MUSKETEER BY NAME
Front bedroom, rear bathroom layouts are very common in the Australian caravan scene, however there are some vans, like Crusader’s Musketeer Athos, that are a little different. The designers of the 6.45m (21ft 2in) van have reversed the layout, so the bathroom is at the front and the bedroom at the rear. Nothing too radical, just a slightly different perspective.
Max Mayo is the dealer principal of Crusader Newcastle, and thought the Athos was worth a look, so I motored up the M1 freeway north of Sydney to take the van out for a spin. The Musketeer sits right in the middle of the Crusader range, at the Silver specification level.
My review van had been fitted with what Crusader call the X Country discounted upgrade bundle. It’s all factory fitted and has an extensive list that includes a DO35 coupling, an extra 120Ah battery and 170W solar panel, two door 190L compressor fridge, Tuffride 3700kg suspension and front toolbox. See below for more details.
