Conqueror Australia

You guys are still making me jealous, those are great pics. I'm not a serious 4x4 person yet....... but just like the look and toughness of that rig.

I'll be getting one before I die for sure now.

Rob

Nice pictures Kiwi, where were they taken?

great shots on photobucket, mate.

The people that said not to touch them, had probably never seen one, let alone had first hand experience! Too many armchair experts with fear of the unknown.

Tony

Did these people give any actual reasons behind the "Dont touch them"

Hi Pete,
can't say enough about the Conqueror, we put into some tough spots on our trip and other than a little dust, it was unstoppable.
We store clothes and other usual camping needs in the multitude of pockets within the trailer and on the floor whitch has unique tie down points.
There is no need to store behind the wheel, however get the griller that fits over the spare, very useful whejn cooking over a fire
We carry an 80 watt ARB solar panel, independant of the trailer and use an Anderson plug to clip onto the trailer. We find this to be pretty handy to get the best sun advantage.
With 2 people who know their jobs without talking about what to do, the front bed is about 5 minutes from go to sleep ready, the side awning about 5/7 minutes, the walls about another 15 to 20.
The front bed/awnings needs some practice to get to the times that I am talking about, however.
The vanity area takes a Coleman hot water unit, 2/3 spare gas canisters and our towels to pad out the storage.
We find this very handy, it should store the generator.
A good feature is that if you are travelling in a bit of heat, the water storage will heat up to simply turn on the cold water shower that comes with the camper.
Modifications:
we inserted a steel tray in the fridge area to carry our 40 litre Engel
We attached a hose/tap arrangement to the passenger side front locker for aotomatic shower bucket filler, using the water pump.
Conqueror are always keen to hear of our experiences and modifications, and are a great help.
We also like the fact that if you pull up in foul weather, you simply open the door and set up your bed using the internal table/seat arrangements, no folding out canvas etc.
We looked at a number of brands, they all had excellent points, however, we had a price, the fold out/ non fold out options suited us, the kithen and pantry can not be matched for convenience and the 2 rear lockers store all our cooking gear and the annexes.
Dry food storage bins can either go on the floor or in the back of the mighty Nissan Patrol Turbo Diesal!
I hope that this info helps, Cheers,
Geoff

Hi Geoff,
thanks for all the info, we are still undecided which van to go for the Commander Conqueror or the Kavango, both have plus and minuses going for them.
Just love the slideout shower on the kavango and the kitchen seems to be a bit more organised too, but the Conqueror Commander has wider beds, so we dont have to have the bed made up, keeping the singles with table in-between. just fall in at the end of the days travelling.
The kavango's awning looks a bit flimsy too, but the white interior with lots of LED's looks more inviting. It also has the webasto diesel heater. The Commander from SA has the Hanson gas hws and no space heating.
Choices choices, has anyone out there got a Kavango and make any comments please.
Would love to hear from you.
We need a sturdy annexe/awning as we camp on beaches most of the time, and have to endure high winds.
Cheers
Pete

Hi Geoff,
Another ? for you, and thanks for answering the previous.
Interior is it dark and gloomy, especially when the toilet tent is up?
As it covers the only window apart from the ones in the pop up roof section.
When its raining and all zipped up the ventilation could be a problem or have you not found this.
The imported ones from SA do not have the zip up midge door screens, anyone know where they come from?
cheers
gilly44

Hi Tess,
very envious of your plans.
We have put "Willie', the Conqueror into storage for the winter, except the Queens Birthday long weekend to Ulupna Island on the Murray River, a beautiful spot.
Next year our plans are Bright for our usual family Christmas break, then 3 weeks around the Eyre Peninusular then perhaps to part of the Anne Beadell Track from the Nullabor Roadhouse to Cook and Poeppels Corner, then over to WA.
The Anne Beadell track continues to lure us back, even with the corrugations!
Note, the ABT from Coober Pdey to Poeppels is definately for the adventuresome!
The following year, back to Broome via Birdsville and north to Kunanuura and GRR. Around 7 to 8 weeks for that one!
The Conqueror does everything we want from it, we slept 4 adults in it over night at Ulupna, no problems at all.
Prue and Geoff