Offgrid Downunder | His Grandfather Built the First LAND ROVER. He Builds the Hitch on Your Caravan
Welcome to Season 2 of the Offgrid Downunder Podcast — now bigger, bolder, and recorded in our brand-new purpose-built studio.
Hosted by Sam Moorhouse, this season brings a fresh lineup of voices, new stories, and exciting perspectives from across the off-road and camping community.
What happens when the grandson of the man who built the original Land Rover Series 1 starts making the hitches on the front of your caravan? You get Cruisemaster — and one of Australia’s best-kept engineering stories.
In EP 40 of Off Grid Down Under, Sam sits down with Andrew Goddard (Cruisemaster / AutoPacific Group), MDC Managing Director Vaughan Hindley, and GM Commercial & Product James Field to dig into the full Cruisemaster story — from its roots in post-war British engineering to the DO35 and DO45 hitches now fitted across 40,000+ MDC caravans in the field.
Vaughan makes a bold claim on camera: across more than 40,000 units, MDC has never had a DO35 fail. Andrew tells the story of a caravan coming loose at 100km/h on a RAT Run — and how that directly led to the Checklock safety cap. And James breaks down why the new MDC Gold Class AC22C called for a step up to the DO45.
Check out the Cruisemaster RAT Run series: https://cruisemaster.com.au/rat/
Explore the full MDC range: https://www.marketdirect.com.au
