Cassie, speak to Nene overland i believe they import trailers from SA also Frogs Island 4x4 in Oxford may be able to help. they hve lots of contacts/sources and there is a chance they know of a customer selling one.

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Trailers are OK if as mentioned you limit yourself to rogh roads or tracks.
Once it starts to get difficult, i.e sand snow mud they become a real liability, also they tend to get hammered a lot worse than the tow vehicle ,
The axle width being the same in some situations is a plus and also the opposite applies.
Try to keep them as light as possible, and as strong as you can. which tend to be in direct conflict.
They are very maintenance itensive as wear rates in the shackle bushes are very high. Shock absorbers are very advantageous but mounting them in a effective manner is a problem. A good long A frame helps with stability, and also makes them easier to reverse, although too long an a frame leads to problems with ramp over angles. A high tow point on the tow vehiclke is preferable to avoid problems with the hitch digging in when having to deal with a sharp climb.
You need a curtain on the front of the trailer to stop the stones that fly back from the tow vehicles wheels hitting the front of the trailer, and stripping the paint off , but more importantly they then rebound and take the back window out of the tow vehicle.
I used two in Oz , built both myself , put a roof top tent on top of the trailer , (wife refused to climb up the ladder on to the top of the landrover, something to do with being pregnant at the time I think ) .

Re education a laptop with suitable educational programs should allow the older , or even the younger one to keep upto speed with the relevant stage of learning for that age, and also it can be structured as a game in some of the progs. The real bonus is the learning by experience, my own daughter greatly improved her geography knowledge, also general knowledge, mapreading etc,

And that's part of the issue we've had all along - want to be compact to do some proper exploring - not weighed down having to think about additional equipment and towing etc. but it is the pack/unpack hassle consideration. Suppose the trick is 'don't bring anything!'

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Re the pack unpack hassle, I found the answer to be put pretty well everything in boxes( tin trunks & plastic crates) i.e. catering in one, parts in another, clothes etc If they are strong , you can use them to sit on , or stack them to make the table , that way you can make multi use of items, no need to take chairs saves weight . The ones you dont need very often go on bottom , vice versa , shelving and draws arnt bad but it all adds to weight , and is non usable other than for storage, and saves you a bit of a work out, which in view of the amount of time spent sitting down , would be a bad thing. With two adults and two kids, the 110 will be need to utilize every bit of space, eg under seats , etc but should still cope on its own JMHO

Perfect tips - great ideas - fantastic advice - am off to steal the childrens plastic crates for starters - just to get the idea and could use for now and get used to adapting and improving more. Back of vehicle just looks ridiculous at present and is definately a health hazard. Love idea about sitting on boxes - duh! why didn't we think of that.
Understand need to use every nook and cranny - e.g. behind seats/underneath etc. and about this versus fit out issues re: weight and this way continue to retain flexibility etc.Thank you thank you thank you. Feelin' happy happy happy. Right - back to work - lunch over!

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PS - will post some photos once we get into the flow!

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Staples sell them - and they stack nicely

Sean, Those boxes look great. What is the quality like?? I have been using wolf boxes but you can't utilize all available space because of the size.

i think they are good - find your nearest Staples are go have a look, they might even let you sit on one

it seems you need to practice offroading a fair bit get a very good land anchor and a decent winch basically try and prepare like the camel trophy did i.e take spare altenator, starter motor, master and slave cylinder braking etc and i hope your budget is excessive

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