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The Dark Arts of Towing Off-Road

Venturing off-road with your caravan or camper trailer opens up a world of adventure, granting access to Australia’s diverse and beautiful landscapes. However, it’s a journey that requires skill, knowledge, and above all, preparation. In this guide, we’ll explore the art of off-road towing, offering tips and tricks to ensure you, your 4X4, and your trailer return from your adventures in one piece.  Understanding Your Trailer’s Capabilities  A Strong Foundation  Before planning any off-road excursion, it’s crucial to understand the capabilities of your trailer. Its design and construction determine where it can and can’t go. For instance, if you own an ‘on-road’ caravan, it won’t be suitable for off-road adventures due to low clearance and lighter-duty suspension components and construction. You run the risk of literally shaking it apart at the seams on even mild corrugations. Instead, consider a semi-off-road or dedicated heavy-duty off-road van, built to handle low-range tracks, sand, and other challenging terrains with better ground clearance and stronger construction.  The Importance of Clearance  Clearance is one of the most critical factors when taking a trailer off-road. Trailers with good clearance can tackle most rough terrains without scraping their underbelly against rocks and ruts. A trailer’s clearance is often determined by its suspension package specification. While independent, coil-sprung, or air-bagged setups are desirable, even a well-rated leaf spring…

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Track Trailer T4 Review: Uncommonly Uncompromising

In this product review, Pat gives you his thoughts on the Track Trailer T4 Hybrid Caravan. It looks like a ‘regular’ single axle off-road caravan by all intents and purposes. Off-road suspension and tyres, loads of ground clearance, and a bed up against one end. But in reality, that’s like comparing a Datsun Fairlady to a Lamborghini Huracan. Yes, they’re both sports cars, but one is a supercar, and the other is not.  If you hadn’t already worked it out, the Australian-engineered and built Track Trailer T4 is the Lambo in this analogy. With their glut of winding roads and doorway to Europe, it makes sense that the Italians would design sexy fast cars that know how to corner. Yet it makes even more sense that Australia would be the home of the finest off-road creations on the planet.  The caravan industry in Australia has, however, had a chequered past. Manufacturers come and go with the seasons, and things like R&D and warranty are what some builders consider ‘optional’. Track Trailer sits at the opposite end of the spectrum. While its trailers remain essentially hand-built, the roots of the company lie in military contract fulfilment. Before building fancy $100K-plus off-road caravans, they built off-road trailers for the Australian Army.  Before Tesla had a Trunk, the T4 had one…  HYBRID-OGRAPHY  The…

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Back to the Future with Cub’s Drifter

50 years later and Cub’s iconic Drifter is back and better than ever. We take a close up look. You don’t need to go far back in Australian history to find a different kind of family holiday. Instead of picture-perfect overseas beaches and 5-star hotels, generations of young Aussies were crisscrossing the country sliding around on the scalding hot vinyl bench seats in an old Holden station wagon. An Australian made camper hooked on the back, a year’s worth of board games and pushbikes strapped to the roof, and little more than an outback campfire for a destination. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more Australian memory. It’s fitting then, that as Aussie families look back to our shores for some hard-earned downtime, the iconic Cub Drifter is back for a whole new generation of young explorers. 50 years on and the Drifter is better than ever, and we recently had an opportunity to get an in-depth look at why Cub think it’s so special.    THE SETUP Let’s get one thing straight. If you’re eyeing off a Cub Camper it’s because first and foremost you want something that’s easy to set up, and spacious when you’re done. To that end, the Drifter is perfect. If you can forgo the awning, one person can go from arriving at camp to fully…

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