Island Campers from Tasmania have decided to go to the mainland and show their TC's They have built a Lance like TC with a Slideout,that was on a F350
Little Henty
Innovan TC. There is also a trailer version that can be towed as well.
Leven TC
Innovative and Trailer
Tassie slide-ons head north
Tasmaniaโs Islander Campers will have a small display of its high-quality fibreglass slide-on campers at the Victorian Caravan Supershow, from February 24-29.
Located in the northern Tasmanian coastal town of Penguin, Islander Campers recently became a member of the Caravan Industry Association of Victoria, paving the way to be an exhibitor at one of Australiaโs largest caravan shows for the first time.
On display in Melbourne will be a Leven 2.4 TS (shower/toilet) model sitting on the back of a single-cab Holden Colorado ute, as well as a lighter and more compact Little Henty slide-on, which has a Tare weight of around 400kg and is designed for week-end getaways.
One of seven variants available, the Little Henty display model will have a 2.4m long body with side door, kitchenette and double bed.
RV manager Daniel Bambridge said with its sloping pop-top roof that boosts interior height to 2.0m the Little Henty is โquite uniqueโ.
โIt looks high compared to a flat-roof pop-top of course, but then there's the advantage of more space. You donโt have to get on your hands and knees to get in themโฆ Iโm 6ft 4in and I can still stand up inside with room over my head,โ he said.
The slide-on campers can be fitted to most of the popular single and dual-cab utes available.
Bambridge says the Islander slide-ons are of โsuperior constructionโ to similar models on the market, featuring one-piece, CNC-cut, insulated sandwich panel walls and roof and a galvanized chassis, all produced in-house.
He said Islander has just started using the โinfusion methodโ to produce the fibreglass moulds, effectively reducing the weight of the roof by 50 per cent while also increasing strength.
Prices for the Little Henty start at $15,999 whereas the larger Leven, which is jam-packed with features including a kitchen, electric pop-top roof, toilet/shower, battery system and cab-over double bed, starts from $40,249.
One of a handful of RV manufacturers, and possibly the biggest on the Apple Isle, Bambridge said Islander already delivers around 50 per cent of its output to the mainland, thanks largely to โword of mouthโ marketing from Tassie owners heading north.
In business for around 30 years, Islander Campers is a division of Penguin Composites, which started out building kayaks and canoes in the mid-1970s before expanding into a diverse range of composite products for the architectural, mining, marine, transport and recreation industries.
As well as slide-ons, Islander builds caravans, fifth-wheelers and truck camper bodies as well as the impressive Innovan camper.
The enterprising business has even built a SnowCamper for arctic regions -- a type of fibreglass igloo that can be dragged behind a ski-doo!
Little Henty
Innovan TC. There is also a trailer version that can be towed as well.
Leven TC
Innovative and Trailer
