Ultimate offroad caravan? Bruder EXP-6 technical analysis
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- #bruderx #offroadcaravan #exp-6 #loadshare #exp-8 #expeditiontrailer
What goes into making the ultimate offroad caravan, or expedition trailer as Bruder would describe it? In this video I use an Bruder X EXP-6 offroad travel trailer to explain what goes into making an offroad caravan. The information is also largely applicable to the Bruder EXP-8 too:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Suspension general
01:27 Load sharing and non-load-sharing suspension
05:41 Suspension geometry
07:39 Damper cooling
08:22 Suspension demonstration
09:18 Auto-level caravan suspension
09:35 Changing the towball mass using air suspension
13:28 two wheel caravan operation
13:49 what happens if air springs fail?
14:39 soft terrain caravan operation
15:44 Changing a tyre with air suspension
16:10 tyre and rim matching to towcar
17:11 pros and cons of towcar/trailer track matching
18:29 Jockey wheel disconnect
18:43 Disc brakes on the EXP-6
19:04 Bruder modular drawbar
19:21 tight turning
19:39 control module storage, interior controls
20:26 roof heights
21:41 cushions!
22:15 electrical system cooling
22:38 cooking & storage
24:32 rear of van
26:18 recovery points & winch
27:09 chassis & body mounts
28:32 heater and water filter
29:02 aerodynamics
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One of the best tutorial videos of one of the best trailers on the market. Thank you so much!!
Glad you think so!
Hola,
El aislante termico de exp-6 , cuantos grado puede soportar bajo cero ?
Love the tyre choice. Yokohama Geolandars. Well done Bruder.
Great quality products love the Land Rovers section including them in the air bag suspension the not many ppl understand how do work thanks for making such a awesome product
A very well thought out and designed van. I got excited on a few things but i think my favourite is the inside/outside working area for the kitchen.
Yes, bit it's a bit cramped for inside
@@L2SFBC looked it, but being the first, its never perfect. hopefully others will see this and develop upon it.
Great explanation of the features many thanks.
Comprehensive Robert, well done.
Thanks, please share!
A review of the Bruder EXP-4 would be awesome also ;)
Great VLOG, thanks. Now subscribed :)
That was great! First time I’ve seen a more deep dive into Bruder set up
Since only way your getting one in North America is order unseen (unless you fly over; Ofcourse you got that cash to buy flying nothing)
Thanks Steve, I made the video as a general exploration of caravan tech but it would also be useful for potential purchasers. Please share :-)
Great fantastic video…please do the exp 8 and exp 7
Maybe...!
Wanted you to know I've watched this video dozens of times. We purchased an EXP-7. Technical reviews of this trailer are hard to come by and yours is amazing. I find it really strange that you can't find an owner walkthrough or any kind of review really aside from the Bruder created content. Yours really is the only one I think and it's fantastic. Any more planned in the future?
Wow, glad I could help! Bruder did offer me one to test as opposed to explain...if that offer is still open then I'd do a test, and also further tech explanations. But they're in Brisbane and I'm 1600km away in Melbourne...got to plan it!
@@L2SFBC LOL...dang...well one can hope. I love your content and have learned so much from you over the last couple of years. Just thought you should know that. In fact your series on winching and recovery probably saved my life. Keep on keepin on amd thank you so much for what you do
@pat9125 What's your thoughts on your experience with the EXP-7? I'm looking at buying either EXP-6 or EXP-7. There's no information/reviews on these from what i can see. Cheers.
@@David-cq4se Well. We haven't received it yet. We paid for it and expected it to ship next week but Bruder is experiencing some supply chain problems so it's delayed a couple months at this point. The reason we went with the Exp-7 is due to the dual rear doors, slightly better interior layout, more solar, more batteries, more water and that balance between the 6 and 8. We didn't want the 8 due to the lack of outside kitchen/living and if they hadn't just released the 7 we'd have gotten the 6. We optioned the cold weather package as well so we have the same cold temp capability as the 8. Overall we loved the 6...some friends have one that we toured...but the additional solar, battery, water and interior layout put us into the 7 since it was available. Same frame/suspension/basic body construction as the 6 so either trailer is amazing.
I like the design, it's simple and straightforward, long term test would be good to see but that'll come with time am guessing, got me wounder how much to import one to the UK, great video keep up the good work.
I hope to borrow it for a weekend or so and see what it's like to live in, and whether the tech lives up to the expectation. Talking to owners it seems that the case.
Great review Robert of a very interesting van 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
The only people who tell you that you need a set up like this are either salespeople or people who have never travelled Australia.
It’s not a question of need. It is one more way to live a quality life. One can sell one’s house and be happy with the luxury of Bruder.
That was really interesting. Definitely learnt a lot from this video. I think for long term touring the EXP6 is the go but if you are doing weekenders or just a couple of weeks here and there a EXP4 would suffice.
