Tambo trailer spec for a newbie

we brought a tambo cooper last year they are grate campers after many years of looking we settled on them i think they are the best value for money camper on the market. we got pretty much all the options and spent about 12k. hope this helps justin

I sold mine last year. I did a hell of a lot of research before settling on the Tambo primarily because it provided excellent levels of quality at a very reasonable cost.

I spec'd mine up with Longer drawbar, 16" rims and offset to match my vehicle (Navara), water tank, tail gate kitchen, Treg hitch and full canvas work. I also had the front box made much larger. This was one of the better ideas I had as it gave a lot more room for storage and I was also able to mount the 12/24 power system within it.

I made a couple of mods of my own around the kitchen. To improve bench space a made a fold down s/steel lid that wou;ld drop and provide extra bench space when the stove was not in use. I see that Keith now makes a clip on bench extension. A must particularly if you've got a family.

The tent canvas was over very high quality and we withstood some cyclonic conditions that saw other's around us suffer real damage. (10 extra ropes and pegs always comes in handy for double or triple roping of annex poles). I'd also get a couple of extra windows covered with the zip up clear PVC in addition to the canvas as it allows you to have the principal canvas covers up even on a rainy, gloomy day providing light into the tent. Much more pleasant if your cooped up in it due to weather.

Other advise in respect to the canvas, if you considering the zip on kids room, get it done at the time of manufacture. Makes it cheaper.

They are a fantastic unit and I regret selling mine. You wouldn't be disappointed with one.

Cheers Mick

Hi EveryOz, we are a family of 5 and pretty much got everything, i would be lost without the roofrack as i put alot up there, and u don't need to remove stuff off the rack to set up. The only thing we don't / can't use is opening up the whole trailer from the left hand side because we got the roofrack. We spent 13k in 2006.

Hope this helps,

cheers,

Lance

We've had ours for about 4yrs now.We went for- side lift(dont even consider not getting this), treg hitch, tool box on front and full walls/front for awning.Ive made a tail gate kitchen to how i wanted it, put in a pole carrier, mounted the wheel on the side of the tool box, stone guard on the front, slide out food box in the back, made a divider in the tub so things dont fall behind the slide out food box,fitted 6x 12v outlets and wired ina battery box.I extended the draw bar and also mounted a high lift jack point.
All/most of this could have been fitted std but I like to do these things myself.
We lived in ours in Kununurra for three months through the tail end of the wet and copped a two day 760mm rain fall and we never got a drip of water in it.It was comfy, bit squeezy with 4 of us but we had a fridge, tv, table, a/c unit, four chairs and our clothes box in it(we had the awning up and front side walls)
Have seen alot of campers that people have bought and the Tambo is the best priced/finished camper you can get.
From memory we paid $8000 with all extras.(Exploroz members get a discount).
Great camper.

Yes we got alot of the extras and we all of them . We got the full awing, slide out kitchen, tool box, 83ltr water tank, electric brakes boat rack(gas strut lift) . our tambo cost approx 12 gran. hope this helps with your desision.Oh Forgot to tell you that weImage Could Not Be Found love it so does the kids :)

Thanks all, could anyone give me a run-through on the options listed and pros and cons?


I understansd that members here get a disciount too?

Hi
Daughter and son'in'law currently have one on order. Cooper with Elec brakes, storage box, front and side stoneguards, tailgate kitchen with Lido stove and bench extension, extra jerry can holder, lift-up base, 82 litre water tank, annexe with end walls with window, draught skirt, tregg coupling, 16 inch rims, push bike hitch. Cost is about $11500 which is good value. We researched for a fair bit before settling on this one. I have a Tru-Blu which are also good value, but we thought the Tambo now represented better value. There is quite a story on them in the current camper trailer mag.

I didn't realise that Tambo are in the Mag. I hope that it hasn't increased their delivery time.

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G'day, I had mine modded when I ordered it, a false floor over the plastic fish boxes. This allowed the boxes to be slid out when required, with out removing all the stuff on top. Keith would remember it I am sure. Very very well made set up. pity I sold mine.

I purchased my Cooper for a 2006 trip to Cape York and outback Queensland. The only options I got were 16 inch wheels to match the vehicle, treg hitch, higher ravel cover to accomodate an inner spring mattress (no more foam for me) and the electric brakes. I believe the brakes are essential - most fully loaded Coopers would be over the 750kg limit but more importantly the whole rig feels safer with brakes. In hindsight I should have got the side lift - it was a pain accessing stuff in the trailer once it was packed up. I added my own kitchen to the tail gate, an aluminium toolbox on the draw bar, and a stone guard made from old shade mesh. All of these worked well. The Cooper towed well and I didn't spare it on rough roads (when I got home I discovered a shackle pin on one of the leaf springs was almost sheared through - perhaps after hitting a rock). I too have moments of regret about selling it. A great unit. Cheers. Rob.

I have emailed tambo, thanks for all your help. I'll let you all know how I go.


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