Trakmaster caravans

Hi Laurie. If you mean the Tvan. I took mine to Cape York with no worries. If you are looking at one make shore it has the long drawbar. Cheers.

Have a Trakmaster Kimberley. We have found the build quality to be excellent - all that they promised it would be. But it is the ordinary dimpled metal caravan cladding, so can't comment on fibreglass finish.
The company is good to deal with - we have used them over the years, too, for servicing our van.
I regard it as a genuine offroad van.

Hello Laurie S
Where is the Trakmaster you are asking about made?

Ross M

Hi Laurie,

I cannot comment on Trakmaster specifically but I can comment on the fibreglass shell concept.
We have just recently ordered a new van and have specified (at extra cost) fibreglass sides (comes with a one piece fibreglass roof).
My view is that the fibreglass is a far superior sheeting prodct than the paper thin aluminium used (it always seemed bizarre to me that so called $100,000 off road vans had 600mm of checkerplate along the sides and then paper thin aluminium sheeting above that).
I have seem photos of vans with their aluminium sheeting sliced like a knife from overhanging branches when going along overgrown bush tracks. Also hail damage is almost eliminated with a fibreglass sheeting. Also there are no joins in fibreglass sheeting - to let in water or moisture.
To us it was a no brainer - go for fibreglass.
But you must be careful of the quality - I am not talking about the ultra thin fibreglass that Jayco use on some of their vans. Check the thickness - should be a minimum of 1.9mm thick sheets.
Just an additional comment - my recollection (from my research) was that Trakmaster use timber frames. People will have their opinions on timber vs aluminium but do your own research and make a judgement for youself. After owning an Evernew (a very high quality van) that developed a small unknown leak - and caused damage/rot to the timber frame - I personally would not ever own a timber framed van again (just for peace of mind). But that is just my opinion. My preference now is welded box section aluminium frame.
Good luck and safe travelling in whatever you buy.
Cheers