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Pod Trailers, or Stockmans is the direction that we went. Not able to do a hands on look here in Devonport, so we spent a lot of time talking to Phil and his team at Carrum Downs. After a lot of time researching what we specifically wanted, and having Phil answer a lot of questions we decided to go with something a little different. We had one made up on their all-roada trailer chassis as opposed to their off road model. This worked out to be a bit cheaper and lighter for us, and importantly the height of that model ment that we had a level draw when towing. The off road setup would have meant that the trailer slanted into the car.

The extras that we decided on (all Gen really wanted was a decent kitchen) are:

• 68 lt water tank. This has connections and hand pump at the sink as well as a metal guard
• A really large plastic storage tub on the draw bar
• LED lights
• Longer draw bar
• Kitchen
• Sunrasia rims and new tyres.
• Spare mounted under body. This is at the rear of the axle, with the water tank in front - excellent weight distribution.

Phil discussed some extras such as racks on the trailer and 12/240v electrics, however the racks we wil get later and I did something different for power.

The tent is the standard product range from Stockmans, and although we had not seen it erected the photos on the web site plus extra ones that Phil sent really helped.

After some negotiation on price and pick up details we were away. Ordered in early Sep 09 with a pick up on 24 Dec 09 (Phil came in after their breakup party). Stockmans kept us in the loop every few weeks with how the order was progressing. We are both really impressed with the service and good cheer that Stockmans provided at all stages of the transaction.