Time to Roam Magazine Issue 11 - October/November 2014 | Page 37

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tried + tested camper review
Of all the manufacturers of caravans
and campers in Australia, none
would be more recognisable to the
average Aussie than Jayco.

TRIED
+
TESTED

NOT ONE TO JUST
SWAN AROUND IN

Jayco’s range of camper trailers is headed by
the Swan – a classy highway hauler

There are usually rows of them at any
caravan show, they are parked in almost
every suburban street and you pass them
on every highway in the country.
While today Jayco is best known for caravans,
it has an incredible track record and heritage
cred when it comes to camper trailers. Since
1975 it has built thousands of them– and has
an enviable market share, based upon meeting
critical price points in the market. That means
that they are designed to meet the needs of
the majority of potential customers’ needs, not
necessarily all of them. More on that later.
Amongst the Jayco fleet are seven models
of camper trailers, six of which display the
archetypical Jayco trademark bedding
arrangement which has them sliding out
the ends and supported on props.
At the upper end of this selection is the
Swan, which weighs in at 1067kg tare in its
standard on-road format and 1275kg in offroad
trim. It’s a physically big camper at 2240mm
wide and 5365mm long, so it won’t go down
some narrow bush tracks with ease.
The Swan provides for two pull out beds,
one at each end. At the front is a 1460mm wide
bed – between king and queen sized – and
at the rear a 1310mm wide bed (just under a
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Review by David Cook Tried and Tested Jayco Swan RRP $29,310 (offroad)
Issue 11 Oct/Nov 2014

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