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INTRODUCTION Thank you for your interest in the Bushtracker range of caravans.

problems traveling with caravans over the past 40 years.

You really need to see what we are doing and understand why we do it for your own benefit. Our success is your success as you happily travel around.

2 INTRODUCTION Thank you for your interest in the Bushtracker range of caravans. Recognised Australia wide for 20 years as the leader in off-road caravans, what we are really about is correcting all of the features that have caused people problems traveling with caravans over the past 40 years. We have engineered designs and equipment to correct the faults and weaknesses that have caused failures in caravans traveling in the outback. You really need to see what we are doing and understand why we do it for your own benefit. Our success is your success as you happily travel around. We also design custom layouts to suit the individual, and you will be pleasantly surprised at all of the variations and unique ideas you can see at the Factory. There at the Factory, you can also see gear and equipment not available anywhere else. For 20 years Bushtracker has been recognised as the leader in off-road caravans, and you owe it to yourself to come and see why!

LAYOUTS Layouts do not affect the price, and you can have anything you like. Each caravan is custom designed to suit your individual needs.

After talking with you about gear and style of travel, we can get a group of layouts for you to work with.

charging system for Minelab gold detecting equipment.

3 LAYOUTS Layouts do not affect the price, and you can have anything you like. Each caravan is custom designed to suit your individual needs. We literally have hundreds to choose from, and usually have something pretty close to what you would like in our collection. After talking with you about gear and style of travel, we can get a group of layouts for you to work with. When we know what hobbies interest you, a computer work-station with Sat-com up-link for managing your business and in the bush or a freezer hold for Barramundi Or maybe a workbench and charging system for Minelab gold detecting equipment. These things and mode of travel and sleeping accommodations and tow vehicle choice, etc will affect layout choices of samples that we can send away with you. We allow considerable time to coach you through the process, as your success in achieving your planned lifestyle is our success and will sell us more vans as you happily travel around. SUSPENSION On the suspension, it is a fully tandem independent and load sharing suspension available with a standard spring or optional air bag arrangement. The fact that the load-sharing characteristic reduces the shock of rough tracks to the payload is why the Defence Department likes it so much. The load sharing characteristic is so important, because when the leading arm of the suspension hits an obstacle it shifts 1/2 of the load onto the rear arm of the suspension, and when the rear arm of the suspension hits the obstacle it shifts 1/2 of the load onto the front arm of the suspension. The net effect is that the suspension articulates rather than delivering the shock of the road to the van twice in the tandem form. It is the suspension that moves in the ruts, shifting the load front to back and then back to front, rather than jarring the van by delivering the entire shock to the van with each wheel. It is simply the best. It has been around for about 20 years, but is not widely used as it is more expensive than normal caravan suspensions. You must have a fully independent suspension for several reasons. Here s a couple: One, the independent leaves a tunnel through the centre of the van for higher ground clearance, an axle suspension drags the axle when the wheels fall into a rut, and the axle acts like a boat anchor to bog the tow vehicle. Two, and most importantly, the independent breaks up what is called in engineering language harmonic motion which basically means that when there is just the right speed and timing on the ruts, the bounce builds on itself to create a destructive force. When you see it you will like it. And most importantly it is load sharing in a tandem mode.

WALL FRAMES We would suggest to you that there is a real advantage to coming up to the factory for a visit if you want the best. We guarantee you will be impressed. No one builds frames like we do.

