RV REVIEW

INSIDE THE POPULAR TRACTION !

ONE-PIECE COMPOSITE ROOF

Option RV is a quiet achiever in the Australian caravan manufacturing industry . The caravans produced in its Campbellfield , Vic , factory are well regarded , though it had been a number of years since I ’ d had one on the back of my 4WD .

When the Victorian government eased covid- 19 restrictions enough to allow me a day on the road , I was out my front door and on the road to cast my eye over the latest version of Option RV ’ s Traction model .

Our review van was Option RV ’ s popular 20ft 6in mid-door couple ’ s van with a particularly large ensuite .

One of the newest features found on this latest Traction is a one-piece composite roof . It is an attractive caravan , without question , and it appears ready and willing to take whatever your travels could throw at it .

The Traction is built on a raised 4in G & S SupaGal chassis with 6in A-frame that extends back to the springs of the 3495kg-rated G & S Control Rider independent coil trailing arm suspension with twin shock absorbers .

The A-frame comes with a DO35 fullyarticulating offroad coupling , a mesh stoneguard protecting dual 9kg gas cylinders and a solid storage box fabricated from checkerplate . This box has storage compartments on either side , as well as a drawer – a point of difference between this and the many other similar boxes on the market .

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