Recent content by cmo5

I also don't know what you mean by a Series 7? If you could clarify this and what model of Kimberley you are looking at, then I think you could get better more focused feedback to your question. We love our Karavan. Nothing else gives such a great combination of towability and the ability to...

That Australian price you are quoting is a base price without options, whereas the price Mars is quoting is with options. Like many rigs, Kimberleys have a long option list that do bring the price up quite a bit. So it's not fair to say that the price differential is all in markup/shipping. No...

Congrats!! I hope you love it as much as we do! I'm also curious how you're going to have it so quickly? It took 11 months for us last year and I know it's only gotten longer since then...

We were an example of the ones looking for that "golden middle". We wanted under 20ft and 5k-ish pounds, off-road capable, no canvas, garageable, stand up interior living space, and at least 3 season capable. The Karavan is really the only real option that satisfies all those requirements...

Yes, we'll be at Overland East in the vendor booth with Dave.

On our recent trip we were getting the full 40amps from the truck's Anderson plug to the trailer, but we have a F350 with dual alternators and plenty of juice so that may be the difference...

Here's a picture from our recent trip--on the Icefields Parkway en route from Jasper to Banff in Alberta

@goawaymore we've used the AC once on the first night of our current trip when it was like 85 degrees at bedtime in OH and it did work well, but certainly you could live without it. We wanted it so in case we decide to take any trips down south during the warmer months we wouldn't be sweltering...

Will give my thoughts on each point... Interior heat--we use the ducted heat primarily when it is cold enough to need heating. The hot water based heater fan is nice for a little extra heat if you are making hot water anyway and it's not cold enough to need the ducted system. You could live...

@eatSleepWoof unfortunately no, we won't be that far west. From Banff we will be headed towards Whitefish taking Highway 93 back to the US.

@goawaymore we chose our Karavan for the smaller towing factor and for the ability to store it in a garage or storage unit with an 8' door. We didn't have the ability to inside store a Kruiser, and this was important for us for the longevity of the rig. The tradeoff is increased mechanical...

Count us in as members of the "Super Duty Tremor towing a Kimberley" club! ? We have about 2000 miles on the truck and are very pleased with it. We have only towed the trailer with it briefly so far but I think it's going to be a great combo...

Another second to @DRAX 's excellent explanation above. Our new Karavan is around 4800lbs loaded, which was well within our Raptor's towing capacity. However, due to its off-road suspension and lots of options, our 2018 Raptor only had 1050 lbs of payload! So with the three of us and trailer's...

We camped with our new Karavan for two nights with lows down to 23-24 with no freezing problems. It was above freezing during the day though when we were in motion on the road. I would be nervous driving at highway speeds in the lower 20's as I think that would increase the risk of problems...

Congrats Don!! My wife and I got to see your T3 at Dave's shop when we picked up our Karavan in November and it's an amazing rig! Looking forward to seeing more pics once you get out on the road...