4 WALL FRAMES We would suggest to you that there is a real advantage to coming up to the factory for a visit if you want the best. We guarantee you will be impressed. No one builds frames like we do. Most are still building glue and stapled timber frames on the exterior walls. Of the very few who build in aluminium most are building in 1mm C channel with single pop-rivets. We are building in 2 and 3mm square box section 25mm x 25mm and 50mm x 25mm with full laps on 3mm angle, double rivets diagonal in aircraft style and welded as well. Then all corners are welded and through-bolted. Nothing compares with that in strength and longevity, and it is immune to the normal caravan destroyers, like dry rot, borers, wood swelling, fungus, water damage, etc. Boeing does not build their exterior walls of aircraft in glued and stapled timber, and neither does Bushtracker. In the tropics wire staples only last a few years. All cladding is in 250mm strips and they even staple on the cladding in the overlaps where wind at 100 km per hour can blow moisture up to attack both the wood frames and also the staples. They also have to continually battle dry rot and fungus in wooden exterior walls, and some have even resorted to using treated wood to try and slow down the dry-rot effect. This has only made more problems in wood framed caravans because the material used to treat the wood is copper based and the copper could chemically react with the aluminium exterior cladding eating it away in time. Even normal condensation and humidity in the tropics will attack the thin staples in the exterior walls and start these problems. On our cladding, we use hidden structural rivets every 250mm on each wall stud. It is many times stronger and more durable. There is just no comparison. We also use three inches of cooler board insulation in the roofs and one inch in the walls not batts or fibreglass to settle out on the corrugation. Why? Because it s the best! Because of the nature of the construction of our Caravans, our vans are lighter and stronger than a wooden exterior frame van from the trailer up. A wood exterior frame means some fairly substantial timbers to span the roof. Ours are not only more durable, but also lighter and stronger from the body armour up, while heavier from the armour down in chassis and suspension, where it really counts. Which means we have a lower centre of gravity than other caravans. Bigger Brakes and Bearings We have also done the engineering to incorporate the option of 12 two piece hub drum commercial brakes into our suspension and that is a major improvement over the standard 10 or 12 caravan brakes. Besides better brakes, our larger hubs allow for bigger bearings as well. See if anyone else could do this with their frame! Our suspension can be fully aligned, as each a-frame is adjustable. It is simply the best, and stands head and shoulders above the rest. Again, what we are about is building the best and strongest, not just the look. As it turns out, when you compare apples for apples (as close as you can get since we offer things not available anywhere else), if you were to price up their vans with what we offer, we are also very comparable in price.

BUILT TO LAST Before you choose a Caravan Manufacturer, you need to see how they are actually built. You owe it to yourself to come to the Factory for a visit and see the difference.

If you are too far away to come for a visit, we can do it all by fax and mail. Even your vinyl, curtains, upholstery, etc.

5 BUILT TO LAST Before you choose a Caravan Manufacturer, you need to see how they are actually built. You owe it to yourself to come to the Factory for a visit and see the difference. Call us for an appointment and we will be happy to show you through the factory. We welcome a fair comparison with the rest. If you are too far away to come for a visit, we can do it all by fax and mail. Even your vinyl, curtains, upholstery, etc. can be done that way, and in fact some of our Customers come to the factory for the very first time when they pick up their new Bushtracker. However, we would suggest that a round trip airfare is a small price to pay to get the highest quality caravan on the road today. And it is something you may have for the rest of your life, so a trip to the factory is well worth the confidence it will build in our product. Here you can see all of the stages of construction that are hidden once the caravan in completed. Here you can make the decision with the confidence and security of knowing that you are getting the best. Call us for an appointment so we have more time to attend to your individual needs, and we will be happy to show you through the factory. We will not make comments about other specific Manufacturers, as the energy should be spent in showing you how our vans are better. We will say however, that our Competitors seem to be content to copy the style of Off-Road rather than do the hard yards to correct the weaknesses that normal caravans have in traveling the Outback. This only fools the people that don t know what they are looking at. We operate from a different perspective and have engineered the entire van to suit the Outback, and if you come here to see the bones for yourself in the Factory, you will know for yourself that we really have no Competitors. As to second hand Bushtracker caravans: The problem is that some people will pay more than new value not to have to wait for one to be built. To wait for one second hand that has a layout that you like, and an equipment list that you want, could be a very long wait indeed, it is just impractical. We build land yachts to last a lifetime. Just about everyone that sold Second hand in the last few years has turned a profit. Not only do they tell us about it, but many-many people have sold their vans to get a larger one built - In the last two years alone they almost all turned a profit.

