Plastic fantastic

How do you build a multipurpose camping trailer that can handle any weather? You ask the plastic pros, suggests Leon Botha.

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There's a healthy market for rooftop tents - and it's easy to see why.

But just like with motorhomes, there are people who feel it's a real pain to have to pack up everything whenever you want to go somewhere. Enter Trek Lifestyle's Horizon trailer comes in.

The idea was to get the rooftop tent off the vehicle, explains Jacques Truter, owner of Trek Lifestyle and Trek Plastics - a company with more than 60 years of experience in the plastics industry.

Chances are you've already come across some of Jacques and co's products. They don't just make industrial goods for various markets - including military export - but also plastic loading bin liners for your bakkie. That's where the Horizon was born.

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