Looking to purchase a 2010 Jugens Lunagazer J2401, and wondering how other Jurgans owners get on for spares & servicing since Jurgens closed permanently in Australia. Also what is your opinion of this van. I dont plan going off road, but want to be able to do the odd gravel road.
Looking to purchase a 2010 Jugens Lunagazer J2401, and wondering how other Jurgans owners get on for spares & servicing since Jurgens closed permanently in Australia. Also what is your opinion of this van. I dont plan going off road, but want to be able to do the odd gravel road.
Hi Pauline. Whilst I know little of these vans, if you use the "search" feature above, typing in "Jurgen Caravans", you will find a thread from March 29, 2014, which may be of benefit to you. Seems tyat they are a relatively lightweight van. What do you propose to use as a tow vehicle? Cheers
P.S Looks like low payload could be an issue fir you, so make sure you WEIGH the van before purchase. Tare weight on compliance plate means absolutely NOTHING. Let us know what van weighs, and what the ATM is on the compliance plate. Would be great if you could even take a photo of compliance plate and post it here so we can help you. Many people take tare as gospel, and then find that they can't load anything into the van. BEWARE.
-- Edited by yobarr on Tuesday 21st of February 2023 04:28:40 PM
Jurgens caravan have quite a good reputation. We've met a few very happy owners on our travels. They're not as lightweight as they look. Looking at that age of Jurgens caravan they look in pretty good nick.
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Thanks for you're replies. We're towing with a coil cab Nissan Patrol, max towing capacity of 2.5t, so limited to what vans we look at.
Without doing a lot of research, I have found that the ATM is likely to be under 2500kg, so suitable for your car.
What you MUST now do, before you part with ANY money,is take the van to get weighed. First of all take the weight on only the van's wheels, then disconnect the van, using jockey wheel, and take total weight. You now can easily calculate towball weight. Deduct total weight from the ATM shown on your van's compliance plate.
The difference is how much carrying capacity you have left for all your belongings, water, etc etc. Again, without doing lots more research, I can only say that I think that that figure may be less than you want/need.
Gets complicated, but please can you either post a picture of your van's compliance plate, or, alternatively, give us the figures on it.
We need ATM, axle rating, GTM, alleged tare weight . all the figures that are on the compliance plate.
Happy to help, but difficult to offer much help without knowing what we're up against! Cheers
I have a Jurgens, but not Lunagazer. Servicing isn't a problem, my mechanic just did the wheels and I've had a "normal" auto electrician do the connections on the van and my car for the fancy schmancy fridge that automatically switches and a "normal" caravan place to put in the reversing camera.
Parts I've not had to chase, but I expect they wouldn't be readily available for anything "weird", but I'm not sure that there is anything "Jurgens" in there, apart from the external panels and stickers and things like that. The things the van has in it are "regular" brands. Windows are dometic, roof hatch is something that's available (can't remember right now, maybe dometic as well), toilet is thetford, water heater is Truma,etc.
As for weight, I can't put a grey water tank on, it's pretty much take the van as it is configured, there's no room to start adding stuff.
EDIT: oh, and as for going on gravel roads, it's like any other "ordinary car", you just need to take it easy and not think you've got an off-roader. It is NOT comfortable. I went through roadworks last couple of times and I was glad when the potholes and the like, and having to go onto the gravel shoulder were over with. It is better on the sealed and good condition roads.
-- Edited by hufnpuf on Tuesday 21st of February 2023 08:29:24 PM
I have a 2016 Lunagazer, tow vehicle is a 2020 Isuzu MUX. In the last 16 - 17 months we have travelled from home base in Adelaide up the centre to Darwin then back to Adelaide via numerous East cost roads during the recent bad weather / floods. Then on to Exmouth following the coast before returning via Kalgoorlie. Mainly sealed roads but also many unsealed, just drive to the conditions and if visiting Fowlers Bay only use the Eastern access road and keep the speed down.
Only major change I have made is replacing the Thetford 3 way fridge.
