Hi, new member here just after some advice on motorhomes

Beaver7 · Member

Hi, new member here just after some advice on motorhomes

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Chalk and cheese.
Buy the Swagman.
Cheers,
Peter

Beaver7 · Member

Thanks for your reply Peter, could you expand a little on the differences.I was thinking the bigger v8 in explorer would be better,but only a novice on these things.

cheers

Possum3 · Guru

Welcome to GN's Andrew. Absolutely agree with P&M - Although I would have used Cr*p instead of Cheese in the analogy.

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Beaver7 · Member

Thanks again for your welcome and reply, can you give me some reasons explorer is way below the swagman and any other rigs that would suit us. Thanks

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

The Winnebago is a base model Holden.
The Swagman is a top of the line Audi. Why is the Audi better?
Cheers,
Peter

Beaver7 · Member

ThankYou

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Welcome to the gang Andrew and Elke, enjoy here and out in the playground.

My late wife and I looked at a Swagman 26 footer many moons back and were both impressed. We started to think about a 5th Wheeler as well but that was all cut short by Cancer. I ended up with what is in my Signature below and been living and travelling full time now for 6 years, now in my 7th.

Keep Safe on the roads.

montie · Guru

Beaver7 wrote:
Hi, we are looking at purchasing a motorhome with the outlook and dream of travelling Australia in the near future.Looking at a swagman signature 26 ft or Winnebago explorer diesel 26ft , any advice would be appreciated on these vehicles or similar.
Thank You
Andrew and Elke

Winnebago only built a limited edition in the 26ft Explorer. 6.5L V8 Chev Diesel and a US built Workhorse chassis. Even though the 26ft was a Limited Edition it had less features than the std 25/32 ft models. It is just my opinion but the Workhorse chassis was under specified for the job.

The Swagman Signature is built on an Australian Isuzu chassis with I think a 4.6 litre turbo diesel motor and most of them were manual transmission. Well built by the original Swagman it has a very good layout and well featured. Service and parts for the Isuzu easily available in Aus.