Monday, Aug 29, 2005 at 13:30
Hi Brick,
As Lyn has stated, my
Tambo performed superbly on a recent 4 week outback trip. We covered 7500kms, with at least 4000km on dirt. The
Tambo towed beautifully behind my 80 Series, and the
fuel economy was not affected at all by it. The
Tambo is easy to set up and dismantle, and we had numerous one night stops where set up would take 15 minutes, and dismantling about 25 minutes. Grierson Engineering installed a 90 litre
water tank that has a
hand pump on the tail
gate (internal) and a 12V pump on the side (external).
The
Tambo handled all conditions
well, including the corrugations, rocks, stones, mud, bull dust and of course bitumen. It didn't bounce around too much and I am happy with the rebound type leaf
suspension. It also has electric brakes that worked
well when needing to avoid hitting roos, cows, horses and especially sheep. I have the the annex that I keep attached, only removing it at
Tibooburra as it was very windy and we were only stopping for one night. The only other issue was with dust, but I returned the camper to
Tambo on Tuesday and picked it up on Wednesday with Keith fixing all my issues straight away. The only other thing that I would look at, is getting a steel plate welded onto the drivers side of the camper, to prevent stones/rocks from hitting the insert for the step. This did happen once, and luckily I could bend it back with a screw driver.
The front of the camper did cop a bashing from all the stones, but the only things that were destroyed were the white reflectors, the lights were not touched. I have the stone guard that connects to the sides of the camper, and it did a great job, just carry heaps of cable ties, as they get destroyed very easily by flying stones.
I cannot praise Amanda and Keith enough for their wonderful product, and their after sales service is second to none. You may have to wait a few months to get one, but it is
well worth that wait. I hope this answers your questions.
Cheers
Glenn
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Follow Up By: Brick - Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 at 14:41
Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 at 14:41
Thanks for the information Glenn. We have a
Tambo Cooper on order and are looking forward to getting it in October. The extra stone guards up the side sound like a good idea, will have to add them to the trailer order!
Can you explain what the dust problem was? I assume you were getting some entering around the seals? Any other issues you needed addressing.
I agree, Keith and Amanda are a pleasure to deal with.
Cheers
Brick.
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Follow Up By: Glenn (VIC) - Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 at 18:50
Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 at 18:50
Hi Brick,
The tool box was superb, no dust ingress at all. The two problems I had were where two edges of the canvas slipped out of the channel it sits in and so some dust got into the test area near the bed. This issue has been rectified in later versions as
Tambo now insert screws to prevent this from occurring. They have now added the screws to
mine. The other problem was caused by me locking the top down too tight and so I flattened the seal tape, thus making it useless. Keith has given me a newer, more expensive type of tape to test, and I think it will do the job better. I also have to learn to lock the top down looser next time. Both Keith and Amanda stated they had never seen so much dust ingress into the trailer base before, but after Keith showed me the cause, I knew it was my fault.
Cheers
Glenn
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Follow Up By: Brick - Thursday, Sep 01, 2005 at 20:59
Thursday, Sep 01, 2005 at 20:59
Thanks again Glenn. Will be careful when locking down the top.
Cheers
Brick
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