Glad it was helpful!
impressive features. Very interesting video regarding dual axle vans, thank you. how many have each wheel rated for 'single' use? also with air bag vans, and auto levelling at camp, with more air in the bag do they suffer from more movement? and rely more on stabiliser stands? We keep our induction portable, for cooking away from where the cooking spatter can cause issues.
I'd say you still need stabilisers but in that video I didn't get to live in the van unhitched. I don't think steel vs air springs makes much difference.
Shame about their reliability at the prices. Saw one driving along and lights were having a disco. And I do believe they have been to court and lost over issues also.
Really want them to do well and bring features to entry level pricing… but don’t think they ever will.
I don't think there will ever be sufficient demand to get economies of scale down low enough to become affordable for most people.
If you want to upgrade all the characteristics of the Bruder air suspension, put Bruder in touch with Base Air.
They will never look back.
good video, especially about the difference in load sharing vs non load sharing, but explain to me about the van pitching up and down, while hitched to the tow vehicle?
sure. With a NLS suspension when you pitch up the force required to 'lift' the towbar becomes greater. Same for when you pitch down. This is because the 'other' wheel is being lifted a bit. Hence there is a damping effect. With LS when the trailer pitches up it gets easier to pitch up. Same as when it pitches down. So, no damping, opposite effect. More here ruclips.net/video/tyvpVv3PaWw/видео.html
Such good tech and costly. I'm waiting now for electrically driven wheels on the van. Powered by the alternator of the car.
Yes electric drive for trailers will be amazing but power will need to be off a battery on the trailer
@@L2SFBC Is that because of high amps to run electric motors?
Yes, the alternator wouldn't supply enough power. Even a small battery on the caravan, topped up by regen and extensive solar, pluys a feed from the car's alternator would help. Mostly would be used for starting off and offroad. Would be super hepful.
Wow great van so in reality the van and capable car along with all extras bits and pieces must be around $500,000, great information as always cheers Robert.
More like 250k AUD
@@L2SFBC My ranger and van with extras like weber Q1200 is just under 200K so is the 250K just the van?
Yes about that
@@L2SFBC thanks
I'd love to win one of those honeys.
Hola muy buenas tardes para ustedes todo esta bien pero traduccion en español gracias Dios los bendiga siempre amén
Sorry can only do English
Impressive van, but costly.
Question: Why wouldn't you leave it in the load sharing configuration all the time? In my research it appears that load sharing is superior in all situations. The only exception I could find is that in a tandem axel arrangement non load sharing might offer more articulation but that depends on how it's configured. In the case of the Bruder I just don't see why load sharing wouldn't be how you set it up all the time.
Stability at high speeds less pitching
@@L2SFBC Interesting. Makes sense. Didn't think about that. On Bruders site they talk about how fast they towed it and their wind tunnel tests but they don't talk about what mode the suspension is in when they do those high speed tests. Once again...something new to think about. Thank you
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Ultimate price too, $200000 plus
More like 250k!
That design on the back of Isuzu truck
how much does the whole trailer weight?
Varies depending on setup, look at bruderx.com.au for more
@@L2SFBC .. +1. .. Thank you for the Bruder web link. Cheers,
Refer to Lemon Caravan & RV’s Australia Bruder got a bit nasty
How much would one of these cost?
Ask Bruder..but it's not cheap!!!
really looks like a paid review
eg- crowing about the air suspension to improve rear entry (yess all good on first appearances), but you fail to mention that you would then need to adjust the front hitch height to maintain the vehicle level status (now remember, this is for the mobility impaired - the last thing they want is to have to disconnect the van and jack it up and down every time they stop and want entry)
all up, I appriciate your engineering comments, - keep up the good work
- one thing I noticed re the suspension is that it is relativly smooth underneath the arms ( a good thing given the ammount of rocks etc that get tossed around on gravel roads and the knocks, drags and scrapes that can happen in severe off road. This aspect of design is often quite bad in other makes, and is almost neves spoken of.
On a side aspect
There is public record of what I consider to be some really ugly treatment of folk by this manufacturer. This is unfortunate as it appears that a lot of thought has gone into the product design.
Not paid. Not a review either as I said at the start. I did mention earlier on about the need to change jockey wheel height when talking about auto level. Also, to lower the rear to get in you don't need to change the jockey wheel height.
Very nice but quite certainly out of my price range😐
$250k+....
6 people & 1 drug dealer in Australia right now can afford this haha
ultimate oxymoron. Heavy trailer will spoil the reason you went off-road. If you can afford it use the money to buy luxury accomodation if that's your need but going off-road is where you leave unnecessary stuff behind or it will get you stuck.
There is some truth to that yes...but if you're going to tow, better to have a van you can tow over rough terrain than not. I've pulled mine through mud and over sand dunes.
So you think a One Ton (Ford, Chevy, Dodge) pick up truck can't handle that trailer off road 🤔
We own one and tow it wit h a full size GMC 2500 van. And they do great off-road
1500 won’t work, it will tow but not very efficiently and not without trouble. You must buy a 2500 with off road capabilities like a Ford tremor or a GMC Sierra AT4x