Demountable camper group

Spotted but epic fail, saw a tisher and ford ranger parked up just south of Marlborough today stopped had a lovely chat and guided tour of the Germans rig very nice couple, but no cards in the car and didn't manage to take any pic's DOH






they commented that demountable's were not common in Germany either.

"One of Golum Rumsby's recent customers have just arrived"

seem to have been quite a lot of them seen in recent months, the weather or becoming more common?

Having shared a campsite with two others last week and usually (other than our meet up) only seeing one other a year I must conclude that they are becoming more popular.

Maybe people don't want to be associated with the beige image of motorhomers and don't want an old Volkswagen either.

rubberrat wrote:I must conclude that they are becoming more popular.

I think you're right. I reckon with the number of pickups there are on the UK's roads it was only a matter of time before they caught on. It's good to see!

rubberrat wrote:Having shared a campsite with two others last week and usually (other than our meet up) only seeing one other a year I must conclude that they are becoming more popular.
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Not yet, but they will be...

Back when we imported Tischers we sold them through the Volkswagen dealer network as well as numerous specialist motorcaravan and camper dealers. You didn't need find a specialist like Golum or ourselves back then, you could find them everywhere. Some of the dealers were really successful with them and almost certainly sold more individually than are sold nationwide today. The secret of those early Tischers was the fact that they were made specifically for the Volkswagens of the era, in strict accordance with Volkswagen technical approval. The trucks carried them well (although you had to be very careful how much you loaded in the little Caddy of course). A T3 Syncro DoKa with an elevating roof Tischer of the day must still rate as one of the greatest combinations ever.

Since the arrival of the generic Japanese double cab it's all gone rather pear shaped. Initially it looked as though it would be a bright new dawn for the demountable concept but the trucks proved far from ideal and there's been a tendency for manufacturers to build 'universal' cabins. Many have fallen in love with the idea only to find that in real life that the cabin they selected was horrendously overweight with no consideration given to weight distribution or driving pleasure.

The good news is people are starting to have more realistic expectations as to what they can have on the back of a small pickup, and buying smaller, more sensible bodies. That might mean fewer are sold but those that are do at least live up to the owner's expectations. It was never really possible to stick a four berth caravan in a 3 foot square pickup bed no matter what the brochure said! But the really exciting news is that aircraft and racing yacht technology has found it's way into our world and is making some amazing new campers possible. A perfect example is the new Camperhit which is the first of a whole new breed of campers using this hi-technology to the full. These cabins are light enough to sit happily on almost any double cab, pretty well bomb proof but with comfort, space and features that will knock your socks off. The demountables of tomorrow are going to be a whole new ball game and do everything they need to become really popular again - I just hope they don't ban our dirty, smelly trucks before we can get to enjoy them!

Best wishes

Gary

PS: We travelled around 2,400 miles last week through 7 countries (UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland and Holland) and, outside of Bad Kissingen, saw only one other demountable.

Spotted today L200 with unidentified demountable on A 303 West bound just past Ilminster black down hills around lunch time
2 in one week!!

Hi Mike, that L200 was me, Mrs 666 & the Unknown on our way to the Wimborne Folk Festival via Honiton. Our first trip out after upgrading the Mazda B 2200. Runs like a dream. Was that you waving & pointing at Us. Good spot.

I did wave a bit but you probably missed it is was coming down the hill you were going up,
Nice to meet you again! ,

I think the count is 6 so far since we crossed the channel 12 days ago.

Steve.