Camper Trailer Australia - April 2018

of the early 2000s

until today. It still holds

a fiercely Australian-

centric profile in

a market that is

increasingly dominated

by imported product.

Cub today offers

seven different models

— at the centre of which

sits the Brumby, at the top of their 2.2 metre

(body length) range and designed for (but not

limited to) couples and singles. It’s been Cub’s

most popular seller for a number of years and

since being introduced in 2007, over a thousand

have been sold.

Cub has never been overwhelmed by highly

complex campers with all sorts of bells and

whistles. It has first and foremost kept its focus

I

n what is currently an extremely
volatile industry, with long standing
and respected brands under siege,
closures coming at an alarming rate
and rumours circulating over others, it’s
reassuring to be able to report on the 50th
anniversary of one of the nation’s most
respected brands — Cub Campers — as
it kicks up its heels to mark a significant
achievement in Australian manufacturing.
Cub grew out of a small box trailer
business, purchased in 1968 by retired
pharmacist J.K. Fagan. With son Roger and
grandson Shane at the helm, the company
has steered its way through the 70s and
80s when it was one of just a handful of
businesses offering that novelty product
called the camper trailer, and onwards
through the meteoric explosion in popularity

y,

determined to offer the best value possible

at a reasonable price. It leaves the high dollar

end of the market to others, though by doing

so, brings itself into direct competition with

the imports, which today seem to almost own

the $30,000 and under end of the market.

So how does the Brumby stack up against

that opposition? We’d have to say pretty well.

So let’s take a tour.

on functionality andbasics,

A half century of all-Australian made

manufacturing