WILLOW WARATAH 6249 REVIEWS
Willow's move into a vast 2500sq m purpose-built factory last year marked a huge step forward for the relatively young Willow brand. Owners Eddie Wills and Ian Jow turned years of caravan-building experience into their own line of innovative caravans and combined their surnames to create the Willow name.
The pair had a total of 45 years of caravan building behind them in the UK, South Africa and Australia when they set up shop in a Pakenham factory in 2018. Both had been critical of the traditional ‘stick and tin’ construction method applied locally, so it was no surprise that their vans were a sturdy composite construction from the beginning.
Eddie and Ian share their roles across the business with Eddie specialising in design and development and Ian overseeing the 20-plus staff in the production, purchasing and sales departments.
THE BUILD
After design on analysis software, the build starts on a 150mm x 50mm Australian steel chassis from Rollcraft. The Willow team's experience results in a chassis strong enough for Australian tracks but
