THE GODFATHER

With 51 years’ experience and over 20,000 trailers sold, Cub is a camper institution. No family has had more influence on the market than Cub’s founding family, the Fagans. Today the company employs 65 people at its North Rocks, NSW factory, as it seeks to break into the elusive 1,000 campers per year threshold. Camper contributor David Cook reports the factory is modern, well-thought-out and a buzz of activity. Fagan blood still oversees the manufacture, with founder Roger’s son, Shane, being the managing director.

When you combine more than 51 years of family passion, you get a refined and defined product. Cub represents the same thing today as when Roger Fagan founded the company; they’re as committed to having a go and making the best as they ever were.

But of course, there have been changes. No longer are the campers exclusively what the Fagans and close friends personally sought; they are now designed to meet a more far-reaching contingent of the camping community, from big families wanting space, solo tourers needing tough but agile campers, and almost everyone in between. This hasn’t compromised quality, though; everything at Cub takes time and every idea is validated through in-house testing.

We recently had one of the most popular rear-fold Cubs, the Escape, with us on a planned