Off Road Caravans

Joanne . we had a golf c/van some years ago, and although it may have lacked some og the grand features of other vans, we found it more or less unbreakable. We towed around just everywhere. It went up through the center a couple of times and when others vans were cracking and breaking across the A frame , ours just keep on going. I remember shaking the doors off inside, and removing plates from the battery in the car, but the van always remained useable. It was also worth fixing, and has been, and has been sold, and is still going. Get the feeling that I like them? Yep, there a good jigger..... Des

How "Off Road" do you want your van to be? We recently purchased a 17ft Evernew "All Road" van as I prefere to call them with coil/shocker sugar glider suspension and are happy with that so far, they have a pretty good name and been making them for 35yrs, also don't sell thru dealers and are made in Melb. where we live, so no commissions & freight although maybe no cheaper the money seems to be in the materials quality used.

The Golf and the Supreme do make a reasonable 'all roads' vans. What state are you in? Kedron in Qld seem to also have a good product

You may want to repost on this caravan forum site for more views
http://groups.msn.com/Caravanersforum/general.msnw

cya
Graham

I have a couple of friends with Supremes and none are really happy. One had a small accident - Very low speed roll on side. It totaled the van. Not from the roll but the recovery. When it was righted, the weight of the van falling back onto its wheels caused the van to roll the other way with a lot more force. and BANG it was nothing but a pile of rubble. You couldn't salvage anything from the van.

Have you looked at Bushtracker. www.bushtracker.com

I have been through the same questions for the past year and have concluded that the ONLY van that can handle ANYTHING is the bushtracker.

Joanne I agree with Graham's comments re "off road". You really can't go "off road" with a caravan without putting yourself at some risk of getting stuck. I hope your intention is to go off the bitumen but still on roads. By the way even those roads can be very difficult if it rains. Don't even consider off road destinations like Simpson Desert, Canning Stock Route, Victorian High Country or Cape York. Stick to the roads and have fun!!

Joanne I agree with Graham's comments re "off road". You really can't go "off road" with a caravan without putting yourself at some risk of getting stuck. I hope your intention is to go off the bitumen but still on roads. By the way even those roads can be very difficult if it rains. Don't even consider off road destinations like Simpson Desert, Canning Stock Route, Victorian High Country or Cape York. Stick to the roads and have fun!!