Thread: CAMPER TRAILER VS HEAVILY LOADED 110

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Originally Posted by Leyland1980 View Post
Has anyone ever looked at or even imported one of these? They look awesome and the price seems incredible!

Metalain Trailers

Originally Posted by gusthedog

Are they available in Oz or do you have to import by yourself.

Not sure, hence the question - anyone fancy a Group buy? I could be convinced by a nice red Mini!

From my one visit to RSA , Namibia, Botswana , and Zambia,I found the dirt roads to be much better than Oz,with grading every few weeks.
I therefore wonder if their suspensions are good enough to stand Oz outback conditions.
I was told by a Conquerer rep that they toughened up their trailers for Oz.

So I wouldn't be rushing to buy what is really a very basic suspension. I am an independent fan after 8 years with no problems except new shocks needed.
Regards philip A

Originally Posted by Leyland1980

Not sure, hence the question - anyone fancy a Group buy? I could be convinced by a nice red Mini!

Seems to me there is a gap in the market for small/light basic off-road trailers like this in Oz. Patriot or Mission are a good size but way pricey with too may bells & whistles, only others I've come across are the XMT/A1 and the PODs.

So ... I could be convinced too.

Originally Posted by Leyland1980

Has anyone ever looked at or even imported one of these? They look awesome and the price seems incredible!

Metalain Trailers

Mulgo does something similar.....

Originally Posted by Sitec

Hi Voltron.. You've many options here as already talked about... but to help with options, we could do with knowing a little more.. You have a 110... with all the gear.. Is it just two traveling, or a family? Is your current tent a roof mounted setup, or one you erect once at you're destination? I've also been thru this and am kinda there again.. My last Land Rover was a 130, onto which I'd built a custom tray with detachable camp body. The idea was great, but the reality was an overweight slow pain in the arse! The box took too long to detach, the roof tent worked well, but would have been handy if easily detached, and the vehicle was always overweight.. My resolve was to have a simple easy setup, which we now have with the 101... The bed is a full sized double set up across the vehicle with boxes etc slid underneath. I am tho considering building a simple camp trailer on the same size wheels with everything built into it, freeing up the vehicle so I don't have to strip it every time I come home!!! My suggestion to you is similar... Instead of spending big on a fancy trailer, why not buy a simple 6x4 trailer (which you specify Land Rover wheels to match your 110), also specify a frame above it to carry a roof tent. This frame can then be canvas covered with access points where you choose. The frame under it could also be meshed if you are worried about security.. With the trailer space, you can then mount/stow all your camp kit. All up it would weigh very little, be simple and relatively cheep to build, and leave the 110 free and not stressed for touring, and using more easily when home! You could then add awnings, pull out kitchens, leisure systems etc as the budget/need arises.. Just my thoughts!

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Slight thread hijack. I am considering building a light weight trailer as suggested. Will use independent suspension and not sure whether I will use coils or airbags (but then i will have to carry a spare or two and add weight) Also weight in the 110 will generally be lower and suspension can be set up to be more comfortable when unladen.

Rick.

We have a Camel Beachcomber, selling, soft floor. Been to Fraser twice with it and a few weekends and a week at park on a river. Great thing. If we didn't have a young bloke I would have gone Cub or similar hard floor. The big advantage I see with a soft floor is under bed storage. The bigger hard floors have good storage but have a good price too.


We have just gone for a Jayco Outback Hawk, wont go into reasons, just suites us and perhaps sets up a bit quicker. We also tent it when we have time. We will taking the Hawk to Fraser this year. The camel has GVM of 1020 kg, the Hawk 1320.


I tow all the time at work, box trailers, low loader, so towing doesn't bother me. On that note, I would rather spread out the weight and have a well braked trailer over driving a top heavy vehicle, but that's a personal thing, whatever you are comfortable with.


I like Australian made for parts etc. The Camel is fully made in Brisbane, and the Jayco is made here too, with standard caravan parts you can get at caravan shops or Ebay.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

From my one visit to RSA , Namibia, Botswana , and Zambia,I found the dirt roads to be much better than Oz,with grading every few weeks. I therefore wonder if their suspensions are good enough to stand Oz outback conditions. I was told by a Conquerer rep that they toughened up their trailers for Oz. So I wouldn't be rushing to buy what is really a very basic suspension. I am an independent fan after 8 years with no problems except new shocks needed. Regards philip A

I would be interested to know how Conquers were hardened up for Aus. What do they change? The surely don't re engineer the suspension do they?

The simplicity/ basic nature of the Metalain suspension is obviously not as sophisticated as the patriot x1 but then neither is the price! Which will I notice more?

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1403307830.022577.jpg love my x1.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1403307862.246346.jpg

So easy to tow, superImageUploadedByTapatalk1403307926.162269.jpg rugged