INSIDE THE BUSHTRACKER Your imagination is the limit when it comes to designing your new

Our layout staff will coach you through the process right down to the individual cupboard

The end result is a purpose built caravan, tailored to suit your individual needs and

01 Your choice of custom interior: 'Modern choices' or 'Timeless timber', the interior

6 INSIDE THE BUSHTRACKER Your imagination is the limit when it comes to designing your new Bushtracker. Our layout staff will coach you through the process right down to the individual cupboard layouts and positions of power points and lights. The end result is a purpose built caravan, tailored to suit your individual needs and requirements. 01 Your choice of custom interior: 'Modern choices' or 'Timeless timber', the interior decision is entirely up to you. Part of the custom building process is giving you full input into the interior colour choices with your selection of vinyl flooring, wall and cabinet panelling, curtains, bench tops, cupboard doors, cupboard facings and upholstery just to name a few

Upright fridge and bunk beds 04 Tailored

7 05 The interior finish of a Bushtracker caravan is second to none Bathroom with toilet and vanity 02 Modern choices interior 03 Upright fridge and bunk beds 04 Tailored layouts to suit your needs 05 Cafe dining area 06 Timeless timber interior 07 Dovetailed drawers on heavy duty roller bearing runners 08 Top load washing machine

8 OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT You need to understand that we offer a range of gear and equipment that no one else in Australia even offers. The rest are about building the look or the style of Off-Road, while we are about building the real bones of off road travel in the Outback. What level of gear you need is up to how self-sufficient and independent you really want to be. However, you may not be aware of some of the gear and lifestyle that is listed in our brochure on the Internet Site, so please have a study of that for your own benefit. We would suggest that you get away from the normal light duty, road running caravan gear; in favour of some proper expedition grade equipment. Please contact Bushtracker for a current pricing guide which outlines the many choices available. What other needs you may have are up to you, we offer general touring self sufficient equipment up to a level of expedition grade equipment, that no one else in Australia even offers. As to the Gear Selections from above, we can give some advice on how much of it you need when we talk more about what level of self-sufficiency and independence that you want to achieve. We can give you a fair evaluation.

that: YES, we have the best engineering, YES, we have the best equipment.

9 COST Please contact us for our lastest pricing on all of our caravans. So that you are not fooled by what the others build, You need to have a closer look at Bushtracker and you will find that: YES, we have the best engineering, YES, we have the best equipment. And YES, we have the nicest interior finishes of any caravan in Australia. You price it up with the Optional Equipment to suit your own level of self-sufficiency and independence, for the Lifestyle you want.

BOTTOM LINE The point is that we excel from our suspension to our aircraft style wall frames, our equipment, our engineering, and interior finishes.

We also have an enormous range of gear and equipment that no one else even offers and you will have to see it for yourself with a trip to the Factory.

10 BOTTOM LINE The point is that we excel from our suspension to our aircraft style wall frames, our equipment, our engineering, and interior finishes. And we build all together the best caravan in Australia. We also have an enormous range of gear and equipment that no one else even offers and you will have to see it for yourself with a trip to the Factory. What we are really talking about is a level of gear and equipment matched to the level of personal freedom and independence that you require. We really have no Competitors in Australia. Again, the point is that you owe it to yourself to see what we are doing in person at the Factory before you make the mistake buying something else. So, we would like to invite you to come to the Factory for a visit. A trip there is a small expense on a Land Yacht you are likely to keep for the rest of your life. Here we can give you the real confidence in our vans and show you the real bones of the quality in the construction, as well as a vast number of layout possibilities in books and on computer. Here you can walk through a dozen vans, and get a better feel of confidence for the things that make us #1. We would like to suggest that you have a look at the Internet Site at and schedule a visit to the Factory as soon as possible; here you will be impressed with what you see. Be aware that it takes time to build a custom van to the highest quality. You may need to think about Booking your own Delivery Slot as soon as possible if scheduling is important. That is the only penalty for being #1, they tend to keep us Booked up a bit, but the best is worth waiting for. Many of our Clients who could not wait and were fooled by what the Competition has on to offer, have come back later and said: Right, well we can wait now. No one builds a van like we do; we really have no Competitors in Australia. Our basic aim is to make you selfsufficient and securely at home in the bush. We are not about being the biggest, just the best! Come for a visit and discover your new home! Prices current at the time of printing. Bushtracker reserves the right to make changes without notice.

