Marree to Coward Springs to Roxby Downs

Oh no!we only left Donald on Tues!!At Pink Lakes for 2 days-NOW that is AWESSOME!!!. We havent gone ANYWHERE- yet!!

Better Pinaroo than somewhere north of Maree

Mark

A very substantial inspection of ALL structural sections of the van should be performed before ever going away, especially if the territory will be rough roads.
The fatigue cannot have happened suddenly and signs of something would have been evident beforehand, I would imagine.

Either the tow vehicle is hard sprung, there is no give anywhere to absorb road shocks and or the caravan chassis as just too light for the purpose. Maybe a shock absorbing hitch would be nice.

Does the tow vehicle get anywhere near bottoming of it's rear suspension at any time? If so the sudden stop will cause immense forces for the caravan chassis to have to cope with. Failure may result. Compliant suspension on the tow vehicle, ie, lots of travel of the wheels upwards is a great thing to have.
Something is drastically wrong somewhere for that failure to happen.

Thanks Ross for the input.The van was very recently serviced &checked for any faults, by a well known caravan outfit in Bendigo.I have 4 near new a/t tyres.The suspension on the car was checked recently by a Ford dealer.(The tow vehicle is a Ford RTV ute) .I also have added air bags to the tow vehicle to keep it level when under load.Haymen Reece shock absorbing system has been fitted for several years.We have done considerable dirt road driving, with no hint of any concerns.However, the bitumen roads around Donald are APPALLING! I am not deterred, but will be more vigilant.