When we first dived into the world of manufacturing 4wd products the versatile 70 series Landcruiser was our first port of call (the fact we all owned a 70 series variant or two helped a little also!). Since then we have been heavily involved in the facebook page Troopcarriers of Australia. Each year the admins of the page and the two blokes from Troopy Adventures organise a weekend in the middle of winter, at an incredible location for everyone on the page to put faces to names, have a few beers and enjoy everything troopy!

This year we made the call to try and give back to a group who have been incredibly supportive of us and our business. This came in the form of one of our dual wheel carriers. The plan was to auction the bar off, with all proceeds going towards the Black Dog Institute. An organisation that is a leader in identifying and treating all forms of mental illness. To say it was a success would be an understatement! we managed to get a figure of $3000.00 which is quite a bit over RRP! This went along with other items auctioned off and a raffle held to raise almost $13,000.00 to go towards The Black Dog Institute.

We managed to all be in attendance for the auction with 2 of the boys even making the trip from Sydney in a 75 year old Willy’s jeep in the freezing cold with no doors or windows! Seeing the generosity of these people really blew us away! you can be assured we will be back again next year to make the 2018 winter ramble bigger and better.

Cheers from Josh, Dave and Liam

(photo credits Robert Russell, Ryan Pryor, Dan Smith)

75 series recovery points

v8 landcruiser recovery points.

These products will return in the near future but for now we are focusing our energy on other avenues.

Also the V8 air box kit will be supplied as a stand alone airbox that will plumb to the existing intake. we are going to redevelop the intake piping and will have them available in the coming months. If you have any questions about the products please email us at info@thorburns.com.au

Regards Thorburns sales team

Being fairly new to exhibiting at shows, we did what we could to prepare ourselves and our products for display. We managed to get our newly designed dog box range on display and were lucky enough to have access to a customers custom camper canopy to put on show. The Troopy was – as usual – also on the stand with most of other products bolted on for all to see.

The feedback from everyone who stuck their heads in for a chat has given us the info we need to keep up with the ever changing 4wd market. We aren’t just exhibiting to sell what we can on the day, but to get feedback from the people who our products are made for. We take as much advice and criticism we can and apply it to our work. So watch this space for whats next as we strive to supply the best products we can to the commercial, agricultural and recreational 4wd markets.

We want to thank everyone who helped us out preparing for the show (there are too many to mention!) It would be safe to say that we will be back next year bigger and better!

Cheers

Dave