Trakmaster caravan comments

Have you looked at
Halen Vans(www.halenvans.com.au) They build a great off radish van whatever size/design you like, if you are looking at new.

Cheers Mac

Trackmaster is an off-road caravan that has some great floor plans, but check out Sunland (great reputation), Kedron ( been around a long time), Bushtrakker, Phoenix, Spinaphix which are all other off-road vans

To answer the OP's question.
Trackmaster have been around for many years and enjoy a great reputation for building tough Off Road vans.
Ozjohn.

We had a Trakmaster Kimberley made for us in late 1997 - a poptop, 14' x7' internal measurement. We had been tent based campers up till then, but were about to retire and travel for an indefinite time. Husband suddenly needed a hip replacement, then aged 57, so we were reluctant converts to vanning, and deliberately had a van made to give us travel flexibility. Not too big. No non-essential gadgets to go wrong - well, non-essential to us. We maximized storage by having an E-W bed. Having the stuff we needed for extended travel, in van and vehicle, was never a space issue.
Our first trip was 3 years in the van. Found it comfortable enough for our purposes. We tend to spend much of our time outside the van, anyway, just as we did with the tent. Innerspring mattress meant we slept well.
Since that first trip, and up to 2009, we did trips most years, of 4-9 months each. From 2002, these usually involved parking up at some remote tourist operation, and working there, and living in the van.
Since 2010, the driver has had a heap of health issues and our tripping is, sadly, over.
We set the van up with solar power, 12v compressor fridge, so were able to go for long periods away from towns.
We did travel to some of the iconic 4WD destinations, but left van in storage and tented those - not because the van couldn't have done it, but because the driver didn't want the hassle of towing anything in places like the OTL Track etc. We have seen vans like ours - and bigger - in places like the Tip of the Cape, the far reaches of the Kimberley, Palm Valley etc.
We were always really happy with the van and always found the company good to deal with for servicing and the like.
So - thoroughly recommend Trakmasters. Incidentally, we have a used one for sale!

Hi Barry, I don't know about the trakmaster but I own a Kimberley Karavan and it's done well for 3 years , it,s done the Tip ,Cape leveque, the Gibb to Kalumburu, and many tracks iinbetween back thru the centre . They,re bloody expensive but compact,reliable, and have all the mod.cons.-toilet shower , a/c . Only downside apart from cost is in it's complexity , because they collapse to 4wd size and still have all big van systems- diesel hotwater and stove, vacuum toilet , battery banks, 240v backup, 12v fridge and lighting and lift winch etc. -- it would be a nightmare if something broke in the outback and you had no electrical knowledge.