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Thedust of therecent Caravan,
Camping and Destination Show,
where the prototypesof Conqueror’s
newrange of UEV off-road caravans
waslaunched, had hardly settled
beforethese caravanswere sent on
atough test run.
AccordingtoPhilip deVries, the
four caravanswere towedfor six
days, covering3500 kmalong the
MolopoRiver, including somerough
dirt roads northofVryburg in the
NorthernCape.Thesolepurposeof
the trip wasashake-down cruiseto
reveal potential problems.
Thebigges tdifferencebetwee nthe
newseriesandConqueror’sstandard
caravans is the building material of
the hull.And this has passedthe
test with flyingcolours ,saysPhilip.
“Weonlygot adust leakat one of
the bubble windows–it’s nowbeen
replaced withaflat paneofglass.”
Thecaravans areequippedwith
newindependentsuspen sion,which,
in additionto theshock ab sorbers,
also includesacoilspringon each
side. Philip used the test drive to test
different types ofcoil spr ingson>UEVcaravansshowtheirmettleonatest drive