- FIT FOR INTENDED PURPOSE
2. INNOVATION - SELF-SUFFICIENCY
- QUALITY OF FINISH
- BUILD QUALITY
- OFFROAD-ABILITY
- COMFORTS
- EASE OF USE
- VALUE FOR MONEY
- X-FACTOR
50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL DAVID COOKCTA RATINGS
while the gas struts do their work. When fully
over, simply lower the legs to match the rear
floor to the ground, snap in the two rear press
studs on the canvas skirt, hook up the handful
of bungee loops around the sides and step
inside.
Undo the two rear bow hook clamps and
push the bow up and out while inserting the
two rear upright poles in place. Raise the
front mounting point for the rear hoop on
the entry side and when the canvas is taut,
lock everything in place. It couldn’t be easier.
Packing up is simply the reverse process.
All the poles travel in a poly carrier across
the rear of the camper where they help lower
ball weight.
The awning can travel attached to the
camper, and is pulled over the top beneath the
winch strap when partly packed up. Pull it out
to set up and start inserting the five aluminium
poles and four spreader bars — a job which
can be done singlehandedly with surprising
ease. This can be a free-standing awning
without ropes, if there’s no breeze, but for an
overnighter, it pays to have ropes in place.
The awning gives you a roomy 2000 x
5020mm footprint for shelter, from in front
of the fridge box to behind the rear of the
camper tent. Walls are optional, but the
front wall which would shelter the kitchen
and wraps around to provide an infill in
front of and behind the fridge box, would be
highly recommended. The canvas (10oz roof,
8oz walls) is all-Australian Wax Converters
Dynaproof, all cut on Cub’s laser bench and
sewn in-house. All five windows feature
midgy-proof screens, those at the bedside
being internal for easy access at night, and
for an extra $280 you can have a roll-up side
which gives you that great panoramic access
to the outside environment. The rear driver’sCUB BRUMBYHappy Birthday Mr Cub
THIS YEAR Cub Campers
turns a robust 50 years old,
and in line with most of the
baby boomers, it figures it’s
just beginning to hit its straps.
Cub was the first in Australia
to manufacture camper
trailers, based loosely on the
designs of the Combi Camper
from Europe. These were a
basic rear fold design that was
easily adapted to Australian
usage and rapidly became
popular.
In 2012, Cub moved into its
current three acre factory
complex at North Rocks, in
Sydney’s suburban northwest,
where it has invested heavily
in laser cutting equipment
for metal component and
canvas, and is in the process of
installing a new paint station
which will give a choice of
colours on all their campers.
Cubs have pretty much
always been rear fold designs,
and these were seen as the
epitome of camper layouts
in the days when the choiceswere either sidefold, rearfold
or pop-top designs with beds
which could pull out each
end. Several years ago, Cub
began manufacturing Johnnos
Campers, all pretty much
sidefold designs, but when
Johnnos went into liquidation
in November 2015, Cub briefly
marketed those designs under
the name Coolibah Campers,
but it soon became apparent
that there was no market
there to be had.
In 2016, Cub made a moveinto the forwardfold market
with the release of its Frontier
model, designed to meet the
market demand for this type
of camper and resolve so
many of the shortcomings in
the design of these campers.
Cub is planning an ongoing
sweep of celebratory
activities, which will include
a major get-together near
Sydney for Cub owners in
October — watch for more
news on this later.aryAmple storage