How Did it all Start?

When the British found themselves running the VW factory in Wolfsburg, Germany after the Second World War, there was a shortage of equipment and resources. The engineers had made up flatbed trolleys using the VW Beetle chassis and running gear to transport parts round the huge factory.

On a visit to the factory, Ben Pon, a Dutch VW importer, saw the little trucks. He sketched a design for a beetle-based van, which was basically a simple box on wheels, after he was inspired by the basic but effective plattenwagens. A year later, Heinz Nordhoff took on this idea when he became chief executive of Volkswagen and the first VW van was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in November 1949.

Europe was restructuring and there was a lack of simple but sturdy transport vehicles that were flexible and low cost. The Type VW II met this need.

On the 8th March 1950 production of ten vehicles a day began. The basic rear engine design remained the same for four decades and over five million buses were produced.

The Successful 'Splittie'

The type 2 vans had a split windscreen with a sweeping v-line front and a large VW emblem. These buses were 170 cubic feet (about 4.8 cubic meters) in volume and were spacious enough to hold a 15-hand horse.

The bus had the engine and axles of the Beetle but had a unitary construction supported by a ladder frame instead of the central frame platform. The original plan was to use the Beetle chassis, but this was not adequate to carry the proposed payload of 750kg so there was a rapid redesign in 1949 before the launch.

The ladder frame is two longitudinal parallel girders or beams on which the suspension, engine, transmission etc are mounted. It is good for carrying direct loads but the handling is poor, partly due to a lack of stiffness so it performs badly when cornering.

The air-cooled engine was just over 1131cc with an output of 25hp but later (in 1954) the engine size was increased to 1192cc and 30hp. The VW van was designed as a utility vehicle, not for speed - or handling.

An important contribution to the design was the result of testing at the wind tunnel of the Technical University of Braunschweig. The flat angular front end of the prototype performed poorly, but the resulting redesign paid off, as the Type 2 was aerodynamically superior to the Type 1 Beetle despite its slab-sided shape. This design also resulted in the iconic and much-loved rounded front with the styling of the sweeping V and oversize VW badge.

As the design was so adaptable, VW turned out many different body variations over the first five years. These included buses, pick-ups, fire engines, rear-door ambulances, beer wagons, refrigerated ice-cream vans, milk floats, mobile butchers shops, bread vans, mobile grocers, ordinary delivery vans and of course the VW camper - over 90 variants in all.

Evolution of the Type 2 VW

The split screen type 2 was produced from 1950 to 1967 and went through a number of developments, which were obviously reflected in the type 2 VW campers as well. The engine size was gradually increased from 1100 to 1500cc and in 1963 the sliding side door became available as an option to the barn doors.

The later 'fifties models had a slightly extended roofline above the windscreen, the engine bay became smaller and 15 inch wheels were introduced.

In 1967 the electrical system changed to 12 volts just before the new type (bay window) was introduced.

The Birth of the VW Camper

Volkswagen subcontracted the VW camper to Westfalia, a coach building company located in the German region of Westphalia. From 1951 onwards the company fitted the buses with a variety of internal layouts. An innovative 'Tourist Delivery Scheme' encouraging people to collect their campers from Germany, helped spread VW campers, and many were bought by US servicemen stationed in Germany, who shipped them back to the US. VW campers were also soon available from VW dealers round the world.

The VW camper took off due to its tiny fittings and furnishings that epitomised the 50's home from home. Before the era of cheap charter flights and package holidays, the VW camper enabled families to take economical camping and touring holidays in relative comfort.

The side opening barn doors [http://www.vwcampersforever.com/restoring-vw-campers/vw-campers-interiors] enabled the van to be opened up to the outdoors and ingenious fittings made maximum use of what was rather limited space. The pop-top package was introduced later and then became really popular on the later bay window campers introduced in 1968.

Approximately 1000 VW campers were produced between 1951 and 1958, followed by the SO models which had a range of special equipment.

VW Camper Equipment

The standard VW campers included different fold out seat arrangements for sleeping, including the famous rock 'n roll bed. The interior was lined with plywood panels and there were plywood storage cabinets in a variety of layouts.

Some models had a sink and there was water storage with a pump plus an electrical hook-up. Curtains were standard as were screened windows and a folding table.

Optional equipment for type 2 VW campers included pop up tops and attachable or stand-alone tents and side awnings. Mod cons available included a portable chemical toilet, a camping stove and other camping equipment.

There were also ingenious options such as a child's sleeping cot slung in the driver's cab, storage boxes and a swing table.

