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PATRIOT ON THE MARCH
PATRIOT CAMPERS STARTED AS A SKETCH IN THE SAND ON STRADBROKE
ISLAND, QLD. AND NOW IT HAS TAKEN OVER THE SMALL SCREEN…
Headed by Justin and Sarah
Montesalvo, Patriot Campers
is one of Australia’s best-
known and most respected
manufacturers of offroad
camper trailers. Not bad since
they only opened shop in 2013.
And now, this Queensland-
based hard-core-camper
builder has launched its own
TV show, Patriot Games,
which kicked off on Nine on
July 1. We sat down with
Justin to get the lowdown on
the new show and to try to
work out how and why Patriot
has so quickly become such a
success story.
GORV: What inspired you
Australia. It was difficult to
justify the price point of an
Australian quality-built product
in the early days.
to start Patriot Campers?
JM: After going through a
couple of trailers offered on
the market, I couldn’t find what
I was looking for, so with the
GORV: Which model Patriot
capabilities of my sheetmetal
is your personal favourite, and
shop, I decided to build my own. why? I know you’d love them
all, but if you had to nominate
GORV: What was the biggest just one…
challenge in setting up Patriot JM: Honestly, it would be the
and getting people to take
X2. That is the first camper I
notice?
wanted to build, it's a no BS
JM: The market was already camper trailer and nothing
saturated with imported
more. Simplicity at its finest
product, sub-standard in
with all the comforts I need,
quality to what is produced in
and with the renowned Patriot
build quality.
GORV: What can you tell
us about how Patriot campers
are built? What do you
do differently?
JM: We utilise
manufacturing
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