DREAM MACHINE
THE DREAMSEEKER F-14 TOM CAT: A HIGH-END TOY HAULER.
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A caravan is a home away from
home. But what if that home
on wheels also has a garage?
That’s the idea behind toy
haulers, caravans with two
distinct zones, with space
for dirt bikes, a quad bike…
or, in our case, even a Harley
Davidson. Aussie Adventure
Caravans Group, which owns
Dreamseeker Caravans, has
embarked on a mission to
overhaul the Dreamseeker
range. The F-14 Tom Cat is
the second van in that effort,
available in three variants: the
standard F-14, the mid-range
F-14 XT, and the range-topping
F-14 Tom Cat, which we are
reviewing here.
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WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES
It is not a diminutive caravan.
The F-14 Tom Cat weighs
3250kg Tare and its ATM is
a whopping 4500kg. That’s
1250kg of payload capacity.
Factoring in, say, 300-400kg
for your dirt bike(s) or other
‘toys’, 190L of fresh water,
95L of grey water (assuming
you’ve refilled your fresh
tanks before setting off from
camp), and 18kg worth of gas,
there is still more than 500kg
of available payload. In other
words, there’s plenty to work
with. However, the maths only
work if you’ve got the right
tow vehicle, including
one with a substantial
towball maximum.
The F-14 Tom Cat’s main
bed runs east-west in the
front of the van, with enough
space at the foot of the bed
and the cabinetry to allow
you to really stretch out. This
same cabinetry at the foot of
the bed contains a flatscreen
TV and I liked how the top
lockers, on the nearside, were
angled to match the raked
profile of the front of the van.
Between the bed and the
offside combo bathroom is
a small but functional vanity
unit. Often, a van with a
combo bathroom will either
have a) no vanity at all, or b)