Even with all these options, the split screen VW campers were still basic, slow and small by modern standards.

VW Camper Culture

This did not affect their popularity and the VW bus was adopted by the 1960s counter-culture as by then older campers were available cheaply, and both the VW camper and the samba bus suited the carefree outdoor hippy lifestyle.

Since then split screen camper and buses have became classics and design icons, and are now collectors' items with many examples preserved and beautifully restored.

Large numbers of VW camper fans gather at events all over the world; you can hire a restored splittie for your holiday or special event, and imagery of the early models can be found on a huge range of items: clothing, mugs, toys, pictures and even usb sticks.

It's all a long way from Ben Pon's little sketch 60 years ago.

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Camping Pests - Herbal Insect Repellents For Campers

For some people the mention of a camping trip does not bring to mind long fun filled days under sunny skies communing with nature nor does it bring thoughts of those starry nights sitting around a campfire and telling tall tells or singing campfire songs. Instead their first thought when the word camping is mentioned is of mosquitoes, black flies, and all those other camping pests that are an annoying but a very real part of the campers world.

For some people these camping pests are barely nothing, but for those who seem to be bug magnets, these little insects that are so much a part of nature can ruin what would otherwise be the perfect holiday. These people wouldn't think of setting foot in the great outdoors without being armed with a backpack or trunk load of insect repellent. Therein lays the problem.

It seems to be somewhat sacrilegious to plan a weekend or week in the great outdoors enjoying nature and all it has to offer and then ruining the entire experience by coating yourself with insect repellent, which is harmful to the environment not to mention your own skin and health. The good news is that there are many herbal insect repellents on the market today that will not harm the environment and are good for you as well.

Of course you can always make your own herbal insect repellent and there are plenty of recipes to be found on the internet. Here is one that works on both people and pets, and when sprayed around your tent or on it will help keep those little pests well away from your sleeping area as well.

Homemade Herbal Insect Repellent

Ingredients:

lemon or orange peels or a combination of both (flies in particular do not like citrus)

mint leaves or sage leaves

witch hazel

water

Directions:

Combine the leaves and the lemon or orange peels in a pan with water, boil these into an extremely strong tea. Cover and let stand overnight and then drain the liquid into a jar and mix half and half with witch hazel. Place in a spritz bottle for use.

For those who prefer oil based repellents simply heat the orange and/or lemon peels and leaves in oil (heat together but don't let the oil start frying the ingredients) let set overnight and then pour into a sterilized jar.

For even more pest protection try hanging small sachets of basil from low tree branches to help keep flies from invading your camping area.  

Pests don't have to ruin your camping trip, using natural and herbal insect repellents can make your camping trip a lot more enjoyable.  Now aren't you just itching to pack up and hit the road?

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Finding Campers For Sale

Today with the prices of gas and the issues among the economy it is hard for families to go on vacation so more families are looking for campers for sale. Less and less families are spending time away from home and the ones that are? Well they are getting there on their own! So what are some ways we can make our vacations longer and more affordable? This means more sales for campers! Campers provide several benefits to not only make the trip cheaper but enhance the closeness of the family.The average family in the 1990's either flew or took a train to their vacation spot. Now almost 75% of vacationers are driving them selves or just not going at all!

Airlines are racing to come up with the best deals to keep the people flying! While this is opening up lots of opportunities for the RV and Motor home dealerships! So how do you find the deals on a new camper? It depends on where you look. Finding the best deals, while still getting the best features for your buck will take research and work!

Now more and more people are making purchases online, and businesses are making it easier for people to purchase their goods online. There are several positive factors to this, and as with everything some negatives. While it is easier to find exactly what you are looking for, it is also easier to be scammed.Doing your homework and looking into each company is a great thing to do before making a major purchase.

There are several types of campers to choose from however the most versatile would be the truck Camper. The truck campers have a lower price range. They provide you with more miles per gallon saving you incredible prices on gas and can tow your other items. Many people who camp want to bring a boat or maybe some jet skis, etc...but not all campers can tow that stuff behind them. Truck campers can do this saving you a lot of headaches and grief on your vacation.

There are several magazines and websites to help you choose which campers are best, as well as what to expect from each one! Sites like My camp spot and Dusty camper World are good places to look for articles, and forums for asking questions before your purchase. There are magazines like Truck Camper Magazine that will provide you with the latest information on all models of campers. You should definitely check out the seized auction database for listings of local police and seized auctions. Finding out all the information possible is the best solution when looking in to Campers for Sale!

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