GORV ’ S GREATEST VANS
The Gladiator is built on a 6in Intelligent Engineering chassis with 6in drawbar , fitted with independent coil suspension , 16in wheels and 12in brakes .
Like the other vans in the CRV range , the Gladiator is built from composite fibreglass sandwich panels with a 30mm floor section .
There ’ s very little underneath that looks vulnerable . Crusader has even wrapped the PVC grey water plumbing in protective conduit . I noticed the dump valve on one of the water tanks protruded a little , but it is up quite high against a chassis rail .
There are two 95L water tanks fitted to this van as well as a grey water tank . A 120Ah lithium battery is mounted within a checkerplate box mounted to the offside chassis rail , and dual 190W solar panels are fitted to the roof .
Our review van was the prototype and as such , there were a couple of things that have been changed for production models . The key change is the relocation of the taillights and licence plate holder from the rear bumper and spare wheel to the body of the van .
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