Hi All We have just completed our first serious camping trip through the whole of the Flinders Ranges, Marree, Lake Eyre, William Creek, Coober Pedy and return with our slide on camper on our Isuzu NLS AWD car license truck. We have previously used it for living for a couple of weeks during a trailable yacht retrieve and also for a rushed trip from SA to WA and return but these were a different experiences. 
They ability to drive into very narrow unknown tracks free from the fear of the inability to turn or back out extended distances opened up a wide variety of delightful campsites. 
For most of the trip we free camped being fully self contained and even reached places legally unavailable to 4x4 camper trailers and caravans. 
Having previously owned and camped in a motorhome, camper trailer and small caravan ( as well as tents of course ) we have been thrilled with our choice and highly recommend it. 
We do have to watch our height but it does fit in regular single car parking bays, tackle easier 4x4 tracks and provides a very quick and easy setup and leave process for all 5plus meal/tea/toilet stops. 

Hi All just a few more photos from our recent trip with our slide on camper on Isuzu NLS AWD baby truck. I chose this setup for ease of use, flexibility to use the base vehicle for other activities when not off camping and its ability to tow a heavy trailer whilst still remaining within its legal car rated GVM of 4500kgs and towing Mass combined GCM of 8000kgs.
The truck has also seen use as a rubbish removal 2 ton ute, a house moving cartage vehicle, a classic car carrier and everyday driver when my car was in for very extended crash repairs.
My partner has also now driven it thousands of kilometres ( as its on a car license ) whilst she would be too intimidated to drive towing a caravan thus allowing me the odd rest on longer journeys. Our recent SA to WA return rush visit to see my mother after being locked out of WA by Covid restrictions for over two years and three NSW to SA return retirement relocation removal trips being examples.
Putting a slide on on a small car licensed truck rather than risking overloading a conventional ute just made sense to me. Yes we have sacrificed some of the creature comforts of a modern ute but have received many other advantages in return. Our new base truck also cost less than many modern utes.

I have a Trayon slide on and love it!
Your set up is great for touring. The Isuzu tug has a legendary motor and reliability, so I am envious. Enjoy!
Although compact when folded, the Trayon opens up to have about the same room as a standard 16ft caravan - after I zip on the annexe.
A gas stove, kitchen with fridge/freezer, sink, hot water and dinette, dble bed, porta toilet, ensuite, diesel heater for cold weather and hot showers, it is compact glamping.
The compact design means I can go anywhere a 4X4 can go and it only uses 1-1.5 lt more per 100k than my unladen Holden/Isuzu rodeo. Despite its apparent small size, I can store up to 3 cubic metres of gear!
Not towing is a bonus. Easier on the tug and driver let alone fuel. Additionally, no extra cost on ferries and easy parking in towns.
If I leave it on the tug, I can set up in 5 minutes. Taking it off can involve up to 40 minutes by the time you unshackle, fit the legs then level it again.

Hi Gary and Barb and all. After owning and travelling in a similar length A class (bed over cab motorhome on small truck chassis) motor home in Europe for 4 months and also owning many other camping platforms I finally chose the Hardwall full mini caravan type slide on for a variety of reasons including the following.
Clean, ready, private toilet available wherever you are at a moments notice. Return from a long bushwalk, drive too far after the last coffee, eat something that disagrees with you, need to go amongst hordes of flys or mosquitos, whatever it there and ready.
In a hurry to get somewhere for what ever reason , new grandchild early on the way, sick friend or relative, just need to get somewhere on a limited timeframe, drive long hours just pull into a quiet rest stop, grab a meal and cuppa (if that time) and sleep, no settling up, no nothing. (We use a great little Australian gadget Savy Level, you just fire up the app and the fitted under our sink sender unit tells me exactly the level of the slide on, meaning I can generally just drive to find and stop in an appropriately level spot).
We are travellers, adventurers, walkers, cyclists and yachties and like doing different things in different places so rarely stay more than a day or a couple of days in one place in the slide on meaning not wanting the effort of lots of construction, deconstruction and setting out/up at a campsite.
With no trailer we can explore any track or location we fancy knowing if it turns too rough, soft, narrow, low(relevant for us), steep, muddy or impassible in some other way we can however many point turn or at worst just back out of the silly spot we have driven into.
Our rig is big enough to carry lots of stuff without weight concerns and tow our 3.2 ton yacht as well when required. No worry about breaking the utes back or being pulled up and fined carrying too much and stuff travelling on too rough and corrugated roads doing this.
I get the caravan, camper trailer and even big tent set up and have your vehicle free for other uses but ours is so simple that the drive for shopping brings the fridge and pantry for loading, the drive to the local scenic spot brings the toilet and lunch or morning/afternoon tea stuff with us (as well as often an elevated fly free viewing platform), an exploratory drive discovers a delightful new camping site and we just stop there.
Obviously when towing our huge yacht we suffer all the towing a big caravan issues but then the object is multi day cruising on the yacht and our rig makes travelling long distances to get to the ideal cruising grounds a little more comfortable and we can carry some of the extensive supply's and water off the yacht.
Whilst the climb up in to bed and even up into the slide on when mounted ( which it generally is) may be too much for some ( previous two owners sold with little use because of this combined with it was overloading the last owners Ute) we find it an acceptable compromise for all the other advantages.
All this combined with getting a very serious carrying capacity ute when the slide on is unloaded ( 10 minute job but slower to carefully back under to load) is what lead me after, over 40 years of owning camping platforms, to our current choice.
I have attached a photo of my first motorhome I purchased secondhand at 23yo. I started this journey sailing in trailer sailers at 10 yo and tent camping and canoeing ( parents NEVER camped) at 14yo.

-- Edited by Trailer Sailer on Tuesday 13th of September 2022 06:12:43 AM