Cape York OTT jayco flamingo is it possible

Hi

You can do it depending on your skill level, seen idiots with proper offroad trailers not knowing the first thing of reducing tyre prssures on sand.

Expect some damage, more due to its width and some tight turns on the OTT, specially in and out of some of the creeks. There are some sharp turns with high sides where smaller trailers rub.

Firstly, I reckon it would to a large measure, depend on the condition of the track.
However, from reading this and other forums, plus based on our experiences with the Cape (3 trips) I'm a feared the corrugations would wreak havoc with the van, even on the main road.

Whether the Jayco is better or worse than other makes is not something I can comment upon with any authority, however I have heard any number of horror stories of various vans shaking apart in these situations.

Maybe get your van after the trip??

G'day Lindsay

We have an Eagle Outback, and we left it at Lakeland for three weeks and tented from there on up. We did the OTT and I would not have been comfortable at all if we had the Jayco in tow. Of those Jayco campers that we came across on the trip, none had done the OTT.

If you youtube Cape York creek crossings you may track down some pics of Jaycos being towed on the OTT, and that will give you a better idea. As someone else has said - expect damage. The caravan park manager/owner at Lakeland had a head full of stories about caravan and camper damage on the roads north of there, and finished with "your van will never be the same again".

Cheers
John

If the OTT remains in a similar condition to that of last August...then my answer would be a resounding NO!. Of course if you want to sustain damage then go for it but IMHO the southern entrance/exit to Palm Creek would be the first spot you will strike a problem. The same with the southern entrance/exit to Cannibal Creek - you might get it through travelling from south to north at this creeks but you will need a winch to get you out southbound. I don't think that you would have much trouble with the other crossings - Gunshot has some difficult approaches but in recent years there has been at least one 'chicken' approach.

Further north you could have a problem with Logan's Lagoon with is a quite large body of water just to the south of Nolan's Brook (another infamous water crossing). While Logan's is reasonably firm underneath it is often still quite deep even late in the season. In August 2012 it was over the bonnet of most vehicles (cruisers, patrols and defenders included).

So, yeah you could have a go but be prepared for some serious recovery effort and some damage to the trailer.

The main problems you'd have with a Flamingo over a camper on the OTT is the width, the length of the drawbar, vunerable plumbing/wiring, waterproofness & dust ingress. Even the bypass road could cause you issues with corrugations & stone damage.
Most vans are left at Cooktown although the road up to Wiepa has improved considerably.
Cheers Craig..........

Thanks all for your replies. We are now looking more at camper trailers. But there are so many on the market that its hard to know where to start. I did list 3 possible camper trailers but for the $$$$ not sure if its worth that much. Decisions to be made