Torus Rv
With 20 years in the production of vacuum sandwich panel caravan products, using GRP and XPS to whats known as XPS Core System.
โThis has now been combined with true free-camping off-road use over the past 7 years with rich 4WD experience and know how to mould a new product that will last for decades to come.
We also think that your product is only as good as the customer service your provide and this will be our calling card.
Hybrid Range
Family Bunk Range
Caravan Range
- 18FT Rear Ensuite
- 18.6FT Rear Ensuite
- 18.6FT Rear Ensuite (Single Beds)
- 19.6FT Rear Ensuite
- 21.6FT Rear Ensuite
- 23FT Rear Club
Torus Technology
- Body System is structural XPS aircraft foam in a vacuum sandwich panel that is light and extremely strong.
- The outer body panels are hail and impact resistant fiberglass.
- Rot proof XPS body core system.
- Strong Woven-Matt one piece vacuum formed full composite floor system.
- Strong vacuum formed domed structural roof that you can in fact walk on top of without damage.
- R5+ Thermal insulation that is 3 times that of a standard caravan.
- 2 times the strength of a framed caravan.
- One part moulded vacuum formed dome roof.
- Cabinetry is block screwed NOT stapled together.
- 10 Year Structural Body Warranty.
- 5 year Chassis Warranty โ Full Hot Dip Gal Chassis.
- 3 year Suspension warranty.
- All caravans are designed in 3D SolidWorks software.
Australian Conditions
When you consider a product built for use in Australia you probably need to consider a lot more than most other countries, with vast open spaces, highways, rough sealed roads, unseal corrugated roads, sand tracks, beaches and mild to very rugged off-road terrain you really face every type of condition when you travel Australia.
Sometimes just getting from one point to the other without the intent to go off-road you are forced into this type of conditions, so to be prepared for that is planning ahead and this should include your caravan.
If you travel some of these roads for any period of time you will see caravans that just cannot survive this type of travel, broken down or have had things rattle lose inside them.
You only need to ask a few about their trips to find out what can happen.
While no caravan can be free from troubles and keep maintenance is important particularly off-road, it does pay to do you planning and research about your product and where you intend to travel.
A lot of people just look at caravans for the layouts and then the colours and what options they have and they donโt consider the whole picture thinking that all products are made the same and will perform similar.
This could not be further from the truth or the reality of using these in Australia.
Other Caravan Construction Methods.
All are not created equal, there is a big difference in the way caravans are built, and this fact is actual not well known with around 90% of caravans still using wood or alloy frame and lose clad with alloy cladding.
This is a traditional built caravan, and the issue comes with these vans is well known and numerous, if built well they can last a long time but if there is a mistake in production or lack of attention to detail you can be facing big and costly repairs.
Framed Caravans
1. Cladding
Framed vans are usually clad with aluminium, this comes in a few forms:
a. Ribbed or overlapped sections to make up the full side.
b. Flat advertising board with a core or plastic ( some salesmen call them, composite but they are only referring to the cladding not the structure), if you see joining strips on the outside wall then it will be this type because they can only purchase the sheets in a certain size and have to join them. This product has a very big fire risk and is not allowed on any build across Australia.
2. Framed vans Types
Famed vans as noted before come in a few types starting with the most common the meranti timber fame, tig welding alloy fame, riveted alloy frame and some composite board fames are new to the market.
3. Famed van Construction
Framed vans are simple to build, you donโt require technical machinery and so the investment to start a production factory is low, hence this is why itโs the most common build type in caravans today.
4. Issues with framed vans
While some people who own famed vans never have big issues there are many potential problems associated with framed vans and this can be proven out just by talking to repairers around Australia:
a. In general framed vans are not strong because of the nature of the base frame, this allows movement top to bottom and forward and back we call this Z ing, so if you imagine that you are pressing on the one corner of the wall it can then move the whole frame all around the wall, this continued micro movement can cause big issued over time, this is assisted by the lose cladding of the inner and outer skins to the frames.
b. Tig welded (aluminium welded) frames are the most susceptible to fatigue as welded aluminium in engineering terms is not trusted because aluminium is brittle and welds will crack if subjected to enough movement and what caravans do they move a lot and particularly off-road.
c. Riveted alloy frames, these have been around for a longer time and this system has a longer track record and technically is a better system when using aluminium as this will last longer.
d. Meranti timber frame is still the most used method of construction in caravans made for Australia, it does provide some strength and some resilience and these caravans can perform well for a long time, but they also have the highest risk of damaged because they can rot out, you only need to have a small pin hole for water to enter and that can be enough to cause major issues to your caravan.
e. Composite board frame, these board can be many types, they are routed out to make the frame shape to reduce the weight and then the framed sections are stapled together, this can then provide a rot free product but the downside of this construction is the strength, itโs in fact a very weak method of wall construction and you cannot make a floor or roof this way because it will fail quickly.