11 STANDARD INCLUSIONS Chassis and drawbar A Hot dipped galvanised A-frame not just tacked on the front, but runs right into the chassis. Fully galvanised laminated double chassis. Departure angle on the back, for pulling up or backing up a steep bank. Necessary in any off-road caravan! Fully independent and load sharing suspension that is also alignable in the bush, the best on the market with 12 inch commercial brakes. (Please note that vans up to 15 foot, including the Pop-Top range are fitted standard with single axle, independant suspension that is fully alignable.) Two spares, yes you should have two and mounted on the front of the van where they should be (not on the rear where they contribute to hobby horsing and sway) and mounted directly to the chassis. A heavy duty handbrake not the silly thing on a normal hitch. A 4x4 hitch because a normal hitch only articulates about 22 degrees. Power / easy mover geared jockey wheel to move the van around, makes hooking up a breeze! Off-road tyres and wheels, can be designed with stud pattern to match a range of tow vehicles. Stone guards on the front, and no boot to bounce the stones back at the tow vehicle. Secondary stage under body protection layer. External features Galvanised heavy duty wheel boxes. Aluminium wall and roof framework, 2 and 3mm structural box section lapped onto 3mm angle for a total of 5mm thick at the joints, fully welded and double structurally riveted. A separate locking security grill on the door (should have). Four seasons hatch. A watertight door for crossing floods and rivers, also helps make it dustproof. Tinted Dometic windows with built in insect screens and blinds, double glazed to help keep it cool - and the windows are safer than glass. Aluminium checker plate body armour on the caravan, not for decoration but thick enough to withstand the outback conditions. Body rub rail. Pair of LPG gas bottles. Standard inclusions current from 1st July 2013 Scratch resistant aluminium exterior cladding. Outside 240V mains power point. We use all marine grade sealants throughout the caravan, because it is simply the best and longest lasting. External LED marker lights and LED tail lights incorporating reversing lights for additional safety and vision at night. 12V high grade external light. Rear protection bumper and tail light protector. Front window stone shield with struts (on most models) Insulated roof and walls: Three inches of cooler board insulation in the roofs and one inch in the walls cut and matched to the framework with no gaps. Not batts or fibreglass to settle out on the corrugation. Why? Because it s the best. 12 pin trailer plug. Illuminated LED entry grab handle. Internal features Custom designed internal layout. Custom internal colours including vinyl floor, bench tops, curtains, upholstery, timber doors and even van striping with literally thousands of potential combinations. More durable polyester resin finished panelling instead of the normal paper finish. Positive locking marine grade cabinet catches, simply the best, instead of the flimsy type. Gas struts to lift double beds for storage access underneath, just makes life easier. Tasmanian oak doors and drawers dovetailed in the corners like Grandma s furniture. We use real rollers and guides on our doors and drawers, because it is the best. Bulkheads, bench tops and cabinetry are all made of high quality waterproof ply and Meranti. No chipboard or MDF is used in a Bushtracker. High-grade fancy stainless sinks with chrome flick mixer Australian made Swift stove, oven and grill with automatic ignition Dometic 90L 3 way gas / 12V / 240V fridge, or you can upgrade to a compressor drive unit. Looped high efficiency long life fluorescent lights that burn half the power, or high efficiency two stage LED. Provision for Air-conditioning, structure roof framed to carry air unit, run wire and circuit breakers, insulate, panel over and under. All major work done to install air unit at a later date. LED reading lights at bed LED reading lights at dining Plumbing Lockable water fillers Town water entry with pressure reducer Easy access internal inlet manifold for selectively filling water tanks Easy access internal outlet manifold for selective use of water tanks Suction line for tank filling from a creek Marine Flojet automatic water pumps with filters, others work, but for how long? This is the best. Chrome flick mixer to taps and shower rose Genuine John Guest snap fit plumbing throughout van Outlet tap on A-Frame 2 x Heavy duty armoured water tanks, independently plumbed for safety in the bush. Potable and Non-potable dual water system: To allow for any local non - drinking water source to be used for the shower and sink for washing up, while preserving the other tanks/system for just drinking water. This system has separate pumps, venting, drainage, locking water fillers, taps, and completely separates the systems so they cannot cross contaminate. This greatly extends your drinking water, as the major consumer of water by about 98% are the showers and washing up. And so, you can use a local source of water for your bulk water usage and renew it on a weekly basis if need be while greatly extending your drinking water and independence in the bush. Electrical Deep cycle battery, so the van can be self powered without hooking up. Custom made sealed and vented battery boxes. Automatic battery charging system. Solar ready electrical system with 12V breakers and meter. Dual wired for 12V and 240V, a true hybrid electrical system. 3 x Double power points, 1 x Single power point for microwave Fusion CD/DVD/AM/FM/iPod head unit with two ceiling mounted speakers and automatic radio antenna

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